Platform: Nintendo 64

Region: NTSC

Country: United States of America

Developer(s): HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Publishers(s): Nintendo of America, Inc.

ReleaseDate: 2000-06-26

Players: 4

Co-op: Yes

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is a 2000 N64 side-scrolling platformer video game developed by HAL Laboratory and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on June 26, 2000. Kirby's first 3D 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. • Saves via Internal Memory (EEPROM)

Trailer: YouTube

ESRB Rating: E - Everyone

Genre(s): Platform