Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was one of the N64’s dying puffs – a pink floaty puff that attempted to strut its way into our hearts. As a 2D platformer set in a 3D environment, anyone accustomed to Kirby’s unique skills will know the series’ hook – sucking up enemies and absorbing their powers. In this outing Kirby can combine two different abilities to provide forty different attack combinations. Seeking out and testing each of these is the games main draw as sadly, seven years on, the game‘s ridiculously basic platforming hasn’t aged well…

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