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Once again, Kirby saves the universe! Some call him a puffball, some call him a marshmallow, but most people prefer to simply call him Kirby.
Kirby first entered the third dimension in Super Smash Bros., and now he's starring in his very own adventure on Nintendo 64. The storyline scores high on the cute-o-meter, too, with Kirby and friends valiantly fighting to save the peaceful fairy folk of Ripple Star from the marauding Dark Matter.
Kirby and friends must round up six pieces of a shattered magical crystal in order to set things right.But the story is secondary to one of the most memorable video game characters to grace any platform. As in earlier Game Boy and Super NES incarnations, Kirby has the amazing power to inhale enemies, acquire their attacks, and then unleash them in brilliant new ways. For example, after inhaling a fiery enemy, Kirby can make a red-hot run through the opposition. After sucking up a rock enemy, Kirby can don a stony shield and bowl over the competition. Swallowing two similar enemies increases Kirby's power even moreA big part of the fun in Kirby 64 is experimenting with different Power Combo mixtures to find all of Kirby's special powers.
In all, Kirby can use nearly 30 different combinations to take out foes and avoid the many obstacles in its path. Kirby 64 is primarily a 2D platformer, with Kirby following a track left, right, up and down through picture-perfect landscapes strongly reminiscent of Yoshi's Story. Besides permitting gorgeous graphics, the 2D approach allows developer HAL Laboratories (Super Smash Bros) to concentrate on the play control, which brilliantly conveys the feeling of Kirby flying, floating, rolling and swimming.
Kirby 64 is a one-player adventure at heart, but three mini-games allow as many as four players to experience the fun together. Kirby 64 is the perfect game for beginning players, while expert adventurers can find a challenge by trying to find every last one of the hidden Shards. Even though we may never figure out exactly what Kirby is made out of, there's no doubt that Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards delivers some serious fun.
Kirby first entered the third dimension in Super Smash Bros., and now he's starring in his very own adventure on Nintendo 64. The storyline scores high on the cute-o-meter, too, with Kirby and friends valiantly fighting to save the peaceful fairy folk of Ripple Star from the marauding Dark Matter.
Kirby and friends must round up six pieces of a shattered magical crystal in order to set things right.But the story is secondary to one of the most memorable video game characters to grace any platform. As in earlier Game Boy and Super NES incarnations, Kirby has the amazing power to inhale enemies, acquire their attacks, and then unleash them in brilliant new ways. For example, after inhaling a fiery enemy, Kirby can make a red-hot run through the opposition. After sucking up a rock enemy, Kirby can don a stony shield and bowl over the competition. Swallowing two similar enemies increases Kirby's power even moreA big part of the fun in Kirby 64 is experimenting with different Power Combo mixtures to find all of Kirby's special powers.
In all, Kirby can use nearly 30 different combinations to take out foes and avoid the many obstacles in its path. Kirby 64 is primarily a 2D platformer, with Kirby following a track left, right, up and down through picture-perfect landscapes strongly reminiscent of Yoshi's Story. Besides permitting gorgeous graphics, the 2D approach allows developer HAL Laboratories (Super Smash Bros) to concentrate on the play control, which brilliantly conveys the feeling of Kirby flying, floating, rolling and swimming.
Kirby 64 is a one-player adventure at heart, but three mini-games allow as many as four players to experience the fun together. Kirby 64 is the perfect game for beginning players, while expert adventurers can find a challenge by trying to find every last one of the hidden Shards. Even though we may never figure out exactly what Kirby is made out of, there's no doubt that Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards delivers some serious fun.
- Category: Action
- Multiplayer mode: Simultaneous
- Players: 1-4
- Age rating: 3
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Developer: Hal Laboratories
- Release date: 06/07/2001
