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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

TitleKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
First release2000
DeveloperHAL Laboratory
PublisherNintendo
PlatformNintendo 64
Genreplatformer
Players1–4 players
Co-opYes
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Nintendo 64: 2000-06-26 (NTSC)
Wikidata IDQ1366980

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is a 2000 N64 video game developed by HAL Laboratory and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on June 26, 2000. Kirby's first 3D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with the gem to Dream Land. Now the crystal has been broken, and it's scattered around the world. Take control of Kirby and help him journey across six worlds, battling a wide variety of enemies and challenging bosses, as he tries to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal. • Saves via Internal Memory (EEPROM)

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Sources
Wikidata (Q1366980) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (262) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Logo: JBX9001, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Kirby64TheCrystalShardsLogotype.png”)
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Videos
Nintendo 64 Longplay [017] Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (US)
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