Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
| Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards | |
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shinichi Shimomura |
| Producer(s) | Masayoshi Tanimura Hiroaki Suga Kenji Miki Shigeru Miyamoto |
| Composer(s) | Jun Ishikawa Hirokazu Ando |
| Series | Kirby |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64, Virtual Console |
| Release |
Nintendo 64 Wii Virtual Console Wii U Virtual Console |
| Genre(s) | Platforming |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 5/10 |
| EGM | 8.33/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Famitsu | 32/40 |
| GameFan | 90% |
| Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 6.9/10 |
| IGN | 7.9/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 8.1/10 |
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (星のカービィ64 Hoshi no Kābī Rokujuyon?, "Kirby of the Stars 64") is a Kirby platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the sequel to Kirby's Dream Land 3.
Although Kirby appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros., this is the only game in the Kirby series to be released on the Nintendo 64.
Kirby 64 is a 2.5D platform game, with gameplay similar to earlier Kirby titles, where the titular character Kirby has the ability to inhale enemies and objects and extract their abilities. Kirby travels across six planets, which consist of separate levels, and collect the scattered pieces of a Crystal, which is used to defeat the game's main villain, Dark Matter.
There are seven different copy abilities, and any two can be merged to create a new one. The seven basic abilities are Burning, Stone, Ice, Needle, Bomb, Spark, and Cutter. Though Kirby only needs one element in his body to gain an extra attack, copy abilities can also be merged with abilities of the same type for more powerful versions of the basic abilities. In total, there are 35 abilities to combine and stand-alone. Usually, combined ones are stronger or have added effects. This is the only game in the Kirby series where Kirby can combine copy abilities (save for the very restricted combinations with the Sword and Bomb abilities in Kirby Squeak Squad).
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