Kirby Super Star: Difference between revisions

'''''Kirby Super Star''''', occasionally known as '''''Kirby's Fun Pak''''' in European languages and code-named '''''Kirby Active''''' during development, is a main-series [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' game]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] that was developed by [[HAL Laboratory]] and published by [[Nintendo]]. Unlike other games in the series, it is notable for not following a single storyline, but instead consisting of six different main games, one extra game in the form of a boss endurance mode, and two sub games, each with its own scenario and gameplay elements.

In 2008, the game received a remake named ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' on the [[Nintendo DS]].

==Controls==

|-

!Move

!Image

|[[File:KSS Kirby Walking artwork.png|100px]]

|←or→

|Dash

|[[File:KSS Kirby Dashing artwork.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby Sitting artwork.png|100px]]

|↓

|Copy/Swallow

|[[File:KSS Kirby Swallow artwork.png|100px]]<br>[[File:KSS Beam.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby Entering Door artwork.png|100px]]

|↑

|Jump

|[[File:KSS Kirby Jump artwork.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby Slide artwork.png|100px]]

|↓ + B

|Fly

|[[File:KSS Kirby Fly artwork.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby In Water artwork.png|100px]]

|B (in water)

|Inhale

|[[File:KSS Kirby Inhale.jpg|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby Exhale artwork.png|100px]]

|Y

|Shoot air bullets

|[[File:KSS Kirby Air Bullet artwork.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby Water Gun artwork.png|100px]]

|Y (in water)

|Use ability

|[[File:KSS Cutter.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Wheelie Rider.png|100px]]

|A

|Cancel helper

|[[File:KSS Kirby Cancelling Helper artwork.png|100px]]

|[[File:KSS Kirby Guard.jpg|100px]]

|L or R

|}

!Name

!Difficulty

!class=unsortable|Unlock requirement

!class=unsortable|Description

|-

|{{Center|[[File:KSS Spring Breeze title.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Spring Breeze]]'''}}

|N/A

|[[King Dedede]] and his goons have stolen all the food from [[Dream Land]], prompting Kirby to go and get it back from them.

|-

|{{Center|[[File:KSS Dyna Blade title screen.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Dyna Blade (main game)|Dyna Blade]]'''}}

|N/A

|[[Dyna Blade]] is disrupting Dream Land's crops, and Kirby is tasked with finding out why.

|{{Center|[[File:KSS Gourmet Race title screen.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Gourmet Race]]'''}}

|?

|N/A

|Kirby and King Dedede compete in three races while also grabbing [[Food]] along the way.

|-

|{{Center|[[File:KSS The Great Cave Offensive title screen.png|100px]]<br>'''[[The Great Cave Offensive]]'''}}

|N/A

|Kirby stumbles into a massive cavernous region. He will need to find his way out while nabbing the [[Treasure]]s along the way.

|-

|{{Center|[[File:KSS Revenge of Meta Knight title screen.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Revenge of Meta Knight]]'''}}

|Complete Dyna Blade

|[[Meta Knight]] and his crew are seeking to take over [[Dream Land]] using their new toy - the Battleship [[Halberd]]. Kirby must stop them by bringing down their ship.

|-

|{{Center|[[File:KSS Milky Way Wishes title screen.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Milky Way Wishes]]'''}}

|Complete The Great Cave Offensive and Revenge of Meta Knight

|The sun and moon over [[Popstar|Pop Star]] are fighting. A strange jester-like creature named [[Marx]] tasks Kirby to find the stars from each [[Fountain of Dreams]] across the galaxy and summon the comet [[Galactic Nova|Nova]] to fix the situation.

|This game does not allow Kirby to gain copy abilities from enemies under normal circumstances, and instead tasks him with finding [[Copy Essence Deluxe|Deluxe copy abilities]] on pedestals in order to freely switch between abilities at any time. Stages are selected from an outer-space map and most can be visited in any order. Clearing this game triggers the staff credits and unlocks [[The Arena]].

|}

==Copy Abilities==

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" border=1 cellpadding=2

|[[Knuckle Joe]]

|Kirby can use a wide array of martial arts-based moves and can fire energy blasts from his hands.

|-

|[[Jet]]

|[[Sir Kibble]]

|Kirby can toss bladed boomerangs which return to him.

|-

|[[Fire]]

|Kirby can perform an [[Infinity Jump]] while riding Wheelie.

|-

|[[File:KSS Starship Icon.png|center]]

|[[File:KSS Starship Sprite.png|center]]

|Kirby rides a starship that can move freely and fire star bullets at a rapid pace. Used to battle the [[Galactic Nova Nucleus|Heart of Nova]].

|}

|Can be mounted to form the [[Wheelie Rider]] ability.

|-

|[[File:KSS Starship Helper Icon.png|center]]

|[[File:KSS Starship Helper Sprite.png|center]]

|Cannot be controlled by the [[CPU]].

|}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|-

|[[File:KSS Burnin Leo.png|center]]

|[[Fire]]

|16

|500

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|-

|[[File:KSS TAC.png|center]]

|[[Copy]]

|8

|1000

|align=center|{{key|3}}{{n}}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>A transformed Scarfy explodes instantly when attacked in any manner.

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|-

|[[File:KSS Chef Kawasaki.png|center]]

|[[Cook]]

|100

|1800

|align=center|{{key|3}}{{n}}

|colspan="2"; align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|-

|[[File:KSS Iron Mom.png|center]]

|[[Fighter]]

|140

|2200

|align=center|{{key|3}}{{n}}

|align=center|{{key|1}}{{y}}

|In The Great Cave Offensive, Kirby fights the Slime, the Dancing Doll, and the Witch. In Milky Way Wishes, he fights the Witch, the Evil Knight, and the Red Dragon.

|-

|[[File:KSS Chameleo Arm Sprite.png|center]]

|[[Paint]] (glob projectiles)

|[[The Great Cave Offensive]]<br>[[Milky Way Wishes]]

|This boss can be skipped in The Great Cave Offensive.

|-

|While other parts can be destroyed, the Combo Cannon can only be defeated by attacking the turret.

|-

|[[File:KSS Reactor Sprite.png|center]]

|{{N}}

|[[Revenge of Meta Knight]]

|The flamethrowers and cannon can be destroyed, but this does not deal damage to the reactor proper.

|-

|Final boss of [[Revenge of Meta Knight]]. After his defeat, he tries to stop Kirby from escaping the Halberd by hounding him from the air.

|-

|[[File:KSS Heart of Nova.png|center]]

|[[Milky Way Wishes]]

|First example in the series of a boss arena which loops on itself.

|-

|This twisted jester betrayed Kirby to gain great power and a pair of radiant wings. He attacks using all manner of bizarre movements and weaponry and teleports around the arena.

|Final boss of [[Milky Way Wishes]] and [[The Arena]]. Defeating him initiates the staff credits.

|}

!Notes

|-

|[[File:KSS Normal Icon.png|center]]

|This icon displays under normal circumstances when Kirby is without an ability or status effect.

|The icon is represented by mixed drinks.

|-

|[[File:KSS Miss Icon.png|center]]

|This icon appears whenever Kirby runs out of [[health]] and tumbles off the screen.

|[[File:KSS Enemy Icon.png|center]]

|This icon appears when a boss or mid-boss appears and its [[stamina|life bar]] is shown.  

|-

!colspan=4|Character portraits

The emphasis on multiplayer was given to Sakurai and his team by [[Nwiki:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]], who'd had trouble implementing such a system for the ''Super Mario'' games because he felt the fast-paced gameplay got in the way, and hoped that it could be done in a "slower" game like ''Kirby''. Sakurai described this request as a "tall order", as he understood that it was not that simple, particularly given the fact that Kirby's Copy Ability could radically change the "speed" of the gameplay. Noting that traditional two-player co-op games which place equal emphasis on both players often resulted in them pulling on each-other too much, and that this might get in the way of a platformer experience, Sakurai ended up creating the Helper system, which places the main emphasis on player 1, and pulls player 2 back via a [[Space Jump]] if they wander off-camera. Notably, in the original draft for this concept, the P2 character would gradually lose [[health]] if they wandered off-screen, similar to how damage can accumulate on characters in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros'' games]] if they are off-screen.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkeETXCSn5M ''Kirby Super Star'' video on "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games", document shown at 2:12]</ref> This general concept would then be tied into the Copy Ability system by allowing Kirby to create allied versions of enemy characters by using an [[Ability Item|item]] associated with the ability. From here, Sakurai explains that this was how he came up with the idea of giving Kirby his ability hats, which he proclaims greatly increased Kirby's character appeal. In relation to this addition, as well as due to Kirby's expanded Copy Ability movesets, Sakurai and his team decided to beef up the HP of regular enemies so that they would not just be defeated in one hit by most attacks, adding versatility to Kirby's moves.

Despite generally meeting Sakurai's vision, there were a few aspects of ''Kirby Super Star'' as a finished product which he felt detracted from the experience. For instance, Sakurai explained that he had originally wanted [[Spring Breeze]] to be completely without Copy Abilities, to distinguish it from [[Dyna Blade (main game)|Dyna Blade]], but he was urged to add them in at the request of one of the producers at Nintendo. To this day, he still wishes he had been allowed to do without them for that mode. Additionally, he described how the CGI-rendered backgrounds in the game were, in his opinion, not a great match to the style of ''Kirby'', though he values the learning experience that implementing those backgrounds provided.

*Kirby having a health bar instead of his health being measured in pieces. This would become standard in later main series games starting with ''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''.

*Many of the tropes from this game would be explored again or referenced in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''. This is most notable in the design of the level [[Far-Flung Starlight Heroes]], which is heavily inspired by [[Milky Way Wishes]].

**Likewise, most of the ''Kirby'' stages and other content featured in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series are derived from this title.

|Hiroshi Yamauchi

|-

|}

==Localization==

*The DS remake ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' uses the ''Kirby Super Star'' title for all Western language versions and refers to the original version as such on the back cover.

*Since ''Kirby Star Allies'' only has one English localization used for the game, it uses the American English names for all mentioned games in the English version, not just ''Kirby Super Star''.

==Trivia==

[[File:KSS Mario References.gif|thumb|250px|Mario, Luigi, Toad and Birdo cheering at Stone Kirby transformed into a statue of Mario in the battle against King Dedede]]

*Several ''Mario'' series references are made, such as Stone Kirby transforming into a statue of Mario, or Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Birdo appearing in the background of [[Megaton Punch]] and the [[King Dedede]] battle in Spring Breeze.

==Quotes==

==External links==

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