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Kirby Super Star Ultra

Kirby Super Star Ultra for the Nintendo DS re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. The game features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes. With so many adventures waiting to…

77 22 September 2008

Kirby Super Star Ultra is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 22 September 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What Kirby Super Star Ultra is

Kirby Super Star Ultra is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kirby Super Star Ultra is a 2008 anthology platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game is an enhanced remake of Kirby Super Star, originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996, to commemorate the Kirby series' 15th anniversary. The remake retains all game modes found in the original and adds four major new ones, along with adding updated visuals and full-motion video cutscenes.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby Super Star Ultra is the 46th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Spring Breeze in 2008. Its critic score of 77 is almost exactly the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Kirby Super Star Ultra holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 89 votes.

What it launched against

Kirby Super Star Ultra launched on 22 September 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo and Rock Band 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo, Rock Band 2.

Cheats and codes

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When did Kirby Super Star Ultra come out?
Kirby Super Star Ultra was released on 22 September 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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