Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Nintendo DS game card
- Case with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Nintendo DS
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Kirby Super Star Ultra is a 2008 anthology platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game is an enhanced remake of Kirby Super Star, originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996, to commemorate the Kirby series' 15th anniversary.
PlatformAdventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 5.2 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Kirby Super Star Ultra is a 2008 anthology platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game is an enhanced remake of Kirby Super Star, originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996, to commemorate the Kirby series' 15th anniversary. The remake retains all game modes found in the original and adds four major new ones, along with adding updated visuals and full-motion video cutscenes.
The game was released in North America on September 22, 2008, in Japan on November 6, 2008, and in Europe on September 18, 2009. The game received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its conversion to handheld gameplay, graphics, soundtrack, and large amount of new content. Like its predecessor, it was also criticized for being too easy. Kirby Super Star Ultra sold just under 3 million copies, making it the best-selling Kirby game since the series' debut, Kirby's Dream Land, in 1992, and is currently the fourth best-selling game in the series.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Kirby Super Star Ultra - Nintendo DS Gameplay High Resolution (DeSmuME), John GodGames. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform, Adventure
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Publisher
- Nintendo, Nintendo of Europe
- Series
- Kirby
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ACB
- G
- USK
- 6
- CERO
- A
- ESRB
- E
- GRAC
- ALL
- PEGI
- 3
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo DS | North America | 2008-09-22 |
| Nintendo DS | Japan | 2008-11-06 |
| Nintendo DS | South Korea | 2008-11-13 |
| Nintendo DS | Australia | 2008-11-27 |
| Nintendo DS | Europe / PAL | 2009-09-18 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Every mode and local multiplayer still play on any DS.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Nintendo DS game card |
| Ever released in the store | No Never sold digitally. |
| In the store to buy today | No Never sold digitally. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Does not exist Never sold digitally. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes Two-player co-op over wireless play; minigames for up to four. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic DS 76 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Destructoid 8.5 10 Eurogamer 6 10 Famitsu 32 40 Game Informer 7 10 IGN 8.3 10 Nintendo Life 9 10 Nintendo Power 9 10
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer HAL Laboratory Publisher Nintendo Director Shinya Kumazaki Producers Masayoshi Tanimura, Kensuke Tanabe Programmer Shigenobu Kasai Artist Hitoshi Kikkawa Composers Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
Notes for collectors
- A remake of the 1996 Super NES game Kirby Super Star, with every original mode plus four new ones.
- A second player can control Kirby's Helper over wireless play; Spring Breeze works over Download Play without a second card.
- New minigames for up to four players: Kirby Card Swipe, Kirby on the Draw and Snack Tracks.
- Just under three million copies sold, the best-selling Kirby game since Kirby's Dream Land at the time.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Director
- Shinya Kumazaki
- Released
- 2008-09-22
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 5.2 hours
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