



Bomb+Fire: Kirby shoots fireworks and can launch himself in the air.Bomb+Cutter: Kirby throws ninja stars that explode on impact with an enemy.Bomb+Bomb: Kirby shoots up to 3 rockets from his mouth.Stone: Kirby turns to stone and squashes anything that's under him, Kirby can still move around in this form but the ability stops if Kirby falls off a ledge.Spark: Electricity surrounds Kirby, hurting any enemy that he touches.Needle: Kirby grows spikes that kill enemies, Kirby also sticks to any surface when using this ability.Ice: Kirby breathes ice that freezes enemies when hit.Fire: Kirby transforms into a ball of fire that propels him forward for a brief amount of time.His walking speed is slower when using this ability. Cutter: Kirby throws his face in the shape of a boomerang.Bomb: Allows Kirby to throw bombs in front of him.There are twenty-eight combination abilities in the game. While there are seven core abilities in the game, Kirby can merge two abilities into one combination ability (by either inhaling both ability enemies at the same time, by spitting an ability enemy onto another, or by transferring his ability into an Ability Star and throwing it an ability enemy to create a combination Ability Star). The Wii version was also used in the Kirby's Dream Collection compilation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. The Crystal Shards was digitally re-released (via Virtual Console) for both the Wii (on February 25, 2008) and the Wii U (on July 30, 2015). It's up to Kirby and his friends to gather all the Crystal Shards throughout six different planets and cleanse Ripple Star of Dark Matter. When the planet is invaded by Dark Matter, one of the fairies (Ribbon) escapes with the Crystal only to crash land onto Pop Star (with the Crystal shattered into many pieces throughout the galaxy). The game's story involves the Crystal, a sacred treasure of Ripple Star (a planet populated by fairies). The game also includes some some competitive multiplayer mini-games (for up to four players, with each player as either Kirby, Waddle Dee, Adeleine, or King Dedede). While Kirby does not have any animal friends or multiplayer "Helpers" from some of his previous games, he can enlist Waddle Dee, and Adeleine, and King Dedede for help at certain points in the game.
THE LAST CRYSTAL SHARD SERIES
The sixth main installment of the Kirby series (starring the pink puffball of the same name), The Crystal Shards expands on the previous platformers by introducing 3D graphics (still in a 2D movement plane) and the ability to merge two abilities together into a single powerful ability (giving him 35 total abilities). Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (known in Japan as Kirby of the Stars 64) is a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer developed by HAL and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 on Ma(in Japan), J(in North America), and J(in Europe).
