Kirby's Avalanche
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| Kirby's Avalanche | |
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Compile |
| Release date | February 1, 1995 (Europe) April 25, 1995 (USA) |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single player / Two player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) ELSPA: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | SNES |
Kirby's Avalanche, known as Kirby's Ghost Trap in Europe, is an adaption of the Japanese puzzle game Puyo Puyo with Kirby characters. It was developed by HAL, Nintendo and Compile and was released in 1995.
This is a spinoff game that was not developed in Japan nor was it ever released there. As a result, this game is not considered to be canon.
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[edit] Gameplay
In the game, as in all Puyo games, groups of two colored blobs fall from the top of the screen. The player must rotate and move the groups before they touch the bottom of the screen or the pile, so that matching-colored blobs touch from above, below, the left or the right. Once four or more same-colored blobs touch, they will disappear, and any blobs above them will fall down to fill in the space. If a player manages to set off a chain reaction with these blobs, rocks will fall on the other player's screen. The number of rocks that falls depends on both the number of blobs popped and the number of consecutive chain reactions. These rocks will only disappear if a player manages to pop a group of blobs that are in direct contact with the rocks.
Notably, in the cinematics between each round, Kirby is shown trash-talking his opponents in full sentences. This differs greatly from other Kirby games, where Kirby hardly speaks at all.
[edit] Stages
[edit] Easy
- Stage 1 = Waddle Dee (this is a training stage)
- Stage 2 = Bronto Burt
- Stage 3 = Waddle Doo
[edit] Normal
- Stage 4 = Poppy Bros. Sr.
- Stage 5 = Whispy Woods
- Stage 6 = Kabu
[edit] Normal and Hard
- Stage 7 = Broom Hatter
- Stage 8 = Squishy
- Stage 9 = Lololo & Lalala
- Stage 10 = Bugzzy
- Stage 11 = Paint Roller
- Stage 12 = Heavy Mole
- Stage 13 = Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright
- Stage 14 = Kracko
- Stage 15 = Meta Knight
- Final Stage = King Dedede
[edit] Refrences to Older Games
Kirby's Adventure: Some of the music from this game are in Avalanche (but remixed); Bugzzy, Paint Roller, Heavy Mole, Shine & Bright, and Meta Knight all originated from this game; and the fountain of dreams reappears with Nightmare's "Power Orb" form resting on it.
Super Puyo Puyo: This game is a clone of Puyo Puyo but the characters are replaced with Kirby characters.
[edit] Trivia
- This game was released for the SNES while Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, another variation of Puyo Pop, was released on Sega Genesis.
- One of the few things the Kirby of the anime knows how to say, coincidentally, is "puyo."
- This is the first game to call Meta Knight by his name in-game.
- This is the only game that Kirby talks in.
