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Kirby’s Avalanche

Review
Also known as
Kirby's Ghost Trap

This puzzle game features competitive gem matching with a fair difficulty curve and vibrant 16-bit charm.

Kirby's Avalanche was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1995. It is a Western adaptation of the Japanese game Super Puyo Puyo, but as a distinct game version, its original release was also in 1995 on the SNES.


							Kirby’s Avalanche cover
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About Kirby’s Avalanche

Kirby's Avalanche presents a competitive puzzle tournament set in Dream Land. The objective is to outlast opponents by filling their playfield with colored blobs, which advances the player through successive rounds.

Its core mechanics are adapted from the Puyo Puyo series. Players arrange falling blobs, and connecting a set of the same color causes them to vanish. This elimination sends a corresponding block of blobs to the opponent's side, creating a challenging back-and-forth struggle. Victory in each match is achieved when an opponent's screen becomes too cluttered to continue.

The competition features Kirby and other series characters vying for the title of Avalanche King, culminating in a final boss encounter. The structure is a sequential tournament where each round eliminates the current opponent.

Kirby’s Avalanche Screenshots

11 images
Title screen
Demo with instructions on how to play the game
PAL title screen
Choose your mode of play
In the practice mode you play alone. Bubbles of the same color will stick together, a group of 4 or more will explode and disappear.
Choosing the difficulty level for the competition mode
Before every match-up Kirby has a verbal brawl with the competition
Gameplay against the computer; you lose the game when the bubbles reach the top row on your side of the screen. Here it's me who is winning
An important part of the gameplay is making combo's as they will start an avalanche of boulders on your opponent's side of the screen
Setting up a two player game; for balanced matches the better player can start with a larger handicap
Game Over!