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Kirby Super Star

Kirby Super Star
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Developer(s) HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Masahiro Sakurai
Producer(s) Satoru Iwata
Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer(s) Jun Ishikawa
Dan Miyakawa
Series Kirby
Platform(s) SNES, Virtual Console
Release date(s) SNES
  • JP: March 21, 1996
  • NA: September 20, 1996
  • PAL: January 23, 1997
Wii Virtual Console
  • JP: October 13, 2009
  • NA: May 17, 2010
  • PAL: May 28, 2010
Wii U Virtual Console
  • JP: May 1, 2013
  • WW: May 23, 2013
Genre(s) Action, platforming
Mode(s) Single-player, cooperative multiplayer
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Developer(s) HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Director(s) Shinya Kumazaki
Producer(s) Masayoshi Tanimura
Kensuke Tanabe
Composer(s) Jun Ishikawa
Hirokazu Ando
Series Kirby
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release date(s)
  • NA: September 22, 2008
  • JP: November 6, 2008
  • KO: November 13, 2008
  • AU: November 27, 2008
  • EU: September 18, 2009
Genre(s) Action, Platforming
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Review scores
Publication Score
DS SNES Wii
1UP.com A− N/A N/A
Destructoid 8.5/10 N/A N/A
EGM N/A 8.63/10 N/A
Eurogamer 6/10 N/A N/A
Famitsu 32/40 N/A N/A
Game Informer 7/10 7.25/10 N/A
Game Revolution B− N/A N/A
GameZone 7.7/10 N/A N/A
IGN (AU) 8.3/10
(US) 7.9/10
N/A 8.5/10
Nintendo Power 9/10 N/A N/A
411Mania 9/10 N/A N/A
Aggregate scores
GameRankings 80% 86% N/A
Metacritic 76/100 N/A N/A

Kirby Super Star, known as Kirby's Fun Pak in Europe and Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe (星のカービィスーパーデラックス Hoshi no Kābī Sūpā Derakkusu?, lit. "Kirby of the Stars Super Deluxe") in Japan, is a 1996 platforming video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was first released in Japan on March 21, 1996, in North America on September 20, 1996, and in Europe on January 23, 1997. Kirby Super Star's box art states that the game features eight games in one cartridge. Most of these games are platforming-oriented, while some are mini-games. The game was later released for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan in October 2009 and in North America and Europe in May 2010 while the Wii U Virtual Console version was released in Japan on May 1, 2013 and in North America and Europe on May 23, 2013, although the Wii U Europe users get the North American version instead. An enhanced remake titled Kirby Super Star Ultra was released for the Nintendo DS in 2008.

Kirby Super Star sees players take on the role of Kirby, who can float around the screen, inhale blocks and enemies and spit them out. By swallowing certain enemies after inhaling them, Kirby can copy their abilities and use them as his own, becoming able to perform a wide range of attacks. A unique feature of the game is the addition of helpers. When Kirby is in possession of an ability, he can choose to transform it into a helper character which can be controlled by a second player or the computer AI (certain abilities such as Crash or Mike cannot be turned into helpers). Kirby can choose to give the helper a different form, or revert them into a power up to use on himself in an emergency. Certain helpers, such as Wheelie, allow Kirby to interact with them during two player play. If the helper takes too much damage, there is a short time for Kirby to grant it a new power before it disappears until Kirby creates a new one. However, if Kirby takes too much damage, he will lose a life.


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