Necordeus has invaded Planet Popstar to eliminate light and plunge Dreamland into darkness. Kirby attempted to stop him. But in this dimension Kirby fails. Necrodeus and his Skull Gang plunges all of Planet Popstar into pitch black darkness. The residents struggle to see and the Skull Gang prey on them.

Necrodeus looms over Dreamland. He picks you up

What pathetic life forms… so reliant on the light… it makes me sick… YOU… get up and bow before me!