If your childhood gaming was outlined extra by Kirby than Mario, don’t be concerned — Nintendo has you coated. As VGC stories, Nintendo is making Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards accessible by means of the Switch Online Expansion Pack on May twentieth. The Nintendo 64 title was the primary 3D Kirby recreation, though it was actually extra of a “2.5D” platformer — you got down to reassemble a shattered crystal by copying and mixing your enemies’ powers.
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The Switch expertise is successfully what you’d keep in mind taking part in circa 2000, full with low-polygon 3D visuals. As you would possibly guess, although, the multiplayer mini-games at the moment are accessible on-line along with at dwelling.
This is the fifteenth N64 recreation to come back to the Switch Online Expansion Pack, which prices $50 per yr or $80 for households. While Kirby 64 may not be as instantly interesting to veteran avid gamers because the likes of Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time, it is nonetheless a notable addition that could be nice for introducing youngsters to the video games of your youth.