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The Arena

The Arena is a Sub-Game debuting in Kirby Super Star, where the requirement is to the defeat the Main Game bosses and mid-bosses encountered in the title it appears in, with a single life, with limited health…

21 March 1996

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

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What The Arena is

The Arena 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

The Arena is a Sub-Game debuting in Kirby Super Star, where the requirement is to the defeat the Main Game bosses and mid-bosses encountered in the title it appears in, with a single life, with limited health benefits. It is similar to Boss Endurance modes, but is generally given more importance, and is always required for 100% completion of the game.
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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

The Arena is the 25th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Kirby's Star Stacker in 1997.

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What it launched against

The Arena 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 The Arena come out?
The Arena was released on 21 March 1996 for Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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