
Kirby's Dream Course Instruction Booklet (North American print), page 3 One night, the inhabitants (of Dream Land) said to one another, "Let's gaze at the star-lit sky and have wonderful dreams tonight." However, when they gazed up into the sky they noticed something was different. King Dedede stealing the stars, as depicted in the instruction booklet. It is also included as one of the games on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition and can be accessed through the Nintendo Switch Online Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator. Kirby's Dream Course is priced at $7.99 (USD) on both the Wii U and New 3DS eShops. In 2013, the game was ported on the Wii U's Virtual Console, and in 2016, the game was ported as a Virtual Console title for New Nintendo 3DS units. In 2007, Kirby's Dream Course was ported to the Wii's Virtual Console at a price of 800 Wii Points. This makes it the second game to focus on utilizing Kirby as a ball, the first being its immediate predecessor, Kirby's Pinball Land. The game does not feature traditional Kirby gameplay but instead casts the pink hero as the ball in a golf or miniature golf simulation with numerous Kirby elements and themes.

It is the fourth game released in the Kirby series and is the first to be released on a 16-bit console. It was first released in Japan in 1994 and saw an overseas release a year later, in 1995. Kirby's Dream Course is a spinoff game released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. For information about the Wii game celebrating Kirby's 20th anniversary, see Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition. Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition, Nintendo Switch (SNES: Nintendo Switch Online) Box art of Kirby's Dream Course in various regions.
