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Gourmet Race

Gourmet Race is the third main game in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. This game pits Kirby against King Dedede in a friendly competition to see who can reach the finish line on a straightforward…

21 March 1996

Gourmet Race is a platform developed by HAL Laboratory, released 21 March 1996 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Gourmet Race is

Gourmet Race is a platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1996. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gourmet Race is the third main game in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. This game pits Kirby against King Dedede in a friendly competition to see who can reach the finish line on a straightforward race course while grabbing and eating as much food as possible along the way.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Gourmet Race is the 21st of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was The Great Cave Offensive in 1996.

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What it launched against

Gourmet Race launched on 21 March 1996, within three weeks of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II and Kirby Super Star.

Released around the same time: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Resident Evil, Sid Meier's Civilization II, Kirby Super Star.

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When did Gourmet Race come out?
Gourmet Race was released on 21 March 1996 for Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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