Kirby's Star Stacker is a charming puzzle game where you match falling stars with cute animal friends to create chain reactions. It's visually appealing, with Kirby's signature charm and a surprisingly engaging match-and-clear gameplay loop. While the core concept is simple, the game adds challenge in the form of increasing speed and special blocks. However, the lack of modes and limited replay value mean it's better suited for short bursts of play rather than extended sessions.
Played using my Game Boy Player peripheral. Don't remember how far I made it through the main mode, but it was fairly close to the end. Despite this, I will not be returning to this game, and will instead stick to a ROM hack translation of the Super Famicom remake.
Very cute little puzzle game. Played as part of a RetroAchievements challenge, but stayed for the fun mechanic, and the difficulty of the Insane mode. Wasn't maddening, but provided a fun challenge for someone who wasn't all well-versed in Tetris-like stacking games!
It's a very basic puzzle game. Not a lot of lasting appeal.
Some dumb puzzle game i didnt care for
This is the Kirby spinoff that pisses me off the least.
So I honestly have no idea what this game is all about, I just know that winning is really easy in this game and that's why it doesn't piss me off as how the others do. Apparently, this is a clone of Soldam, I've never played any personally but I might check them out if it means a more fleshed-out version of this game because yes this game has a somewhat decent gameplay loop but my god it gets boring really quickly as it's pretty much always the same thing!
Should you play this? Sure I guess, at least it's not shitty golf or pinball.
So I honestly have no idea what this game is all about, I just know that winning is really easy in this game and that's why it doesn't piss me off as how the others do. Apparently, this is a clone of Soldam, I've never played any personally but I might check them out if it means a more fleshed-out version of this game because yes this game has a somewhat decent gameplay loop but my god it gets boring really quickly as it's pretty much always the same thing!
Should you play this? Sure I guess, at least it's not shitty golf or pinball.
A decently fun puzzler in the vein of Tetris or Puyo Puyo with a lot of that trademark Kirby charm sprinkled throughout. It's nothing mindblowing, but it doesn't need to be. Not a must-play, but it's very neat for what it is.
the definition of addicting puzzle game this game starts and is impossible to stop, I once played this game for 3 hours straight an incredibly fun time to be sure however I suggest you play it's SNES version Super Star Stacker
Surprisingly addictive, rather cute, and at first I was going to give it a 7, and then a 6, but it's really average after some thought. Play it once, you've played it forever. It can get you in the zone and enough to sink time into, but once you've yawned past all the normal difficulties and go into Insane, then it starts to show that you're just going to spend time on levels that were randomly churned out with long score requirements and disadvantageous starting boards. Not impossible by any means, but clearing the board full of blocks that need 2 clears to disappear (like Puyo's stone garbage) is a rather tiring task. Luck can sometimes screw you over by not giving you what you need, and at these stages every drop counts and you require perfect fitness to succeed, which isn't some magically high ceiling, just an annoying nuance. When you are literally 1 point away from a clear and lose to such things, it's very off-putting. 6 minutes is not that long, but for each level and potential failure, that time adds up. Also, it doesn't help that the latter music is short and repetitive unlike the fun-ner cute melodies earlier on, and the danger theme is very grating to listen to... And it practically replaces the Insane BGM most of the time.
It has its fun, but sometimes I wish the game was as fast as it was in the Time Attack Insane segment because it feels just right even if things would be harder. The stages would just need nicer, fairer starting boards.
I really can't believe I went through and 100%ed this hellhole but oh well, I recommend to stop playing the game entirely once it gets tiring and slow. The bragging rights aren't much at all especially when you have other games to play in this age.
It has its fun, but sometimes I wish the game was as fast as it was in the Time Attack Insane segment because it feels just right even if things would be harder. The stages would just need nicer, fairer starting boards.
I really can't believe I went through and 100%ed this hellhole but oh well, I recommend to stop playing the game entirely once it gets tiring and slow. The bragging rights aren't much at all especially when you have other games to play in this age.
Es un juego de puzzles, ni más ni menos. Me he pasado casi todas las dificultades del stage clear mode, y sin duda es adictivo. Al menos es mejor que la versión de Gameboy de Tetris Attack, pero Pokémon Puzzle Challenge sigue siendo el mejor juego de puzzles de la Gameboy.
i don't fell like i completed that but King Dedede suffered in my hand. so i think i completed that tho.
it's a paradox.
it's a paradox.
Surprisingly addictive, a very fun distraction
Why in this world i have this installed on my 3DS?
Anyways, it is fun.
Anyways, it is fun.
This game is better than I thought it would be. It is actually very addicting. It is cute, beautiful, very Kirby style.
it says a lot about kirby's gameboy catalogue that this is my favorite of the bunch
Decent puzzle game that I immediately forgot about after finishing
A pretty fun stacking game, but gets old and too hard after completing all the levels before Insane.
Descent little puzzle game that is quite similar to a lot of others.
Pretty fun little puzzle game that uses the IP in a cute way, which is all you want out of a Kirby game.
Exactly what you want out of a puzzle game, simple and addictive.
This is the best spin-off that isn't Epic Yarn, I love this little gem so much. Even if I've never been able to finish the insane difficulty.
Pretty decent puzzle game with Kirby theming. Fun and challenging, especially once you really get a handle on the rules.
Not a fan
I've come to the revelation, I'm not a fan of puzzle games.
Play the SNES version
It's strange. I don't really think Kirby's Star Stacker is a particularly good game.
It doesn't really have the thoughtful kind of design that better puzzle games like Puyo and Tetris have; Star Stacker relies on a weird mix of pre-scripted levels (in Round Clear) and RNG, as well as excessive game speed and janky movement and rotation controls to be difficult, mostly for the sake of being difficult.
But seeing a combo I thought would be pretty simple turn into 5 or 6-chain combos and basically wiping my entire screen as the 1-UP and then Kirby Dance jingles play in celebration is... it's nice, I won't lie.
I still don't think it's particularly good. Maybe the SFC game will change my mind. I'm pretty curious about getting to play it on hardware one day, so... we'll see.
But it's like Squeak Squad: the fact that this is one of the franchise's lower points speaks volumes as to how consistently good the series has been throughout its runtime.
It doesn't really have the thoughtful kind of design that better puzzle games like Puyo and Tetris have; Star Stacker relies on a weird mix of pre-scripted levels (in Round Clear) and RNG, as well as excessive game speed and janky movement and rotation controls to be difficult, mostly for the sake of being difficult.
But seeing a combo I thought would be pretty simple turn into 5 or 6-chain combos and basically wiping my entire screen as the 1-UP and then Kirby Dance jingles play in celebration is... it's nice, I won't lie.
I still don't think it's particularly good. Maybe the SFC game will change my mind. I'm pretty curious about getting to play it on hardware one day, so... we'll see.
But it's like Squeak Squad: the fact that this is one of the franchise's lower points speaks volumes as to how consistently good the series has been throughout its runtime.
Imagine a cross between Dr. Mario and Panel de Pon, and you get this game. It admittedly lacks the staying power of both of those games, but its story and puzzle modes at least offer some solid content to last a little while!
Sunk so many hours in this game...