Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

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Inhale an icy enemy, then a sparking one, and Kirby does not choose between them: he turns into a refrigerator that pops open to hand out food. That kind of delighted surprise is what Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is built on. HAL Laboratory's first Kirby adventure on the Nintendo 64, released in 2000, brought the pink puffball into polygonal 3D graphics while keeping the side-scrolling play that the series does best.

The star of the show is ability mixing. There are seven basic copy abilities, Burn, Stone, Ice, Needle, Bomb, Spark and Cutter, and Kirby can combine any two by inhaling a pair of enemies or tossing an ability star at another foe. Burn plus Cutter forges a flaming sword, Ice plus Spark gives you that refrigerator, and dozens of other pairings turn Kirby into drills, explosives and stranger things still. Half the fun is simply experimenting to see what the next combination does.

The story begins when Dark Matter attacks Ripple Star and the young fairy Ribbon flees with her world's great crystal, only for it to shatter over Pop Star. Kirby sets off with Ribbon at his side to recover all 100 shards across a string of planets, including Rock Star, Aqua Star, Neo Star and Shiver Star, with King Dedede, Waddle Dee and Adeleine pitching in along the way. Many shards are tucked behind clever ability-specific puzzles, and finding every last one is what opens the path to the true final confrontation.

Between adventures, three four-player minigames, 100-Yard Hop, Bumper Crop Bump and Checkerboard Chase, make it an easy pick when friends are over. The soft, storybook visuals and gentle music still look and sound lovely on original hardware, and the combination system is among the most inventive ideas the series ever tried. On the N64, this is Kirby's home console showcase, and the shard hunt gives completionists plenty of reason to keep coming back.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2000
Publisher
Nintendo
Developer
HAL Laboratory
Players
Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
About the game

Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with the gem to Dream Land. Now the crystal has been broken, and it's scattered around the world. Take control of Kirby and help him journey across six worlds, battling a wide variety of enemies and challenging bosses, as he tries to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal.

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