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Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Sep 21, 1994
The ability to save a cartridge-based game to the cartridge. The battery is usually good for tens of thousands of saves, and made ridiculously long character passwords obsolete.
Bronto Burt is a recurring enemy from the Kirby series. Burt goes almost everywhere by flying.
Broom Hatters like to split time between obsessively sweeping up whatever location they are in and attacking Kirby.
Chilly is a recurring enemy and sometime ally in the Kirby series.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Why are bad guys on so many game covers? Perhaps the developers secretly think they're cooler than the good guys.
A bat enemy in the early installments of the Kirby series.
A hat-wearing ghost enemy in the Kirby series.
You've made it to the end, but you can't get back to the title screen. You cannot skip the ending image. The only options are turning the console off or hitting reset.
While locking pirating users out entirely is the most common way for developers to curb digital piracy, some create in-game consequences designed to amuse, mock, impede, or oust players using suspected pirated copies.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
Kabu is a recurring character in the Kirby series.
The concept of lives in video games evolved to let the player get a second chance after failing once. The most recognizable symbol is the heart.
A mascot is an iconic character heavily used in the advertising and marketing of a product, franchise, business, or company. Notable mascots include Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ulala, Mickey Mouse, and the Big Daddies.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
A service started by Nintendo in 1997 that allowed customers to purchase digital Super Famicom and Game Boy games at an in-store kiosk that would be written onto RAM cartridges available for each system.
Games in which the player can directly control a spherical object or creature that rolls along surfaces, such as in Marble Madness. Often the basis of puzzle platformers where the sphere must be guided through an obstacle course.
A distribution of power depending on the accuracy of timed button presses.
Games whose main character is ball-shaped, sometimes with a face and/or hands/feet, but mostly just spherical.
Starman is an enemy in the Kirby series, and one of several entities in Nintendo's productions to have that name.
As part of the Switch Online subscription, Nintendo offers a selection of SNES games through the downloadable Super Nintendo Entertainment System application.
Games whose main character is so egotistical that the whole game just HAS to be named after them.
The Virtual Console is a platform service that first appeared on Nintendo's Wii and later on the 3DS and Wii U. Games from past consoles are emulated to run on the new hardware with the added benefits of system-level save states and other features.
The most common enemy in the Kirby universe, they are the equivalent to Goombas from the Mario universe.
The one-eyed cousin of the Waddle-Dee from the Kirby universe.
Wheelie is a living cyclopean tire enemy in the Kirby series.
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