History YMMV / Kirby64TheCrystalShards

* ThatOneBoss: FinalBoss Miracle Matter, for some. Particularly his bomb form, which fills the screen with painful bubbles.

** Rock + Needle. It allows you to fire a drill, that destroys every enemy in its path (except invinciible ones). Also, you can charge through people while holding on to it, making you an unstoppable projectile of doom. Also, it button mashed while in the air, and if a direction (horizontal) is held down, you can float insane distances, because activating the drill stops you from falling. Platforming and fighting help all in one.

** Spark + Cutter gives you a [[DoubeWeapon double bladed lightsaber]]. What it lacks in the versatility of the fire sword, it makes up for in speed.

** Blade + Bomb gives Kirby ninja star throwing power. It's extremely rapid fire and hits almost instantly. Bosses go down really fast.

* FridgeHorror" Shiver Star appears to be Earth (note the continents and moon), but it's completely covered in ice. And there are (man-made) robots who live in a (man-made) factory, but humans are nowhere to be seen...

* FridgeHorror - Shiver Star appears to be Earth (note the continents and moon), but it's completely covered in ice. And there are (man-made) robots who live in a (man-made) factory, but humans are nowhere to be seen...

* GameBreaker - Hoo boy, does this game have many!

** Fire + Fire allows Kirby to soar for long distances, destroying everything in his path. He can also fly for much longer after Kirby has used his breath, allowing him to soar for great distances past whole levels.

** Having weapons of any kind make the boss battles easier and faster.
** Rock + Cutter turns Kirby into a stone form of one of his past companions. In stone form, Kirby is invincible, plowing through most enemies while at worst losing his stone skin if he hits a Gordo or other similar spiked item (without losing health or the power). Now, just mash B until you get Pitch (the small bird), who can fly almost indefinitely, and you'll pass through a level easily. As a bonus, Kirby won't be affected by water currents in this stone form, which helps immensely in a [[ThatOneLevel certain]] [[DownTheDrain water level]].

* WastedSong: Miracle Matter's theme, coming after Ripple Star's theme, which was remixed and used multiple times later in the series, Ripple Star Catacombs, one of the darkest songs in the series, and [[spoiler: coming before Zero Two's theme, one of the most well known songs in the whole series.]]

** In short, with experimentation, even newbie players will stumble upon at least one combo that makes the game a breeze. As a result, the biggest challenges are found in OneHundredPercentCompletion, where you are often required to use a particular ability -- [[UselessUsefulSpell not necessarily an effective one]] -- to find a Shard.

* ThatOneBoss: Miracle Matter, for some. Particularly his bomb form, which fills the screen with painful bubbles.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The true final boss, [[spoiler: Zero-Two]].

* {{Moe}}: The Fairy Princess/Queen, who is a {{Meganekko}}, {{Dojikko}} and combines it with a hefty dose of {{Adorkable}}. [[spoiler:In the bad ending she is a lot less cute though...]]

** In short, with experimentation, even newbie players will stumble upon at least one combo that makes the game a breeze. As a result, the biggest challenges are found in OneHundredPercentCompletion, where you are often required to use a particular ability -- not necessarily an effective one -- to find a Shard.

** But why stop there? Is that real snow, [[TheTerminator or did something terrible...

** But why stop there? Is that real snow, [[StuffBlowingUp or]] [[TheTerminator did]] [[ApocalypseWow something...]]

** Rock + Cutter turns Kirby into a stone form of one of his past companions. In stone form, Kirby is invincible, plowing through most enemies while at worst losing his stone skin if he hits a Gordo or other similar spiked item (without losing health or the power). Now, just mash B until you get Pitch (the small bird), who can fly almost indefinitely, and you'll pass through a level easily. As a bonus, Kirby won't be affected by water currents in this stone form, which helps immensely in a certain [[DownTheDrain water level]].

** Scarfy's transformed state. Especially considering that, in this game, all one has to do to get it to transform is ''look away from it.'' Much like [[SuperMarioBros Boos]], but much, much scarier. [[{{Tropers/Jarkes}} This troper]] could not get past the second world for ''years'' because of those things.

*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teKnN1unhCw&feature=related Not exactly...]]

** Ice + Electric. It turns Kirby into a refridgerator and pops out three food items. And it can be used in boss fights. That's right; this power lets you ''heal'' during ''boss fights''!

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Oh, man, [[{{CrowningMusic/Kirby}} where to start?]]