Round Clear (Super Famicom)

Screenshot of a round of Round Clear in progress.

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

“

Collect the stars to attack King Dedede!

”

— In-game description (unofficial translation)

Round Clear is one of the five game modes of Kirby's Star Stacker for the Super Famicom. 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, who causes more rows to appear during rounds, and the objective is to reduce his HP to zero by stacking stars. There are four distinct difficulties to clear, and clearing all four difficulties is required to complete the game.

Round Clear by difficulty

The Round Clear menu, where the player can choose the difficulty.

There are four difficulties to choose from in Round Clear, named "Normal", "Hard", "Super Hard", and "Insane". The last difficulty of "Insane" is not available to play until the previous three are cleared. Each difficulty comes with a preset number of rounds, along with set star requirements for each round. Unlike in the Game Boy version, there is no opening taunt from King Dedede, no differing theme for each difficulty, no clear illustrations, and no time out sections. When a difficulty is completed, the player is treated to a special stage performance of the Kirby Dance.

Kirby clearing a round of Round Clear.

Normal

Normal difficulty consists of ten rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Normal difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	4
2	5
3	6
4	8
5	10
6	11
7	12
8	13
9	15
10	17

Hard

Hard difficulty consists of twenty rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Hard difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	20
2	23
3	26
4	28
5	30
6	32
7	35
8	36
9	38
10	40
11	32	Hard Blocks are introduced in this stage.
12	35
13	38
14	40
15	45
16	46
17	47
18	48
19	49
20	50

Super Hard

Super Hard difficulty consists of thirty rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Super Hard difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	60
2	61
3	62
4	64
5	65
6	66
7	68
8	70
9	72
10	75
11	73
12	74
13	75
14	76
15	77
16	70
17	72	The board starts with only star blocks.
18	74
19	75
20	80
21	81
22	82
23	83
24	84
25	85
26	86
27	87
28	88
29	89
30	94

Insane

Insane difficulty consists of forty rounds, as follows:

Rounds in Insane difficulty
Round Nr.	Stars to stack	Notes
1	100
2	100
3	102
4	102
5	104
6	104
7	106
8	108
9	110
10	112
11	104
12	106
13	108
14	108
15	110
16	110	Only Friend Blocks appear from below, which means that stars can only be obtained by performing chains.
17	110
18	110
19	110
20	110
21	120
22	123
23	126
24	128
25	130
26	132
27	134
28	136
29	138
30	140
31	150	This round starts off nearly full, with only 9 empty spaces near the top.
32	156
33	166
34	167
35	170
36	174
37	174	This round starts off nearly full of Hard Blocks, with only 7 empty spaces near the top.
38	176
39	178	This round starts off nearly full of Hard Blocks, with only 2 empty spaces near the top. The first piece placed has to be in the right orientation or a loss is guaranteed.
40	200

Trivia

• If the game is paused long enough, both Kirby and King Dedede will fall asleep.