Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards is a platform game released for the Nintendo 64 and later for the Wii. In this 3D adventure, players control Kirby as he confronts the antagonist Dark Matter, who seeks a powerful crystal. After the crystal shatters and scatters across six worlds, Kirby must collect all 100 fragments while battling diverse enemies and formidable bosses to restore peace.
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.