About
Kirby’s Dreamland Challenge is a video remix series featuring footage of people dancing with the theme song from the 1992 Nintendo Game Boy platformer video game Kirby’s Dream Land dubbed over the background audio.
Origin
In 1992, the Game Boy video game Kirby’s Dream Land was released, which featured a theme song composed by Japanese sound designer Jun Ishikawa (shown below, left). On March 7th, 2015, YouTuber Tim Piper uploaded footage of a group of goth teenagers dancing under an overpass dubbed with the Kirby’s Dream Land theme (shown below, right).
Spread
On May 26th, 2015, Viner Dis Man Right Here uploaded a clip of rapper Waka Flocka Flame singing the word “bow” in sync with the Kirby’s Dream Land theme (shown below). Within 15 months, the video gained over 430,000 loops, 8,000 likes and 2,400 revines.
On June 3rd, 2016, Viner viral shark uploaded a clip of a group of students dancing to the tune of the Kirby theme (shown below, left). On June 6th, Viner No Chill Will posted footage of a dog hopping on his front legs dubbed with the Kirby theme (shown below, right) Within three months, the videos gained over 51 million and 1.6 million loops respectively.
On the following day, Viner Nintendo_Skrub posted a video of comedian Gabriel Iglesias dancing to the Kirby theme song (shown below, left). On June 10th, Viner Brandon Zingale uploaded a clip of the rapper “Drake”: dancing in the music video for “Hotline Bling” to tune of the Kirby theme (shown below, right). Within three months, the videos garnered upwards of 730,000 and 7.7 million loops respectively.
The same day, Mashable[2] published an article about the Vine video series. On June 12th, YouTuber Funny Vine Videos uploaded a compilation of notable Kirby’s Dreamland Challenge Vines (shown below).
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External References
[1]Vine – Kirby’s Dreamland Challenge
[2]Mashable – Kirbys Dream Land is making a comeback