Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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…
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 24 March 2000 on Wii U, Wii and Nintendo 64.
What Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2000. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Wii U, Wii and Nintendo 64.
The premise, in the publisher's words
On the planet of Ripple Star, lives a group of kind and peaceful fairies. The planet itself is protected from danger by the power of the great Crystal, which watches over Ripple Star. This power, however, draws the attention of Dark Matter, who wishes to use the great Crystal for its own evil agenda. Its gigantic mass attacks and searches for the Crystal, blackening the sky and sending the fairies into panic. In response to the threat Dark Matter presents, the queen of Ripple Star orders a fairy named Ribbon to take the Crystal to a safe place. Ribbon tries to fly away with the Crystal in tow, but is stopped by three orbs sent by Dark Matter. The Crystal shatters into 74 shards, scattered…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Kirby series
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is the 31st of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. It arrived 8 months after Picross NP Vol. 3. The next entry was Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble in 2000.
What it launched against
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards launched on 24 March 2000, within three weeks of Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death and Rollcage Stage II.
Released around the same time: Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death, Rollcage Stage II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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