Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is a 3D platform game released for the Nintendo 64. In this title, Kirby faces a new foe called Dark Matter, which seeks a powerful crystal from a distant land. After a fairy named Ribbon escapes with the crystal, it shatters and scatters across various worlds. Players control Kirby through six distinct environments, battling enemies and bosses to collect all 100 shards.
Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful crystal, but a young fairy named Ribbon attempts to save it by escaping with the gem to Dream Land. Now the crystal has been broken, and it's scattered around the world. Take control of Kirby and help him journey across six worlds, battling a wide variety of enemies and challenging bosses, as he tries to collect all 100 pieces of the shattered crystal.