Ripple Star
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Ripple Star is the rainbow-colored sixth world encountered by Kirby and Ribbon while on their mission to rid their realm of Dark Matter in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. The similarities between this level and Pop Star are endless, incorporating the kid-friendly coloration and easy-going atmosphere seen so familiarly on the world of Pop Star. As this is the final regular level of the game and the last which Dark Matter plagues (assuming Kirby does not collect all of the Crystal Shards from the other levels), the final boss of the game, Miracle Matter, is located here. Once Miracle Matter is defeated, Dark Matter will leave Ripple Star, and by extension, the rest of Pop Star's system, to never return. However, if Kirby has collected all of the Crystal Shards thus far in the game, Ripple Star will be the penultimate level, only before Dark Star and the ultimate showdown between Kirby and the controlling mind of Dark Matter, Zero Two.
Like all worlds of The Crystal Shards, the first four stages within Ripple Star hide three Crystal Shards, while the final stage rewards only one after the defeat of the boss. Nevertheless, all shards within one level need not to be collected before Kirby is granted access to the next; Kirby must simply complete the level.
Gallery
- RippleStarStair.jpg
Kirby scales the pearlescent stairs in one of the stages within Ripple Star.
- RippleStarRainbow.jpg
Ripple Star and Pop Star share the element of kid-friendly coloration.
- RippleStarMaze.jpg
Kirby goes on a speed run down one of Ripple Star's large labyrinths.
