Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

KIRBY 64: THE CRYSTAL SHARDS

And now, the first 3D game, or, well, the first game with 3D graphics. It's still a 2D sidescroller, but hey, that's Kirby. The plot tells the story of Ribbon, a young fairy whose home was invaded by Dark Matter, who fled to Pop Star and met Kirby who then agreed to help her, with King Dedede, Waddle Dee, and Adeleine joining in the quest as well.

Kirby is our playable character, and brings with him most of his standards. His copy abilities this time include: Burn (Fire, Fireball, Burning, here's another name), Stone (which makes him indestructible but still mobile now), Ice, Needle (now turning him into a big spiky ball), Bomb, Spark, and Cutter. All of these can be combined into a bunch of unique combinations. To save myself time, I'm just going to mark them all down in the wrap-up section below.

Ribbon is Kirby's companion, serving a sort of Navi-type role. While she and Adeleine were combined in Star Allies, I understand that was done to represent them both while only having one 64 rep, so we don't have to do that ourselves. If anything, Ribbon is the most obvious gimmick rep candidate. As for the other allies, King Dedede can float and body slam and smack things with his hammer. Waddle Dee brings with him a bunch of gadgets, including a boat, a sled, and a mine cart, and can also break through walls. He turns into a Waddle Doo during his early boss fight. Adeleine paints items for Kirby and shows him hints, and during her boss battle, she draws monsters and attacks with her paint brush.

Dark Matter is our main villain once again. In his boss fight, you start out fighting Miracle Matter, a dice of eyeballs that can use attacks based on all of Kirby's copy abilities. After that, you fight 0², the new Zero, who fires explosive orbs, flies with wings, and spews green gas from its tail. As for the other bosses, Whispy Woods tosses fruit, shoots out roots, and has Whispy Woods Jr.'s that follow you around. Pix is a trio of shapes in red, blue, and green, which slash and shoot projectiles. Acro returns, spitting enemies as projectiles, body slamming, and charging Kirby. Magman is a large blob of lava that attacks with tendrils, creates earthquakes, and breathes fire. HR-H is a giant robot that attacks with its arms and shoots missiles, then turns into a lobster and attacks with its claws.

The mini-bosses are all just really big versions of regular enemies. Our returning non-copy enemies include Bouncy, Bronto Burt, Gabon, Glunk, Gordo, Kany, Mariel, Mopoo, Mumbies, Nruff, Pteran, Scarfy, and Zebon, alongside newcomers like Bivolt, Bo, Bonehead, Bumber, Chacha, Drop, Flopper, Flora, Flutter, Glom, Gobblin, I3, Ignus, Keke, Mahall, Maw, Mite, N-Z, Noo, Pupa, Putt, Sandman, Slushy, Snipper, Squibby, and Yariko.

The stages this time around include: Pop Star, the generic starter stage; Rock Star, a desert world; Aqua Star, a beach world; Neo Star, a jungle world; Shiver Star, an ice world; Ripple Star, Ribbon's home world; and Dark Star, where Dark Matter is.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters

Kirby: inhale, stars, float, copy abilities, Love-Love Stick

King Dedede: inhale, hammer, body slam, super jump, eggs, bombs, float, Dark Matter mouth and eye

Meta Knight: sword, slash, stab downward, cape shield, fly, disappear, spin, twister, beams

Bandana Waddle Dee: punch down

Gooey: health, Girl Blob, tongue, Burning, Clean, Cutter, Ice, Needle, Parasol, Spark, Stone, Love-Love Stick, Mock Matter

Ribbon: gimmick rep, Ribbon's crystal

Rick: fire breath, throw Kirby, snowman, quills, bounce Kirby ball, Beam ability, rolling boulder, feather duster

Coo: meteor, feather darts, ice breath, spiky Kirby, spin attack, lightning blast, divebomb, become feather duster

Kine: fireball, laser, freeze water, spikes, shield, lightbulb, sink, plunger

Chuchu: hot-air balloon, magic broom, axe, throw snowballs, shoot out needles, ride in parasol, laser, club

Nago: pillar of fire, dishrag, crescent energy beam, propel into the air, shoot spikes, pogo stick, ball of static, hammer

Pitch: giant fireball, bucket of water, boomerang, snow machine, dart, golf ball, remote control drone, catapult

Meta Knights: axe, mace, javelin, trident

Nightmare: orb, stars, crescents, float, sweep around, cape shield

Dark Matter: sword, shooting beams, energy orb, true form, dark beams, orbs, King Dedede mouth

Miracle Matter: Kirby's copy abilities

Zero: squirts blood, mini-Dark Matters, burst the iris

0²: explosive orbs, wings, green gas

Marx: ball, wings, drop orbs, lightning, burrow, teleport, light arrows, throw up big ball, black hole

Whispy Woods: apples, gusts of air, roots, twin, caterpillars, spit vegetables, walk, Whispy Woods Jr.

Lololo and Lalala: blocks

Kabula: cannon

Kracko: lightning, spawn enemies, orbs, spin, beams

Paint Roller: draw items

Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright: take turns, fire, moon boomerangs, roll, falling stars, meteors, stars, eclipse

Heavy Mole: dig, claw, shoot missiles.

Nruff and Nelly: charge

Sweet Stuff: bites, shoots lasers, summons enemies

Ice Dragon: launch into air, icy breath, kick icy spikes, pound the ground to make icicles

Dynablade: fly, beak, talons, swoop really fast, projectiles, eggs

Fatty Whale: rolls, blowhole, body slams

Computer Virus: D&D RPG game

Chameleo Arm: tongue, claws

Wham Bam Rock: stone hands

Heavy Lobster: fire, charges, minions

Acro: spits things, ram, swim, body slam, spit enemies

Pon and Con

Adeleine/Ado: paintings, Ice Dragon, Sweet Stuff, Shine & Bright, Kracko, paint items, hints, paint brush

Pix: slash, projectiles

Magman: tendrils, earthquakes, fire, enemies

HR-H and HR-E: arms, missiles, lobster, claws

Mr. Frosty: charge, blocks of ice, freeze, swallow, spit

Mr. Tick Tock: sonic blasts, music notes

Bugzzy: grab, slam, fly, ladybugs

Bonkers: hammer, jump, run, coconuts

Rolling Turtle: roll, throw shell

Fire Lion: pounce, chew, fireball

Blocky: jump, crash

Captain Stitch: shoot spikes

Efreeti: meteor

Jumpershoot: jump, spin, sandals

Master Green: lightning, electrical field

Waiu: cutter blades, katana, burning stars, jump quickly

Chef Kawasaki: extendable pan, pot, throwing plates

Iron Mam: extendo-punches

Jukid: energy blasts, grab and slam

Boboo

Haboki: sweep, slam

Yuki: throw head

Waddle Dee: parasol, boat, sled, mine cart, break through walls, Waddle Doo

Waddle Doo: parasol, beam

Poppy Bros.: bombs, balls, Grizzo, flying kick

Broom Hatter

Sir Kibble

Copy Abilities:

Backdrop/Suplex (Bugzzy): suplex

Ball: bouncy ball

Beam (Waddle Doo): sparkly whip, projectile blast

Bomb (Poppy Bros): bombs, fireworks, dynamite, snowman bomb, Gordo, three missiles, lightbulb, exploding shurikens

Clean: sweep, dust, feather duster, Coo feather duster, plunger, magic broom, dishrag, water bucket

Cook: pot, suction

Copy (Tac): scan, copy

Crash: explode

Cutter (Sir Kibble): boomerang blade, Kirby, three darts, laser, axe, crescent beam, boomerang, flaming sword, animal buddy statues, ice skate, bear trap, exploding shurikens, giant boomerang

Fighter (Knuckle Joe): martial arts moves, energy blast

Fire/Fireball/Burning/Burn (Burnin' Leo): fire breath, meteor, fireball, hot-air balloon, pillar of fire, giant fireball, giant winged fireball, volcanic rock, melting ice, fiery arrow, fireworks, tinder sheet, flaming sword

Hammer (Bonkers): swing, pound

Hi-Jump: jump

Ice/Freeze (Chilly): cone of frost, snowman, icy breath, freeze, throw snowballs, propel upward, snow machine, melting ice, curling, giant snowball, giant snowflake, snowman bomb, refrigerator, ice skates

Jet (Capsule J): fly forward

Laser: laser beam

Light: light up dark rooms

Mike: sonic attack

Mirror (Simirror): toss reflections, reflect attack

Needle: spikes, quills, spiky Kirby, shoot needles, shoot spike forward, dart, fiery arrow, drill, snowflake, lots of pointy things, Gordo, lightning rod, bear trap

Ninja (Bio Spark): katana, shuriken, ninja abilities

Paint: splatter paint

Parasol (Parasol Waddle Dee): float, attack, defend, bounce ball, spin attack, ride inside, pogo stick, golf club

Plasma (Plasma Wisp): electric blast, static (combine with Spark?)

Sleep: sleep

Spark: electric field, Beam, lightning, lightbulb, laser, ball of static, remote control drone, tinder sheet, electric rock, refrigerator, lightning rod, lightbulb, force field, lightsaber

Stone (Rocky): heavy block, boulder, sink, divebomb, club, hammer, catapult, volcanic rock, rock skin, giant stone Kirby, curling, drill, dynamite, electric rock, animal buddy statues

Sword (Blade Knight): sword, spinning midair strike

Throw: throw things

Tornado: spin, float

UFO: fly, shoot projectiles

Wheel (Wheelie): roll really fast

Wing (Birdon): fly, divebomb, shoot feathers

Yo-Yo (Gim): yo-yo attacks

Stages:

Green Greens

Castle Lololo

Float Island

Bubbly Clouds

Mt. Dedede

Vegetable Valley

Ice Cream Island

Butter Building

Grape Garden

Yogurt Yard

Orange Ocean

Rainbow Resort

Fountain of Dreams

Grass Land

Big Forest

Ripple Field

Iceberg

Red Canyon

Cloudy Park

Dark Castle

Spring Breeze

Dyna Blade('s Mountain?)

Gourmet Race

The Great Cave Offensive

The Revenge of Meta Knight (Battleship Halberd)

Milky Way Wishes (Nova)

The Arena

Pop Star

Rock Star

Aqua Star

Neo Star

Shiver Star

Ripple Star

Dark Star

Items:

1-Up

Maxim Tomato

Bomb

Invincible Candy

Mike

Mint Leaf

Energy Drink

Sparkling Star

Superspicy Curry

Warp Star

Cannon

Star Rod

Point Star

Rainbow Drop

Grass Land

Ripple Field

Sand Canyon

Cloudy Park

Iceberg

Hyper Zone

Thanks for reading! Next up, sans the copy abilities, which we'll keep going on until at least Forgotten Land, we'll take a break and sort out some character movesets.