Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu

Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu is a video game released in 1998 for the Super Famicom, exclusively in Japan, as an indirect follow-up title to Kirby's Star Stacker. The game was first released in 1998 in the form of being distributed via the Nintendo Power flash RAM service. A year later, in 1999, the game was given a standard cartridge release. Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu was ported to the Virtual Console on three different consoles, the Wii in 2010, the Wii U in 2013, and the New Nintendo 3DS in 2016, and remained exclusive to Japan for all three releases. The game's title is identical to the Japanese title of Kirby's Star Stacker (カービィのきらきら きっず, Kirby's Sparkling Kids).

Like the original Kirby's Star Stacker, the gameplay involves the player having to remove falling Star Blocks by placing matching Animal Friends (Rick, Coo, and Kine) at either end. A notable addition to Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu is a story mode, in which Kirby faces several opponents from other Kirby games (most of them originally appearing in Kirby Super Star). There were plans to release the game overseas as Kirby's Super Star Stacker, but was canceled because the Super Nintendo reached the end of its lifespan around that time.

External link

 * Japanese website