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The call has gone out throughout Dream Land – the First Annual Ghost Trap Competition has begun!

In this fast-paced puzzler it's up to you to battle Kirby's adversaries by strategically stacking colour-coded Blobs and blending them together to form massive chain reactions.

Each colossal explosion you create will cause a bombardment of Ghosts to rain down upon your opponent. Through 16 levels of furious action you’ll face famous enemies from the Kirby universe as you make your way towards a landslide victory!

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USA Fri, 27 Jul 2007 by Marcel Van Duyn

The call has gone out throughout Dream Land – the First Annual Ghost Trap Competition has begun!

This is basically Puyo Puyo given a lick of paint, but... wait a minute, isn't that exactly what Damo typed for Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine? Well, it holds true for this game as well. Only this time, instead of Dr. Robotnik and various robots from..

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Sockapal

1. Sockapal United States 17 Jun 2007, 23:19 BST

Which is better, beans or dreams?

Pocketim

2. Pocketim New Zealand 18 Jun 2007, 07:14 BST

SOOOO DREAMS!!! there are more kirby fans then dr eggman fans after all eggmans fat! but i've never played kirby's ghost trap, is its gameplay compleatly the same or are there different things in ghost trap?

Drake

3. Drake Netherlands 18 Jun 2007, 12:28 BST

Mean Bean Machine is better, man. It's got an extra mode.

Yoshi175

4. Yoshi175 United Kingdom 18 Jun 2007, 20:46 BST

This is better than mean bean machine by far

Pocketim

5. Pocketim New Zealand 18 Jun 2007, 21:01 BST

What is the extra mode in mean bean machine?

Ruben

6. Ruben Netherlands 19 Jun 2007, 20:55 BST

this game > than mean bean machine, no doubt!

Drake, nice review :)

Greetings, Ruben

SKTTR

7. SKTTR Germany 22 Jun 2007, 00:22 BST

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine = Kirby's Ghost Trap
Sega fans buy Robotnik. Nintendo fans buy Kirby.
It's that easy.

PowerLegend

8. PowerLegend United States 22 Jun 2007, 09:51 BST

this game is hard as hell anyway. so i don't really care how long we have to wait for it

Bass X0

9. Bass X0 United Kingdom 25 Jun 2007, 11:17 BST

I did wonder as to whether this game would appear on virtual console or not becauses its practically the same as the Robotnik game. Avalance/Ghost Trap is more fun though, I love the music.

Mendez

10. Mendez United Kingdom 26 Jun 2007, 18:03 BST

I've always preferred this to Mean Bean Machine. I suppose it's just becasue I'm a Kirby fan.
Me and my Mum spent hours and hours on this game!

David

11. David Sweden 27 Jul 2007, 13:54 BST

played this before it's a nice game but not worth 800points

J-Fin

12. J-Fin Finland 27 Jul 2007, 14:40 BST

If this game similar to MBM, then it's a big bummer that it doesn't support the wiimote setup. It is so silly to use classic controller or the wavebird for a game like this.

Mean Bean Machine is becoming the most played vc game on my wii but without the cute and simple wii remote controller, I'd think that starting to play this would be too much a hassle. I recommend MBM to everybody unless they fix this.

Mega X Gundam

13. Mega X Gundam United States 27 Jul 2007, 17:09 BST

wow it even has the same sprites as MBM. wounder how they pulled that off? looks fun. i like MBM so i'm sre I'll like this too

morphballer

14. morphballer United States 27 Jul 2007, 17:32 BST

Another Kirby game?! How many Kirby games are there on the SNES?

Mendez

15. Mendez United Kingdom 27 Jul 2007, 18:16 BST

Why do we need all these spin off titles first? Dreamland 3 and Fun Pak are the real ones we need on VC!

BJ

16. BJ United States 27 Jul 2007, 18:37 BST

First Kirby's Dream Course, now Kirby's Avalanche. My brother is going to be so siked!

BJ

17. BJ United States 30 Jul 2007, 16:46 BST

Rats! We didn't get the game today!

Pocketim

18. Pocketim New Zealand 11 Aug 2007, 05:17 BST

Practice Mode IS the same as Exercise Mode, Buyed this game today and its much better then MBM!

Tim

19. Tim Canada 24 Sep 2007, 18:55 BST

Kirby's Avalanche has better music then MBM but MBM has the big advantage of a password system and the ability to use a wii mote. The only possible reason why this game won't support the wii mote and mean bean does is because Nintendo is taking the lazy way out.

Steve

20. Steve United States 26 Sep 2007, 21:20 BST

Guys, guys, guys, calm down.

The reason this doesn't support the Wiimote is because it's a Super Nintendo game, and they haven't had a reason to make an exception for a single game before -- I'll bet it's just running the game through an emulator which just assumes it'll need a classic controller so all the buttons are present.

This isn't Nintendo trying to "pull a fast one" or anything by making you HAVE to buy a classic controller... and seriously, if you don't have one by now... WHY NOT?

maybeway36

21. maybeway36 United States 26 Sep 2007, 23:25 BST

Both MBM and this game were originally outside of Japan only. They were both based on the multi-platform Puyo Puyo 2. That's why they're so alike!

alvieao

22. alvieao United States 28 Sep 2007, 22:51 BST

Both Kirby's Avalanche and Mean Bean are based on Puyo Puyo. Sega published both Mean Bean Machine and the arcade game since they partially owned the rights to Puyo Puyo until Sonic Team took over in 2002. The SNES version was based on Super Puyo Puyo, hence the copyright mention of Banpresto and Compile (Puyo Puyo's original developer) with HAL Laboratory slapping on the Kirby license (much like SEGA did with the Sonic license, ironically without the blue dude). It's still a great puzzle game for both Puyo Puyo and Kirby fans alike.

Lost Heaven

23. Lost Heaven Portugal 04 Oct 2007, 03:42 BST

In my honest and impartial opinion, the Kirby version is slightly better than the Robotnick one. The music on Robotnick is kind of... outdated. And the graphics are not as good, as the game suffered from that "grainy" sindrome late Genesis/ Mega Drive games had.

Only downside, indeed, is the fact you can't play it with the Wiimote. But those who try to blame it on some malefic conspiracy to get your money need to pull their act together. How many SNES games can you play with the Wiimote? Enough said -.-

Mendez

24. Mendez United Kingdom 16 Feb 2008, 17:38 GMT

I think I'll download this now, I'm just desperate for something Kirby, even if it isn't a proper Kirby game =[

pdrydia

25. pdrydia United States 04 Apr 2008, 23:09 BST

Not a horrible time waster. The music is great, but the entire experience is almost ruined by giving Kirby awful dialogue.

PuppetMasterKuruku

26. PuppetMasterKuruku United States 30 Aug 2008, 11:54 BST

I have Puyo Puyo 2 on Virtual Console, and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine on Sonic Mega Collection and Sonic Adventure DX. I loved having the Kirby characters in this version, and the voices were cool. Yeah, it was a bit out of character (Kirby is a total jerk XD), but it was still unique to see their dialog

It's real stupid that Nintendo didn't make an exception for this game to be compatible with the Wiimote. Well, I've already got Puyo Puyo 2 (which I am so glad I can play officially now, after years of playing on emulators), so I don't think I'll be spending $8 on this too soon. Still, three stars seems a bit harsh.

insanejelly

27. insanejelly United States 02 Jan 2009, 00:43 GMT

The only reason I got this was because I am a fan of the series. A little fun, but it's not worth it. Maybe for $3.

Ferret75

28. Ferret75 United States 15 Jan 2009, 21:45 GMT

I like this a lot more than Mean Bean Machine.

Mainly cause of the Kirby story. (Kirby talks! =O)

KnucklesSonic8

29. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 12 Mar 2009, 03:15 GMT

My best friend LOVES this game. :D

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