
Its queen sends little fairy Ribbon into space with their crystal to protect it from Dark Matter, but it succeeds in breaking the crystal, scattering the shards across the galaxy. It's a simple but deceptively challenging game that, combined with a boppin' soundtrack, made many a childhood in a cartridge.ĭark Matter, the darkness-eyeball-of-evil from Dream Land 2 and 3, invades the peaceful fairy planet of Ripple Star. The game is a sidescrolling platformer, but it's Kirby's first use of 2.5D graphics, and instead of discovering new paths via doors, every level is a straight linear path. The game plays around with Kirby's usual formula: sucking up enemies for their powers is still present, but now you can combine two different elements to create new combo powers of varying degrees of body horror.

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is the adorable walking mouth's only N64 title and a sequel to Kirby's Dream Land 2 and 3, the last of what fans have dubbed director Shinichi Shimomura's "Dark Matter Trilogy".
