Kirby's Toy Box

Kirby's Toy Box File:Kirby Toy Box title.png Title screen of Kirby's Toy Box - Ball Rally. Details Developer(s) HAL Laboratory Publisher(s) Nintendo Release date(s) Satellaview February 8, 1996

Game chronology ← Kirby's Block Ball [[Kirby Super Star|Template:KSS KFP]] →

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Kirby's Toy Box (カービィのおもちゃ箱) is a collection of 10 Kirby-themed mini-games which were broadcast on the Satellaview service of the Super Famicom in Japan, starting on February 8, 1996.

The eight original games are ball-related, such as Baseball which involves a simple game of baseball, except that Kirby is substituted for the ball. All of them are played like traditional arcade games where the player has to attain a high score before a Game Over is hit. The trial versions of Samurai Kirby and Megaton Punch were included as a promotion for [[Kirby Super Star|Template:KSS KFP]] which would release soon after.

Mini-games

Japanese title	English translation	Description
ピンボール	Pinball	A pinball game.
星くずし	Star Breaker	A Breakout-style game with stars as blocks instead.
ぐるぐるボール	Round and Round Ball
アレンジボール	Arrange Ball
パチンコ	Pachinko	Based on the eponymous arcade game in Japan.
ベースボール	Baseball	A baseball game.
キャノンボール	Cannonball
ボールラリー	Ball Rally
刹那の見斬りお試し版	Samurai Kirby demo	A port of the eponymous Sub-Game from [[Kirby Super Star|Template:KSS KFP]].
かちわりメガトンパンチお試し版	Megaton Punch demo	A port of the eponymous Sub-Game from [[Kirby Super Star|Template:KSS KFP]].

The games aired daily in pairs (February 8 through 28 and then from March 7 onwards), with the two Sub-Games from [[Kirby Super Star|Template:KSS KFP]] starting on February 22, 1996.

Kirby's Toy Box - Pinball

Screenshot of the Pinball mini-game

This is a simple game of pinball on a single board, retaining some concepts featured in Kirby's Pinball Land. The player has to launch Kirby from a Cannon into the playfield and keep him from rolling down the drain. There are various enemies in fixed spots which when hit will earn the player points, while certain combinations will also light up items for short-term assistance.

Enemies

• Kracko and Co-Kracko - bumpers, each hit adds up 50 or 30 points respectively
• Waddle Dee - a spot target, adds 100 points
• Bounder - climbs up and down and halts Kirby's movement, adds 30 points
• Crack-Tweet - an orbit target, adds 100 points or 1000 points when hatched (hit 4 times)
• Elieel - four hiding in the side lane, each add 100 points
• Mr. Frosty - captures and kicks Kirby back, adds 300 points or 1000 points when hit 5 times (adds ×1 to the bonus multiplier)
• King Dedede - higher-difficulty target, adds 300 points or 1000 points when hit 5 times (adds ×5 to the bonus multiplier)

Both lower and upper rollovers add 30 points. Lighting up upper ones gain the player Energy Drinks in the outlanes, while doing the same with the 3 Kirby sprites place a Maxim Tomato between the flippers to protect from draining the ball.

Kirby's Toy Box - Star Breaker

Screenshot of the Star Breaker mini-game

A Breakout-style game with a few major differences to Kirby's Block Ball. In place of a paddle are two Ricks with a trampoline which with their movement also dictate Kirby's direction, who acts as the ball. The key difference is the constant gravity applied to the bouncing Kirby.

There are 5 stages where every Star-shaped brick has to be crushed (70 points). A "Star" counter is present which constantly decreases on its own, and when higher than 0 (zero) grants Kirby one safe bounce off the ground if he misses the trampoline. Each crushed brick disposes a Point Star which when collected (10 points) increases the Star counter by 5, while each ground touch decreases the same by 10.

Once the player clears the first five stages, in the sixth is a Boss fight with King Dedede. There are no bricks to crush and Point Stars to be collected - instead, King Dedede has to be hit 10 times. He floats in the air in circles and every so often throws hammers at Ricks which can stun them for a second. Defeating King Dedede grants 11000 points, and the game continues by cycling back to the first stage.

Kirby's Toy Box - Round and Round Ball

Round and Round Ball screenshot

In this mini-game, the player has to fire three Kirbys through a spiral tube (which is designed like Efreeti). The power of each shot has to be adjusted to aim for higher-scoring holes, while good timing ensures a multiplier or 1–2 bonus lives. From top to bottom:

• 1st hole - 10 points
• 2nd hole - 500 points
• 3rd hole - 200 points
• 4th hole - 100 points
• 5th hole - 50 points

The bonus multiplier cycles 1 through 7, with the last numeric 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and then 1UP and 2UP. A score of 500 with a multiplier 10 also adds one bonus Kirby ball to fire.

Kirby's Toy Box - Arrange Ball

Arrange Ball screenshot

This is a mini-game inspired by Pachinko and A-One LSI Arrange Ball, an old handheld electronic game. The player is given exactly 9 Kirby balls, one for each of nine holes in a 3×3 set-up. Each ball is launched into the field by a plunger at adjusted power, and shall fall through pins in its way into unoccupied holes. The objective is similar to a bingo game - scoring rows, columns and diagonals.

Nine Mr. Frostys highlight occupied holes and one large lies behind the board. They otherwise do not serve any other functions.

Completing a single column or row awards a little over 200 points each time. Arranging all 9 Kirbys is awarded with 100,000 points and captioned with "Congratulations!".

This article or section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it's being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible. Reason: Will have sections detailing each of the mini-games.

Gallery

• Kirby Toy Box corkboard.png

  Template:KSS KFP]] corkboard

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  Description of the mini-games and airing schedule report from Famimaga (1996, #4) magazine

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  Pre-release screenshots of the mini-games from Famitsu (1996, March 1st)

External links

• God-Bird.net list of Satellaview games
• Nico Nico Pedia article
• かびほし☆ fansite overview of each mini-game
• SFC mania, blog by randnetdd