Kirby Super Star
Kirby Super Star, released as Kirby's Fun Pak in PAL regions, is a platforming video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The game was advertised as featuring eight games: seven short…
Kirby Super Star is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 21 March 1996 on Wii U, Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The main story takes about 18 hrs to finish.
What Kirby Super Star is
Kirby Super Star is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1996. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U, Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Spring Breeze Spring Breeze is a smaller, updated version of Kirby's Dream Land. King Dedede has stolen the people's food, and four Sparkling Stars from the people of Dream Land. Kirby must follow the wind of the Spring Breeze to locate the four stars and make his way to Mt. Dedede. Dyna Blade Dyna Blade is ruining Dream Land's crops. Kirby must travel to the mountain where she lives and investigate. Gourmet Race Race against King Dedede to the finish line in three different levels, while trying to eat more food than him. The Great Cave Offensive Kirby journeys through a long, winding system of levels and gathers valuable treasure while seeking the way out. Revenge of Meta Knight Meta…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Kirby series
Kirby Super Star is the 23rd of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Megaton Punch in 1996. Its critic score of 80 is 2 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Kirby Super Star holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 138 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 18 hrs.
What it launched against
Kirby Super Star launched on 21 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Descent II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Descent II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kirby Super Star yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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