Kirby's Star Stacker

North American box art.
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release Date(s)
Game Boy	NA: April 1997 JP: January 25, 1997 JP: March 1, 2000 (NP) EU: August 28, 1997 AU: 1997
Game Boy	NA: April 1997 JP: January 25, 1997 JP: March 1, 2000 (NP) EU: August 28, 1997 AU: 1997
Virtual Console (3DS)	NA: January 17, 2013 JP: May 23, 2012 EU: August 30, 2012 AU: August 30, 2012
Virtual Console (3DS)	NA: January 17, 2013 JP: May 23, 2012 EU: August 30, 2012 AU: August 30, 2012
Platform(s)
Sales	0.22 million
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Rating(s)
ESRB	03(Orig.) (Rerel.)
PEGI	01
CERO	01 (Rerel.)
USK	01
ACB	01

Kirby's Star Stacker (known in Japan as Kirby no KiraKira Kids, is a video game for the Game Boy and Super Nintendo Entertainment System that was released in 1997 and 1998 on the respective consoles.

Gameplay

While it is not the first Kirby puzzle game ever to be released, it is the first one with original gameplay (all of the other Kirby games were remakes of already existing titles.). The objective of the game is to get at least two matching blocks next to each other, thus making it disappear. There are four modes, which includes the VS. multiplayer mode.

Types of blocks

While they aren't exactly blocks, they do act as if they were. Instead of blocks, they are friends of Kirby's, or at least ones that resemble them. The friends include Rick, Hoot, and Kine. The three of them all appeared in Kirby's Dream Land 2, where they would let Kirby ride them.

There are also other types of blocks as well. One of these is the bomb blocks, which will destroy two of the friend blocks (explained above). Hard blocks require you to destroy them twice until they dissapear. And Star Blocks will delete the friend blocks as well, but giving you more points.

Chain system

The chain system is featured in many puzzle games. In this game, you can also get chains. This is how a chain happens - Once you delete blocks, the blocks around it will move, and if a friend block moves next to another friend block of the same character, it will also be deleted. If this happens, Kirby will rain down star blocks to fill up the spaces.

Cast of characters

The following is a list of characters in Kirby's Star Stacker.

Character	Information	Friend Block
Kirby	The star of the game. You control Kirby who is stacking the blocks in the game. When you get a chain, he will sprinkle star blocks on the map.	No
Rick	Kirby's friend from Kirby's Dreamland 2. In that game, he would ride on him.	Yes
Coo	Kirby's friend from Kirby's Dream Land series.	Yes
Kine	Kirby's fish friend from the Kirby Dream Land series.	Yes
King Dedede	The main enemy in the game.	No

External links

• Kirby's Star Stacker at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Kirby's Star Stacker at GameFAQs