Got an idea for a Video/Let's Play Mabi should undergo. Let your opinion be known in the comment section below. Mabi will always respond back to you. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (星のカービィ64 Hoshi no Kābī Rokujuyon?, "Kirby of the Stars 64") is a Kirby platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the sequel to Kirby's Dream Land 3. Although Kirby appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros., this is the only game in the Kirby series to be released on the Nintendo 64. Gameplay[edit]. Kirby 64 is a 2.5D platform game, with gameplay similar to earlier Kirby titles, where the titular character Kirby has the ability to inhale enemies and objects and extract their abilities. Kirby travels across six planets, which consist of separate levels, and collect the scattered pieces of a Crystal, which is used to defeat the game's main villain, Dark Matter. Copy ability[edit]. There are seven different copy abilities, and any two can be merged to create a new one. The seven basic abilities are Burning, Stone, Ice, Needle, Bomb, Spark, and Cutter. Though Kirby only needs one element in his body to gain an extra attack, copy abilities can also be merged with abilities of the same type for more powerful versions of the basic abilities. In total, there are 35 abilities to combine and stand-alone. Usually, combined ones are stronger or have added effects. This is the only game in the Kirby series where Kirby can combine copy abilities (save for the very restricted combinations with the Sword and Bomb abilities in Kirby Squeak Squad). Minigames[edit]. Three minigames can be played separate from the main quest. Each game can be played by 1–4 players on difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, Intense). Playable characters in multiplayer are Kirby, Waddle Dee, Adeleine, and King Dedede. Plot[edit]. Ripple Star, a planet populated by fairies, is invaded and conquered by Dark Matter. Ribbon, one of the fairies, flees from home with their sacred treasure, the great Crystal. In their pursuit, three Dark Matter shatter the Crystal into pieces throughout the galaxy and Ribbon falls onto Pop Star. Ribbon, heartbroken to find she is left with only one of the shards, helps Kirby, being predicament and agrees to retrieving all the Crystal Shards and save Ripple Star from the Dark Matter's control. Kirby and Ribbon enlist the help of Waddle Dee, Adeleine, and King Dedede, who each find a Crystal Shard, and are attacked and possessed by Dark Matter, forcing Kirby to defeat them in battle in order to save them from the Dark Matter, and they continue to search for the pieces across the galaxy. Kirby and the group restore the Crystal and eventually reach Ripple Star, where they purge the planet and its queen of Dark Matter's influence using the restored Crystal. However, a powerful presence of the last Dark Matter is expelled from the Fairy Queen and forms a new planet called Dark Star, where Kirby and Ribbon confront and defeat 02 (Zero Squared), the revived form of Zero, using the Crystal. Dark Star is obliterated, and Kirby and the group are hailed as heroes for saving Ripple Star..