| Developer: HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher: Nintendo |
| NTSC (USA) Release Date: June 26, 2000 |
| NTSC (JP) Release Date: March 24, 2000 (Hoshi no Kirby 64) |
| PAL (Europe) Release Date: June 22, 2001 |
| Nintendo Gateway System Kirby 64 – Crystal Shards (Gateway) 1-player only |
| Genre: Action/2D Platformer |
| Players: 1 – 4 |
| Force Feedback: Yes |
Game Description:
Kirby’s first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land’s powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with the gem to Dream Land. Now the crystal has been broken, and it’s scattered around the world. Take control of Kirby and help him journey across six worlds, battling a wide variety of enemies and challenging bosses, as he tries to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal.
This game was also available from The Nintendo Gateway System specialised for airlines and hotels. As part of a partnership between Nintendo and LodgeNet from late 1993 up until the late 2000s, about 40,000 airline seats and 955,000 hotel rooms featured a modified version of the game. LodgeNet partnered with Nintendo to bring video games directly into guest hotel rooms through streaming over the LodgeNet server, with the special LodgeNet controller plugging directly into the television or LodgeNet set-top box, transmitting the game over phone lines connected to a central game server. Pricing was usually $6.95 plus tax for 1 hour of video games. After 1 hour, the game would immediately stop and prompt the user to purchase more play time. Many games were modified for single-player play only.
Video Playthrough by World of Longplays