Kirby no Omochabako: Cannonball
In Kirby's Toy Box - Cannonball, the player controls a giant robotic Rick, which can shoot spherical Kirbys out from its head. The game is a simplified take on the same concept used by numerous other games…
Kirby no Omochabako: Cannonball is an arcade developed by HAL Laboratory, released 8 February 1996 on Satellaview.
What Kirby no Omochabako: Cannonball is
Kirby no Omochabako: Cannonball is an arcade game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1996. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Satellaview only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Kirby's Toy Box - Cannonball, the player controls a giant robotic Rick, which can shoot spherical Kirbys out from its head. The game is a simplified take on the same concept used by numerous other games based around lobbing parabolic projectiles at opponents over hills with destructible terrain, such as Scorched Earth and the |Worms series. A large hill divides the screen into two halves, with Player 1 on the left; the right side is occupied by another robot hamster, which is controlled by a CPU or a second player. The goal of the game is defeat the opponent robot by hitting it with enough Kirbys. Each robot can move its head to change the direction and angle of the Kirbys it fires. They…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy and kids. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Kirby series
Kirby no Omochabako: Cannonball is the 11th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Kirby no Omochabako: Arrange Ball in 1996.
What it launched against
Kirby no Omochabako: Cannonball launched on 8 February 1996, within three weeks of Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Soul Edge.
Released around the same time: Pokémon Red Version, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Soul Edge.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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