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Kirby's Star Stacker

Kirby's Star Stacker is the official English title given to a puzzle Kirby game that was originally released on Japan's Super Famicom system on February 1, 1998. It is a remake of Kirby's Star Stacker, which…

1 February 1998

Kirby's Star Stacker is an arcade developed by HAL Laboratory, released 1 February 1998 on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Super Famicom.

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What Kirby's Star Stacker is

Kirby's Star Stacker is an arcade game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1998. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Super Famicom.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kirby's Star Stacker is the official English title given to a puzzle Kirby game that was originally released on Japan's Super Famicom system on February 1, 1998. It is a remake of Kirby's Star Stacker, which is known in Japan under exactly the same name as the remake. The game was originally released as a new title for the Nintendo Power flash RAM service, but was released in standard cartridge form a year later. It was intended for international release, but the SNES's lifespan ended in North America and Europe before the game could be localized in either region. The standard cartridge release of the game also came out in the exact year of the SNES's discontinuation in North America…
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby's Star Stacker is the 28th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. in 1999.

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What it launched against

Kirby's Star Stacker launched on 1 February 1998, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Resident Evil 2.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Xenogears, Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Resident Evil 2.

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When did Kirby's Star Stacker come out?
Kirby's Star Stacker was released on 1 February 1998 for New Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii and Super Famicom.

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