IS KINE DOWNING A BOTTLE?? HE'S EVEN MORE CHILL THAN I THOUGHT GODDAMN 🚬 this game is also known as the true Star Stacker, we are star stacking everyday of the week in this one only! For the Battle Pass! Or for fun?? Corporations may believe in the former. But Kirby is about none of that thankfully... unless it's Extra Epic Yarn on Battle Royale ??! What am I yapping about bruh, look at the graphics though we get a return of the ultimate goat that is the hand drawn style from Dream Land 3. The world map and the UI is quite good. To say it's better than the GB one is... well its not that surprising really.

Flowey the flower said "finders keepers" 😠 i hate botanical life forms. Ofc, since it's Star Stacker but better... we have a story mode, and who better than Mr. Star to be our companion! It's weird how Kirby designers sometimes just... don't. They don't design. But then the final boss is a genderfluid witch without a body (top surgery removed ALL the top??) and then it kinda becomes based, so I guess one was made during unproductive hours. Yes japanese people aren't productive 24/7. Look at the clearly traditional japanese inspired Dedede and tell me he's productive! It's still crazy how he lost his credibility so early once Adventure happened and they pumped out titles where he was an appetizer for a secret main course. Yes, this still is the case in Super Star Stacker.

Look at them beefing on the top screen, I just don't approve of the lifestyle that's all. Btw have you looked at the japanese title? Who are Kirby's sparkling kids 😨😨 ??! We might have known if Nintendo of America didn't say "you know what? fuck you SNES" while the system was doing... just fine! I understand why they withheld since the game is pretty much the exact same outside of story mode and being slightly less lenient. I don't even remember if that was in the original, but I like how the center columns become skull emojis when you lose. Like you just 💀💀 and modern games don't have this kind of SOUL and KINO anymore.

If you're a fan of Kirby's Star Stacker on Game Boy or being a nerd about how the Masked Dedede theme actually debuted in this game against Generic Unfair Puzzle game Final Boss #7000, this is the game for you.

Admittedly, I like Star Stacker well enough. It's like Puyo Puyo but a bit simpler for my smooth brain to look somewhat competent playing. The Dream Land 3 aesthetic is a nice touch as well.

If you've got a Japanese Switch account to get the online app with or perhaps some other dark forbidden method of finding old Super Famicom games (for the record, i definitely mean eBay), this is an interesting novelty. There's not a whole lot to it beyond an alright puzzle game, so I guess it going down as a trivia note in one of the franchise's songs is understandable.

This original version of the song doesnt even go that hard, not gonna lie

Love that Nintendo is adding previously Japan-only games to NSO! I'll need to play more of this game before I can fully form my opinion (probably with an English patch, so I can understand what the heck the names of the modes are). But from the little bit I played, this is yet another pretty fun variation on the falling block puzzle genre, with its main alteration to the formula adding a little more depth to the experience while still being easy to pick up. If you like games in this genre, or if you like Kirby, play this game.

The game's systems don't really lend themselves to a VS mode at all so the story mode is a bit shit, honestly. You get stunlocked to kingdom fuck whenever you attack/are attacked and since the pieces are only two segments long, each move doesn't feel impactful enough to justify watching a Powerpoint presentation whenever you accidentally do a chain.

It was only when I played the Game Boy version that I realized the endless mode and the mode where you need to clear a specific number of star blocks are pretty fun so, just play those instead.

KIrby's Super Star Stacker is a very simple puzzle game where you link at least two animals of the same kind either vertically or horizontally as long as they are all the same or are a normal block. While the actual concept of this gameplay is simple, the actual combo system of Super Star Stacker is the meat on the bone. Combos are pretty much the only way you are able to do damage, and while it's certainly possible to get big combos with little attention, largely the game can't be beat on pure blind combos. This ends up making Super Star Stacker far more versus oriented over some of it's other puzzle game likes but not for the better. Arguably, Star Stacker is kinda boring without it's combo system, and it's further distanced from the usual make by the game trying to add more after your initial combo. It's certainly neat that sometimes after a two combo the game can position you into an undeserved 10 combo by constantly throwing boxes at your board, but it certainly doesn't feel earned.

While I certainly don't want to belittle this game, the truth of the matter is that it's nicer to look at than play. A lot of the story cutscenes are really cute, the animations of characters attacking each other give some added flavor, the menus are done nicely, the sound effects feel good, and the OST is certainly a pop. Sadly, these are all things that don't help Star Stacker's gameplay in a meaningful way, and largely it just feels like a rather half baked game compared to other puzzle games. While I certainly don't think there is no joy to be had, it really just boils down to "there are better puzzle games out there"; hell what probably hurts this game most is that there are better KIRBY PUZZLE games out there. This game is neat for a first run, but just don't expect much.

The least awful of the stupid Kirby spinoff getting a remake? Sure, why not.

It’s Kirby’s Star Stacker, but Super. Yep, not much else to say about this one, it’s the gameboy game but with new features and revamped graphics, just like what you’d except out of a remake of a Puzzle game.

I guess go play that one over the original Gameboy version, but why would you play that in the first place? There’s just better alternatives.

Ich glaube das Spiel ist vor allem was für Leute, die sonst nie groß Spiele in der Art spielen. Durch die wenigen Blocktypen ist es sehr einfach Ketten zu bauen, auch wenn man es nicht beabsichtigt, sodass man schnell ein Erfolgserlebnis hat.
Allerdings ist es glaube ich nicht für Leute wie mich. Und das liegt jetzt nicht daran dass es Baby's First Puzzle Game ist, das ist bei einem Kirby-Spiel zu erwarten. Ich spiel ja auch gerne einfachere Plattformer, da ich das als entspannend empfinde. Das Problem für mich hier ist, dass ich Puzzlespiele immer so lange spiele, bis ich abschmiere. Und das passiert mir hier nicht. Ich hab heute bis zur Maximalpunktzahl gespielt, worauf mich das Spiel abgewürgt hat. Ich hab jetzt zusammen über fünf Stunden Material von einer Session (die ich dann Switch mehrfach pauseieren konnte), wie ich dieses Spiel spiele, und ich hab nicht alles aufgenommen. Irgendwann wird dieses Spiel dann einfach nur noch ermüdend, und man spielt es so halb im Autopilot, während man sich dabei YouTube-Essays anhört, weil es anders nicht mehr geht. Und ich weiß dass das albern klingt dass man dann überhaupt noch spielt, aber das Ding ist dass ich halt so lange spielen will bis ich abschmiere um wirklich zu wissen wie gut ich bin. Ich will mich da messen. Und wenn man mit dem Ansatz daran geht und ein wenig Ahnung von solchen Spielen hat, ist das hier nix für einen. Wenn man sich das Genre ansehen will, oder man nicht schauen will wie weit man es schafft, dann kann ichs empfehlen, ist ein süßes Spiel. Aber ansonsten nicht.

Played on SNES actually, I got the game cart and modded my system.

Super adorable game that has such wonderful spritework, it's literally just a better version of Kirby Star Stacker. Getting to Grill is a little obtuse but beating her felt nice. The music is also great, it's a little known fact the Masked Dedede theme is based on his theme here. If only I could read the story though...maybe if I actually do learn to read Japanese I can revisit it...

Was it worth $250 and then the $130 I spent on the SNES, meaning I paid $380 to play this game?
Heck yeah it was it's Kirby!

What a lovely little puzzle game! I thought this would be a Puyo knockoff or a Match-3, but it's actually unique! You score points by removing stars from the board, which is done by sandwiching them between matching animal tiles. I had a great time! Cleared all 100 "Round Clear" challenges and then the brief story mode. No Japanese reading is required other than knowing that mode #1 is Endless, #2 is "Round Clear", and #3 is the story mode. Definitely worth downloading the Japanese NSO app for this!

The original Star Stacker is a bland falling blocks game, but this update adds some much-needed spice.

To be fair, the core conceit to Star Stacker was never bad, just very straightforward. It's really quite easy to sandwich stars or other blocks between Animal Friends, so you don't arrive at that same hook you get out of something like frantically searching the board for matches in Panel de Pon. It's the same sort of relative mindlessness and monotony you get out of something like Candy Crush Saga, only with fewer power-ups or aesthetic flourishes to disguise its simplicity. Star Stacker GB may have had some of Dedede's very best animations, plus those nifty splash images of Kirby and friends playing, but little else.

But Super Star Stacker overhauls the experience in a lot of little ways. Most obvious is the game's story mode and the consequential emphasis on competitive. Now you finally have that sense of urgency the original game was largely missing, trying to make combos quickly enough to fill your opponent's well with blocks. Obvious too is the gorgeous new art direction, clearly taking cues from Dream Land 3. And the story, while simple, is fun. I know most people these days are gonna play it in Japanese thanks to Nintendo Switch Online, but I'll be forever grateful I had the opportunity to play a fan translation, which explains Dedede's decision to shoot the little star guy out of the sky as a "brilliant prank".

Admittedly I still don't think much of Super Star Stacker - it's a pretty simple game with little iteration, and for as cute as the story is, it doesn't add much. But given the context of its original release - a download-exclusive title for the Super Famicom - it was all right.

Technically speaking, Gryll remains one of the few Kirby bosses I've never beaten. For a Dural-type boss, it's weirdly easy to get to her, so... maybe I'll beat her some day?

Not bad, the singleplayer mode is a bit of mind numbing fun and the multiplayer is ok. However, the inability to deflect attacks makes the game a bit annoying, and I’ve played with both bots and real people. It lacks a sense of urgency and need to match something, taking away the thrill of games Panel De Pon and Puyo Puyo, and it’s methods of chaining felt more like slamming down blocks and praying.

However, it’s not bad for some fun and the visuals/ost are both really nice, but that’s just a given for Kirby games. You’re likely better off playing Panepon instead.