The Internet has made it easy to find cheats for games, but we miss the tips pages from game magazines, when the discovery of a new code could inspire you to go back to an old game. These codes aren't exactly new, but oldness is the essence of the Virtual Console! We're bringing back the classic codes every week on The VC Advantage.
It can be hard work figuring out how to totally ruin surprises in games, as we like to do in the VC Advantage. Case in point: this week's highest-profile release, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, which is notable for being a good game on the Nintendo 64. Kirby games don't really have stories anyone cares about, and there aren't really any huge secrets to reveal. But there is one aspect of the game that invites experimentation and discovery and, thus, revealing Internet posts: the ability system.
What makes Kirby 64 great is that Kirby can inhale two abilities: if he inhales two of the same power, it's amplified, and two different powers creates a new power. It's really fun to go through the game mixing powers to see what kind of crazy stuff Kirby can do -- or you can just watch this video from YouTube user Cloud8745, which reveals every ability in sequence. Also it has some very excited narration.
In case you're wondering (and you aren't!) our favorite ability in terms of utility is Bomb + Cutter, and our favorite in terms of hilarity is Fire + Electricity.
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2-27-2008 @ 8:53PM
John B. said...
Hahaha, "Stone plus stone...oh shi-"
Seriously though I loved this game on the N64. I bought it the first day it came out and played the living christ out of it. I'm buying this on VC as soon as I get paid.
Also, first =D
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2-27-2008 @ 9:16PM
Mr Khan said...
My favorite was Bomb + Rock. The little hat that dynamite Kirby comes with is incredibly priceless
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2-27-2008 @ 10:11PM
Bryan Law said...
Worth watching just for the narration XD
Darth Maul kirby pwnz.
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2-28-2008 @ 2:30PM
Jeff said...
hahaha i loved the narration. XD
2-27-2008 @ 10:12PM
steve said...
i always enjoyed bomb + cutter
u could become rock versions of characters from his older games
i always kept trying until i got the bird
:P
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2-27-2008 @ 10:14PM
SSBMasterFox said...
No story anyone cares about? Whatever! The boss of the Kirby series is one of the most powerful characters in Nintendo history! If Dark Matter so much as TOUCHES you, you lose. (in story, anyway)
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2-27-2008 @ 11:46PM
PyrosNine said...
My favorite's cutter and rock. They suck for leaving out kirbie's animal friends, but wait! With that combo, you become a heavy rock version of them!
They even still have their moves intact, from Ricky's wall climbing, the Owl and bird's limited flight, and the jellyfish's higher jump.
Sadly, Kine just stinks, much like in the original game. You'd think he'd only be useful in the water like Dreamland 3, but no, he just sinks like a stone....
But hey, it's motion and invincibility! I tried to go through the entire game with just the rocky animal friends and succeeded!
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2-28-2008 @ 1:04AM
manaman said...
Seriously, bomb plus fire was the best. I loved running around in fireworks mode. I was UNSTOPPABLE! This game is so awesome on my N64 I would totally buy it again for virtual console . . . if I had a Wii. :(
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