Kirby's Return to Dream Land (released as Kirby's Adventure Wii in PAL regions for the platform) is a 2011 platform video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the ninth mainline installment and the twenty-second game in the Kirby series. The game's plot follows Kirby King Dedede Meta Knight and Bandana Waddle Dee as they help an alien named Magolor recover the pieces of the Lor Starcutter so he can return home. While Kirby's Epic Yarn was released in 2010 Kirby's Return to Dream Land is the first traditional Kirby platforming home console game since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards which was released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64. The title was released in North America on October 24 2011 in Japan on October 27 2011 in Europe on November 25 2011 and in Australia on December 1 2011.