Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)

Developer

HAL Laboratory

Publisher

Nintendo, Gradiente

Platforms

Wii, Nintendo 64, Wii U

Genres

Platform, Adventure

Rating

3.8 of 5, 121 player ratings

Where to get it

Nintendo eShop

How it feels

Kirby's charming N64 adventure has him collecting crystal shards across six colorful worlds to stop the dark matter menace.

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About

Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with the gem to Dream Land. Now the crystal has been broken, and it's scattered around the world. Take control of Kirby and help him journey across six worlds, battling a wide variety of enemies and challenging bosses, as he tries to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal.

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