Round Clear (Game Boy)

This article is about the game mode in Kirby's Star Stacker for the Game Boy. For the same mode in the Super Famicom version, see Round Clear (Super Famicom).

The Round Clear mode menu, with the Insane! difficulty unlocked.

“

Stack the required number of Stars to move to the next round.

”

— Kirby's Star Stacker Instruction Booklet (North American print), page 7

Round Clear is the main game mode of Kirby's Star Stacker for the Game Boy. In it, the objective is to clear each round by stacking the required number of stars before a Game Over scenario can occur. King Dedede serves as the main antagonist in this game-mode, issuing a taunt at the beginning of the game and causing more rows to appear during rounds. There are five distinct difficulties to clear, and clearing each one rewards the player with a special illustration featuring Kirby and his Animal Friends. Clearing all five difficulties is one of the requirements to change the title screen of Kirby's Star Stacker and give Kirby a crown and the Star Rod, marking the game as essentially complete.

Round Clear by difficulty

Playing Round Clear mode in Kirby's Star Stacker.

There are five difficulties to choose from in Round Clear, named "Normal", "Hard", "Very Hard!", "Super Hard", and "Insane!". The last difficulty of "Insane!" is not available to play until the previous four are cleared. Each difficulty comes with a preset number of rounds, along with set star requirements for each round, and the first four also feature a number of "time out" sections between them, where Rick, Kine, and Coo play out certain small situations for a moment, though these can be skipped.

Normal

The illustration received for clearing Normal difficulty.

“

Hey Kirby! This means war!! If you can stack this many ★'s, you win!

”

— King Dedede's opening line for Normal difficulty

Normal difficulty has a grassy theme and consists of eight rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Normal difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	4
2	4
3	4
4	4
Time out	N/A	Kine hops into the scene, and apples start falling down around him. He tries to grab one, but misses each. Rick then hops in and grabs an apple, then runs off with it.
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	5

Hard

The illustration received for clearing Hard difficulty.

“

When you lose, I get to laugh at you...big time! Ha-ha-ha!!

”

— King Dedede's opening line for Hard difficulty

Hard difficulty has a tropical beach theme and consists of 16 rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Hard difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	10
2	12
3	10
4	20
Time out	N/A	Kine hops along the ground while Coo flies into the air. Kine calls out for Coo, who seems to be ignoring him. Coo then swoops down and knocks Kine away.
5	14
6	16
7	15
8	32
Time out	N/A	Rick walks into the scene and falls asleep, his sleep is then disturbed by falling stars.
9	20
10	24
11	28
12	35
Time out	N/A	Kine walks into the scene, and after a moment, a star hits his head, knocking him out and causing him to float up-side-down.
13	26
14	30
15	35
16	37

Very Hard!

The illustration received for clearing Very Hard! difficulty.

“

What do you think? Lot's[sic] of work, huh?! It will get much, much faster!

”

— King Dedede's opening line for Very Hard! difficulty

Very Hard! difficulty features a mountainous background and consists of 16 rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Very Hard! difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	36
2	33
3	40
4	43
Time out	N/A	Kine walks into the scene and Rick kicks a few large balls at him that hit him on the head. Kine catches the third and tries to return it, but Rick kicks it extra hard over his head.
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	48
Time out	N/A	Kine and Coo slam into each-other repeatedly, but miss each-other the last time.
9	43
10	46
11	48
12	50
Time out	N/A	Rick hops over Kine many times, and Kine eventually blocks Rick from doing it again.
13	50
14	52
15	55
16	50

Super Hard

The illustration received for clearing Super Hard difficulty.

“

Shoot, shoot, shoot... Think you can win? Think again!

”

— King Dedede's opening line for Super Hard difficulty

Super Hard difficulty features an icy background and consists of 16 rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Super Hard difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	56
2	58
3	60
4	99
Time out	N/A	Coo attempts to fly against a harsh wind, but is eventually overpowered and blown back.
5	60
6	62
7	63
8	77
Time out	N/A	Kine floats through the air using a balloon, but runs into harsh winds that push him back. A star then falls and pops his balloon, causing him to fall to the ground.
9	67
10	70
11	68
12	100
Time out	N/A	Coo is trying to carry Kine, but is having trouble, nearly dropping him twice. Rick then kicks a ball at the two to force Coo to drop Kine.
13	80
14	72
15	90
16	120

Insane!

The illustration received for clearing Insane! difficulty.

“

Don't let your head get so big. I haven't really even begun yet!

”

— King Dedede's opening line for Insane! difficulty

Insane! difficulty is unlocked after the previous four difficulties are cleared. Unlike previous difficulties, Insane! mode contains no time out sections. It features an outer-space theme and consists of a whopping 50 rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Insane! difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack
1	110
2	112
3	115
4	80
5	117
6	120
7	123
8	60
9	125
10	128
11	131
12	90
13	134
14	137
15	140
16	60
17	142
18	145
19	148
20	115
21	150
22	153
23	155
24	60
25	157
26	160
27	163
28	60
29	165
30	168
31	170
32	114
33	172
34	175
35	178
36	118
37	180
38	183
39	185
40	48
41	188
42	190
43	192
44	130
45	195
46	197
47	200
48	138
49	222
50	222