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Gameplay

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Hidden switches

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

New features

Mini-games

Walkthrough

There are some doors on the world maps that can only be unlocked by activating some hidden switches scattered throughout the game. Some switches can be found easily, but most of them require solving a puzzle or possessing a special skill. There are 17 of them in all Below is the complete list of switches in the game. For each of them, how to find it and its effect is explained.

Note: You must complete this task in order to achieve 100% and unlock the Bonus Game.

Stage 3-1

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Arena

When you enter the corridor with blue walls, descend in the second gap to find two star blocks. Remove them, revealing a hidden door. Go in, and you’ll be room with a bomb block, with a door on the other side of the ceiling. Dash into the bomb, blasting the ceiling. Enter the next door to find the switch.

Stage 3-6

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Egg Catcher minigame

When you are climbing the clouds outside the tower, you will see a balcony with some star blocks on the right. Remove them to reveal a hidden door and enter. You’ll be in a room with a bomb block above. Hit it and quickly move to the right to reach the next door, before a wall that appears can prevent you. Enter to find the switch.

Stage 4-1

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame

In the fourth area you’ll come to a cross-shaped group of blocks. You will certainly notice an anomaly, with an extra block. Remove that block, then go to that point and press , to enter a secret door and find the switch. If you have UFO, everything will be easier.

Stage 4-3

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Museum

In the windy part of the stage, with the airships, go to the bottom right of this area. Here you will find a blimp with a door. Go into the door to find the switch.

Stage 4-6

Ability required: Light
Unlocked: Warp Star Station

In the pitch-black corridor, hop over a gap and proceed until you meet a Spook. Swallow it to get light and illuminate the room. Go back and jump back over the gap. You can now see a door to the left of a pillar. Enter to find the switch.

Stage 5-1

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame

In the part of the stage where you must fall, evading the falling enemies, you will land on some star blocks, but instead going through the door, dig through the blocks and let you fall. You’ll land on other star blocks and you can spot a hidden door behind them very easily. Remove the blocks and enter the door to find the switch.

Stage 5-4

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Arena

In the first area with the waterfalls, you'll reach what looks like a conduit with water coming out of it, but it's actually a hidden door. Enter it to access a cave where you can find a Maxim Tomato and a 1-Up. There are two doors here - enter the lower one and you will find the switch.

Stage 5-5

Ability required: Hi-Jump, Fire
Unlocked: Quick Draw minigame

To reach this switch you have to solve a well thought out puzzle. In the first area, drop down into the first small gap to find a door. Enter and you will go to a field involving a Starman, a Hot Head, and a cannon. The cannon is blocked by star blocks. To remove them, inhale the Starman to acquire the Hi-Jump skill, then quickly clear the blockage. Drop the skill and inhale the Hot Head before it disappears from the screen to acquire the Fire skill. Light the fuse, then quickly hover and fall into the cannon, before it fires. You will land exactly on the switch. Note: if you dont’ manage to solve the puzzle, you can exit and try again.

Stage 5-6

Ability required: Hammer
Unlocked: Warp Star Station

You must enter the level already in possession of the Hammer skill to find this switch (the quickest way to obtain this ability is to challenge Bonkers in the Arena of this world). This is one of the toughest switches to get. Then, you have to go through almost the whole level without losing the Hammer. Easier said than done. In the last area of the stage, there is a door on a palm tree. Upon entering it, you will enter a flooded room. There is a hidden door behind the star blocks in the middle. To reach it, you have to destroy the top two green bricks and the only way to do that is to use the Hammer. Inside, you'll find the switch.

Stage 6-1

Ability required: Hammer or Stone
Unlocked: Museum

In the middle of the second area, there is a door which leads to a small cave. Inside the cave, there is a secret door underneath, but it is sealed off by a white brick. The only skills that can destroy this brick are Hammer and Stone. If you already have one of them, just use it. Otherwise, you have to inhale two enemies with special skill at once (there are many of them outside the cave) to get Mix and hope to get one of the mentioned skills. After destroying the brick, enter the door below to find the switch.

Stage 6-2

Ability required: Stone or Hammer
Unlocked: Arena

The best way to reach this switch is with the Stone skill. You can get it by entering a hidden door right above the Pep Drink. Then, in the area with clouds, reach the door in the middle. A Bomber in this area may hurt you, so use your skill to become invulnerable. Enter the door, smash the pole in the middle and enter the lower door to find the switch.
Alternatively, you can enter the level with the Hammer skill and use it to smash the pole, but don’t lose this skill along the way is not easy.

Stage 6-3

Ability required: Hammer and Laser
Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame

The process to reach this switch is really long and intricate. After defeating Bonkers, acquire his Hammer. Climb the ladder and use the hammer to break the box on the right. Proceed to the right and go down. Go left and smash the bomb block along the way. Then position yourself where the bomb block was and push to enter a hidden door. Defeat the Sword Knight and go through the hidden door behind him (it seems closed but it’s not). Get the Laser skill from the Laser Ball before it flies away and then go back through the hidden door in the water. This time go through the door on the left. Ignore the Hot Head (leave him die in water) and use Laser on the slant on the right wall, to light the fuse. Quickly jump into the cannon before it fires and you’ll finally reach the switch.

Stage 6-4

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Egg Catcher minigame

In the second area, once you reach the bottom right corner, before going up the ladders, enter the water below them and go to the bottom of the small recess on the left. Press to enter a secret entrance and find the switch. This was really well hidden.

Stage 6-5

Ability required: Fireball or Fire
Unlocked: Quick Draw minigame

The best way to reach this switch is to enter the level already in possession of the Fireball skill. (you can aquire it from Fire Lion in the Arena of this world) and keep it until the last area. Easier said than done. Anyway, in the area with the grey ground, there are two bomb blocks to detonate: the first one The first clears the path for the fuse and the second allows you to reach the cannon. After doing this, light the fuse with Fireball, than quickly fly out of this cavity avoiding enemies and use the same skill to quickly move to the right, simultaneously killing any enemies. In this way, you should reach the cannon before it fires. Enter the cannon to reach the switch.
Alternatively, you can acquire Fire from the Hot Head you find on the spot, but with this skill, reaching the cannon before it fires, is likely to be too complicated and frustrating.

Stage 6-6

Ability required: Fireball or UFO
Unlocked: Warp Star Station

In the first area, right before the Sword Knight, drop down and fly to the left. Here you will find a door after a precipice, but it’s blocked by two ice blocks. There are two ways to remove these ice blocks. The first is to use Fireball (you can aquire it previously from Fire Lion in the Arena of this world). The second is to move to the next area of this level and acquire the UFO skill from one of the enemy you can find here, than turn back. The most powerful attack of the spaceship can destroy the ice blocks. Enter the door behind the blocks to find the switch.

Stage 7-1

Ability required: Beam and Fireball
Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame

In the second area, some of the blue blocks that border the path are actually destructible. In the point where you meet a Flamer, you can open your way through the floor using a skill or a slide attack and then proceed to the left. You’ll meet a Waddle Doo, acquire the Beam skill from it. Then proceed along the normal path, until you see three Waddle Dees trapped by blocks. Above them is a hidden vertical path that you must reveal with the Beam, destroying the blue block. In this way you can approach to the top door. However, the last two blue blocks before the door cannot be destroyed by Beam. You have to go back and inhale the Flamer you saw before, to acquire the Fireball skill. With this skill, you can destroy the last blocks and reach the door that leads to the switch.

Stage 7-6

Ability required: none
Unlocked: Warp Star Station

Easy to reach, but very well hidden. At the end of the level, where the exit door is, fly exactly under the moon and press . You will enter a secret room with the last switch.

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 {{Header Nav|game=Kirby's Adventure}}
-There are some mini-games that can only be triggered through certain hidden switches that are scattered throughout the game. Some switches can be found easily, but for many, you will need a special ability in order to unlock these secrets. This chapter will guide you through step-by-step in order to unlock all the exclusive mini-games in Kirby's Adventure.
+There are some doors on the world maps that can only be unlocked by activating some hidden switches scattered throughout the game. Some switches can be found easily, but most of them require solving a puzzle or possessing a special skill. There are 17 of them in all Below is the complete list of switches in the game. For each of them, how to find it and its effect is explained.
 '''Note''': You must complete this task in order to achieve 100% and unlock the Bonus Game.
-== Chapter 3: Butter Building ==
+==Stage 3-1==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Arena
+When you enter the corridor with blue walls, descend in the second gap to find two star blocks. Remove them, revealing a hidden door. Go in, and you’ll be room with a bomb block, with a door on the other side of the ceiling. Dash into the bomb, blasting the ceiling. Enter the next door to find the switch.
-===Stage 1 - '''Unlocked''': Arena===
+==Stage 3-6==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Egg Catcher minigame
+When you are climbing the clouds outside the tower, you will see a balcony with some star blocks on the right. Remove them to reveal a hidden door and enter. You’ll be in a room with a bomb block above. Hit it and quickly move to the right to reach the next door, before a wall that appears can prevent you. Enter to find the switch.
-This is straightforward. When you enter the white corridor, go down until you see two blocks. Inhale both blocks, revealing a hidden door. Go in, and you will see room with a bomb icon, with a door on the other side of the ceiling. Dash into the icon, blasting the ceiling. Enter, and the switch is in the room.
+==Stage 4-1==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame
+In the fourth area you’ll come to a cross-shaped group of blocks. You will certainly notice an anomaly, with an extra block. Remove that block, then go to that point and press {{nes|up|dpad}}, to enter a secret door and find the switch. If you have UFO, everything will be easier.
-===Stage 6 - '''Unlocked''': egg catcher===
+==Stage 4-3==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Museum
+In the windy part of the stage, with the airships, go to the bottom right of this area. Here you will find a blimp with a door. Go into the door to find the switch.
-Again, very straightforward. When you are climbing the tower outside, you will see a balcony with blocks guarding a hidden door. Inhale the blocks, go inside, and you will go into a cavern with another bomb icon, and a secret door on the other side of the wall. Blast the wall, and quickly hover to the other side. Go into the door, and the hidden switch is waiting for you.
+==Stage 4-6==
+*Ability required: Light
+*Unlocked: Warp Star Station
+In the pitch-black corridor, hop over a gap and proceed until you meet a Spook. Swallow it to get light and illuminate the room. Go back and jump back over the gap. You can now see a door to the left of a pillar. Enter to find the switch.
-== Chapter 4: Grape Garden ==
+==Stage 5-1==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame
+In the part of the stage where you must fall, evading the falling enemies, you will land on some star blocks, but instead going through the door, dig through the blocks and let you fall. You’ll land on other star blocks and you can spot a hidden door behind them very easily. Remove the blocks and enter the door to find the switch.
-===Stage 1 - '''Unlocked''': Crane Fever===
+==Stage 5-4==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Arena
+In the first area with the waterfalls, you'll reach what looks like a conduit with water coming out of it, but it's actually a hidden door. Enter it to access a cave where you can find a Maxim Tomato and a 1-Up. There are two doors here - enter the lower one and you will find the switch.
-This switch will again be hidden behind blocks. In the dark part of the stage, inhale a Waddle Doo to get Beam. Use Beam to easily dig through the blocks until you see a cross-shaped group of blocks. After clearing those, hover inside and you'll find another hidden switch.
+==Stage 5-5==
+*Ability required: Hi-Jump, Fire
+*Unlocked: Quick Draw minigame
+To reach this switch you have to solve a well thought out puzzle. In the first area, drop down into the first small gap to find a door. Enter and you will go to a field involving a Starman, a Hot Head, and a cannon. The cannon is blocked by star blocks. To remove them, inhale the Starman to acquire the Hi-Jump skill, then quickly clear the blockage. Drop the skill and inhale the Hot Head before it disappears from the screen to acquire the Fire skill. Light the fuse, then quickly hover and fall into the cannon, before it fires. You will land exactly on the switch. Note: if you dont’ manage to solve the puzzle, you can exit and try again.
-===Stage 3 - '''Unlocked''': Museum===
+==Stage 5-6==
+*Ability required: Hammer
+*Unlocked: Warp Star Station
+You must enter the level already in possession of the Hammer skill to find this switch (the quickest way to obtain this ability is to challenge Bonkers in the Arena of this world). This is one of the toughest switches to get. Then, you have to go through almost the whole level without losing the Hammer. Easier said than done. In the last area of the stage, there is a door on a palm tree. Upon entering it, you will enter a flooded room. There is a hidden door behind the star blocks in the middle. To reach it, you have to destroy the top two green bricks and the only way to do that is to use the Hammer. Inside, you'll find the switch.
-No special ability is required. In the windy part of the stage, hover above all the blimps. Continue hovering until you cannot go any further. Hover down, until you see a blimp with a door. Go into the door, and trigger the switch.
+==Stage 6-1==
+*Ability required: Hammer or Stone
+*Unlocked: Museum
+In the middle of the second area, there is a door which leads to a small cave. Inside the cave, there is a secret door underneath, but it is sealed off by a white brick. The only skills that can destroy this brick are Hammer and Stone. If you already have one of them, just use it. Otherwise, you have to inhale two enemies with special skill at once (there are many of them outside the cave) to get Mix and hope to get one of the mentioned skills. After destroying the brick, enter the door below to find the switch.
-===Stage 6 - '''Unlocked''': Warp Star Station===
+==Stage 6-2==
-'''Special ability required''': Light
+*Ability required: Stone or Hammer
+*Unlocked: Arena
+The best way to reach this switch is with the Stone skill. You can get it by entering a hidden door right above the Pep Drink. Then, in the area with clouds, reach the door in the middle. A Bomber in this area may hurt you, so use your skill to become invulnerable. Enter the door, smash the pole in the middle and enter the lower door to find the switch.<br>
+Alternatively, you can enter the level with the Hammer skill and use it to smash the pole, but don’t lose this skill along the way is not easy.
-In the pitch-black corridor, hop over a gap and go up the large stairs. There will be a Spook. Swallow it to get light and illuminate the path. Go back down the stairs. Watch out for enemies. Jump back over the gap and you will see a big white arch next to a pillar. To the left of the pillar there is a door. Enter inside, and the yellow switch for the Warp Star Station is there.
+==Stage 6-3==
+*Ability required: Hammer and Laser
+*Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame
+The process to reach this switch is really long and intricate. After defeating Bonkers, acquire his Hammer. Climb the ladder and use the hammer to break the box on the right. Proceed to the right and go down. Go left and smash the bomb block along the way. Then position yourself where the bomb block was and push {{nes|up|dpad}} to enter a hidden door. Defeat the Sword Knight and go through the hidden door behind him (it seems closed but it’s not). Get the Laser skill from the Laser Ball before it flies away and then go back through the hidden door in the water. This time go through the door on the left. Ignore the Hot Head (leave him die in water) and use Laser on the slant on the right wall, to light the fuse. Quickly jump into the cannon before it fires and you’ll finally reach the switch.
-== Chapter 5: Yogurt Yard ==
+==Stage 6-4==
+*Ability required: none
+*Unlocked: Egg Catcher minigame
+In the second area, once you reach the bottom right corner, before going up the ladders, enter the water below them and go to the bottom of the small recess on the left. Press {{nes|up|dpad}} to enter a secret entrance and find the switch. This was really well hidden.
-===Stage 1 - '''Unlocked''': Crane Fever===
+==Stage 6-5==
+*Ability required: Fireball or Fire
+*Unlocked: Quick Draw minigame
+The best way to reach this switch is to enter the level already in possession of the Fireball skill. (you can aquire it from Fire Lion in the Arena of this world) and keep it until the last area. Easier said than done. Anyway, in the area with the grey ground, there are two bomb blocks to detonate: the first one The first clears the path for the fuse and the second allows you to reach the cannon. After doing this, light the fuse with Fireball, than quickly fly out of this cavity avoiding enemies and use the same skill to quickly move to the right, simultaneously killing any enemies. In this way, you should reach the cannon before it fires. Enter the cannon to reach the switch.<br>
+Alternatively, you can acquire Fire from the Hot Head you find on the spot, but with this skill, reaching the cannon before it fires, is likely to be too complicated and frustrating.
-No special ability is required, but you will have to do some digging! In the part of the stage where you must fall, evading the falling enemies, you will land on some blocks where there is a door. Don't go through the door, but instead, dig through the blocks, until you reach another door below. Go inside, and the hidden switch is waiting for you.
+==Stage 6-6==
+*Ability required: Fireball or UFO
+*Unlocked: Warp Star Station
+In the first area, right before the Sword Knight, drop down and fly to the left. Here you will find a door after a precipice, but it’s blocked by two ice blocks. There are two ways to remove these ice blocks. The first is to use Fireball (you can aquire it previously from Fire Lion in the Arena of this world). The second is to move to the next area of this level and acquire the UFO skill from one of the enemy you can find here, than turn back. The most powerful attack of the spaceship can destroy the ice blocks. Enter the door behind the blocks to find the switch.
-===Stage 4 - '''Unlocked''': Arena===
+==Stage 7-1==
+*Ability required: Beam and Fireball
+*Unlocked: Crane Fever minigame
+In the second area, some of the blue blocks that border the path are actually destructible. In the point where you meet a Flamer, you can open your way through the floor using a skill or a slide attack and then proceed to the left. You’ll meet a Waddle Doo, acquire the Beam skill from it. Then proceed along the normal path, until you see three Waddle Dees trapped by blocks. Above them is a hidden vertical path that you must reveal with the Beam, destroying the blue block. In this way you can approach to the top door. However, the last two blue blocks before the door cannot be destroyed by Beam. You have to go back and inhale the Flamer you saw before, to acquire the Fireball skill. With this skill, you can destroy the last blocks and reach the door that leads to the switch.
-In the field containing waterfalls, go through one of them to enter a hidden cavern. Hover through the cavern until you see a door in the middle. Enter through there, trigger the switch, and the arena should now be accessible to you.
+==Stage 7-6==
+*Ability required: none
-===Stage 5 - '''Unlocked''': Quick Draw===
+*Unlocked: Warp Star Station
+Easy to reach, but very well hidden. At the end of the level, where the exit door is, fly exactly under the moon and press {{nes|up|dpad}}. You will enter a secret room with the last switch.
-'''Special abilities required''': Hi-jump, Fire
-Getting this switch will take some work. You have to be quick on your arms and feet. As you're hovering through the forest, you will see a tree with a door. Enter through, and you will go to a field involving a Starman, a Hot Head, and a cannon. Unfortunately, the cannon is blocked by star blocks. This should be a breeze if you're a fast video gamer who knows puzzles involved in the getting the correct order. First inhale the Starman, then '''quickly''' clear the blockage. Hurry and inhale the Hot Head before he disappears from the screen (If you miss the Hot Head, you will have to repeat the process over again). Light the fuse, then quickly hover and fall into the cannon. Bull's Eye! You will land exactly on the switch.
-===Stage 6 - '''Unlocked''': Warp Star Station===
-'''Special abilities required''': Hammer
-This is one of the toughest switches to get. You will need the Hammer ability for this switch. The quickest way to obtain the ability is to challenge Bonkers in the Arena you just unlocked. After defeating him, get the hammer. Hang on to that mallet! Dodge every Wheelie and Waddle Dee you encounter. When you get to the aquatic portion of the stage, go into a palm tree, revealing a room of bricks blocking a door. Using the hammer, smash the bricks, go through the door, and you will go into a cavern with the switch hidden inside.
-== Chapter 6: Orange Ocean ==
-===Stage 1 - '''Unlocked''': Museum===
-'''Special abilities required''': Hammer, Wheel, Fireball
-In the scene where the sky is blue, there is a random door which leads to a small cave. Inside the cave, there is a secret door underneath, but it is sealed off by a brick. Hammer can be used to destroy the brick, but a rather tedious task. The quickest method to the trigger is to leave the cave, inhale two enemies, get Mix, and hope to get either Wheel or Fireball. Re-enter the cave and destroy the brick. You are now able to get in. The door will reveal the hidden trigger. The museum housing the Wheelie is now yours at your disposal!
-===Stage 2 - '''Unlocked''': Arena===
-'''Special abilities required''': Hammer or Stone
-This one is very difficult to get. On the screen where there is a bottle and a bomb there is a hidden door above where was the bottle, there you can turn into stone or you can beat Bonkers in the Arena from Yogurt Yard and get his power, and then travel through this stage until your reach a door in the cloud and column area. Use hammer on the post right below where you come in and the button is right above you. Getting through the part without losing hammer/stone is quite difficult though, so be patient when doing it. Another strategy is to swallow both Parasol Waddle Dee and the Bomber at the start of the Cloud and Column area and mix until you get the Hammer or Stone Ability. If you fail, just head down to the start of the area and wait a few seconds for them to respawn.
-===Stage 3 - '''Unlocked''': Crane Fever===
-'''Special abilities required''': Hammer and Laser
-Another tricky one. Go through the stage until you reach Bonkers. Defeat him and then take his power, then travel up to the top floor. Head right and break the box along the wall with the hammer and travel down. Break the bomb block and go through the hidden door to the left of it. Defeat the Sword knight and go through the hidden door there. Get Laser from the Laser Ball before he flies away and then go back through the hidden door in the water. Go through the door on the left when you're back in the room with the 1-Up and the Knight. You should be in a room with two doors, a cannon, and a Hot Head. Kill the Hot Head and use Laser on the slant on the wall, lighting the fuse to the cannon. Get in the cannon quickly and then you'll be launched to the room with the button. And easy way to do this is to stand on the right platform by the cannon and do a hop to light the fuse.
-===Stage 4 - '''Unlocked''': Egg Catcher===
-Sword makes this a little easier, but it can be done without powers. Go through the stage until you reach the cave part. Go to the right side of the screen, but do not go up the ladders. There's a hidden door in the wall with an indentation in it (2 squares). The back one has the hidden door. Go in and the button should be right below you.
-===Stage 5 - '''Unlocked''': Quick Draw===
-'''Special abilities required''': Fire or Fireball
-Play until the end of the stage. Once you reach the final screen, destroy both bomb blocks before the exit. Then, go down the first one and light the fuse, and quickly run to the cannon in the other hole you made. The button is right by when you come in. It is an extremely close shave, which is why Fireball is recommended more than Fire since it goes a little bit faster, making it less stressful.
-===Stage 6 - '''Unlocked''': Warp Star Station===
-'''Special abilities required''': Fireball or U.F.O
-On the beginning screen, right before the Sword Knight, drop down and fly under the level to the left and there should be two platforms. The one with the door only has one access, and it's blocked by ice. Use Fireball to dash through the ice and then go through the door where the button awaits. You can also go to the next room and eat U.F.O, then go back to the ice via the same door. Charge to full power, and shoot it at the ice.
-== Chapter 7: Rainbow Resort ==
-===Stage 1 - '''Unlocked''': Crane Fever===
-'''Special ability required''': Beam, Fireball
-In the area with all of the blue blocks where your path is blocked by star blocks, you'll shortly come across a Waddle Doo. Swallow him and copy his ability by either waiting for him to walk close to the wall of the small area he's confined it, or use Spark where the Flamer appears to break open a hidden path. Make your way to the end of the room where you'll find three Waddle Dees trapped by blocks. There is a hidden vertical path that you must reveal with the Beam ability to reach the door at the top. It may help to try to leave some of the blocks as foot holds as the jump to reach and break the higher blocks may be tricky. The last two blocks in front of the door can only be broken with the Fireball ability, which you can obtain by inhaling the Flamer enemy found earlier in the same room.
-===Stage 6 - '''Unlocked''': Warp===
-Play the level as usual, until you go to the star door, the entrance to the switch is hidden just above the column directly to the right of the star door, in the moon.
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