Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards: Part 23: Shiver Star 4~ (All 3 Shards)
3After the "relatively" friendly mall of Shiver Star 3, Shiver Star 4 instead has Kirby venture through a rather menacing factory.
This is so far the LEAST snowy level in Shiver Star. The tension is rising, here. Even King Dedede shows up again to give Kirby a ride and smash through gates. Just don't let him get smashed by those huge red hammers. Those are instant-death!
There are TWO sealed Crystal Shards in this levels, and I was only able to get one each at a time.
The first I got was locked in a cage in a miniboss room. Its bars are yellow and green, which means you'll need Kirby to have the Spark/Cutter ability for it, which will just out-and-out give him a Double-Sided Lightsaber straight out of the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which was just 1 year old by this game's release.
The second Crystal Shard I got is actually the first one in this level. It's guarded by brown and orange blocks. What you need to do for them is to give Kirby the Stone/Needle ability, which give him a huge drill.
You can't reach the blocks from the side directly, but the drill can be launched to hit them from a long distance. Once the blocks have been cleared away, then you can finally go for the Crystal Shard.
And now, for the boss of Shiver Star that REALLY made me forget that this was supposed to be an ice world!