Kirby's Star Stacker (1997) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Kirby's Star Stacker

Join Kirby as he stacks the falling stars with help from his friends, Rick the Hamster, Kine the Sunfish, and Coo the Owl. Watch out for King Dedede. He is out to stop you! With a few quick moves and some…

25 January 1997

What Kirby's Star Stacker is

Kirby's Star Stacker is a puzzle game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1997. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and Game Boy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Join Kirby as he stacks the falling stars with help from his friends, Rick the Hamster, Kine the Sunfish, and Coo the Owl. Watch out for King Dedede. He is out to stop you! With a few quick moves and some well-timed strategy, you can quickly outwit him and move on to the next challenging level. Kirby's Star Stacker features pure puzzle fun for everyone. From above, blocks rain down constantly. From below, whole lines appear with unrelenting clock-like regularity. Simply sandwich the stars between Kirby's pals and you'll soon be on your way to the high score.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby's Star Stacker is the 26th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. It arrived 10 months after Samurai Kirby. The next entry was Kirby's Dream Land 3 in 1997.

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What it launched against

Kirby's Star Stacker launched on 25 January 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII (1997), Theme Hospital, Money Puzzle Exchanger and Intelligent Qube.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII (1997), Theme Hospital, Money Puzzle Exchanger, Intelligent Qube.

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