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Kirby
No Kira Kizzu (SNES)
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Review by: GenoForPrez
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Reviewers Score:
8 / 10
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Posted: October 09, 2005
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Kirby No Kira Kizzu (J)
System: SNES
Genre: Falling Blocks/Tetris
Rating: 8/10
Review:
Gameplay: In Kirby No Kira Kizzu, blocks come in two varieties: creature blocks and star blocks. The object is to connect two identical creature blocks by creating a circuit of star blocks between them (must be a straight line). Extra points are awarded for creating multiple circuits with one drop. Points are only awarded for creating star circuits between creature blocks. Placing three consecutive creature blocks next to each other (i.e. fish, fish, fish) gets rid of the blocks but awards no points.
Modes: In the same tradition as a lot of Tetris games, KNKK can be played in several modes.
Endless mode: The mode where your only opponent is you. The blocks keep dropping faster and faster and the challenge is to see how long you can last.
Story mode: In this mode you are faced off against opponents (played by your typical Kirby bad guys) and must try to outstack them. The better you stack and the more combinations you make determines how many extra bricks are dumped onto your opponent's side.
Time attack mode: When playing in time attack, you play against a countdown and must survive for fixed time intervals.
Fight mode: In this mode, you continually face off against none other than King Dedede. It's very different from the story mode battles though since King Dedede is not stacking against you. However, an HP value is displayed over King Dedede at the beginning of every round and all the points you score in the round are deducted from King Dedede's total HP. The object is to KO King Dedede by reducing his HP to 0. However, his HP gets higher every new round and he can also strike back at you by banging his hammer on the floor which makes a new row of blocks appear on the bottom of your stack and pushes the entire stack upwards. King Dedede will bang the hammer at a slightly faster rate each new round.
Language Barrier: I'm not gonna lie to you. This game is in Japanese, so you're gonna have to feel your way around it to find the various modes. If you wander onto anything that has an intimidating amount of Japanese, you've probably found either the tutorial or the high scores section. You don't need to know a single word of Japanese to play this game, though, I assure you. It's easy to figure out where everything is located and you can pretty much teach yourself to play this one just by doing.
Conclusion: There's not much to say here. I rated it 8/10 because I think that the opponents in story mode become far too difficult too quickly. When I play, I pretty much stick to fight mode or endless mode. At any rate, if you enjoy tetris style puzzle games, I highly recommend looking this one up.
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