| Aka: | Hoshi no Kirby 64, Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards |
| Console: | Nintendo 64 |
| TV Standard: | NTSC |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Developer(s): | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s): | Nintendo |
| Release Date: | 2000-06-26 |
| Players: | 4 |
| Co-op: | No |
| ESRB: | E - Everyone |
| Type: | Adventure |
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.
• Saves via Internal Memory (EEPROM)
Game Player of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards on Nintendo 64Generally, you can review the controls (keyboard) setting during each game in the screen before it starts. Use the arrow keys and “Z”, “X”, “A”, “S”, “Q”, “E” buttons to play, or customize yourself with your gamepad or keyboard.
| Keyboard | Controls |
| ← → ↑ ↓ | Directions for LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN |
| Enter ↵ | START |
| Shift | SELECT |
| Z | A |
| X | B |
| A | X |
| S | Y |
| Q | L |
| E | R |
