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Megaton Punch

Megaton Punch is a sub-game of Kirby Super Star. This sub-game was also ported and released as a trial version for the Satellaview as part of the Kirby no Omochabako (Kirby's Toy Box) series of standalone…

21 March 1996

Megaton Punch is an arcade developed by HAL Laboratory, released 21 March 1996 on Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Megaton Punch is

Megaton Punch is an arcade game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1996. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Megaton Punch is a sub-game of Kirby Super Star. This sub-game was also ported and released as a trial version for the Satellaview as part of the Kirby no Omochabako (Kirby's Toy Box) series of standalone minigames. No footage or file of this version has since been found.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Megaton Punch is the 16th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Samurai Kirby in 1996.

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What it launched against

Megaton Punch 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 Megaton Punch come out?
Megaton Punch was released on 21 March 1996 for Satellaview, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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