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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)

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Kirby and friends enter Aqua Star, which is the next world in the game, and this is the water world of the game. This would has many different areas that are themed around water in many ways, and there are some Crystal Shards we can find there.

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Aqua Star is the third world in Kirby 64, and this one is themed around water. The first stage takes place in a cliffside area with water, the first Crystal Shard is inside the cave, you can use the Zebon as cannons. In the next cave, you can get Ice-Bomb, Ice from Emp, which is a penguin enemy, and Bomb from Poppy Bros. Jr., Ice-Bomb has Kirby transform into a snowman and explode after a set amount of time, or if he makes contact with an enemy. The second Crystal Shard is from beating the Tick mid-boss fight, and the third one is the one that requires Ice-Bomb.
After that is Stage 2, and this is the river course, and you will want to pick up Burn-Stone, there are enemies that provide this abilities before the mid-boss fight against Kany, Burn-Stone is the volcano move where Kirby shoots hot rocks out, this Power Combo would then be re-used for Volcano Fire in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. You do need Burn-Stone to get the first Crystal Shard, then after that is a boat ride with Waddle Dee, and one of the Crystal Shards is obtained through the boat ride, and the third one is found after the Invincible Candy.
Stage 3 is the beach area, and you will want to get Bomb-Cutter, the Blowfish provides the Bomb Ability, and after a bunch of areas, and inside a rocky area is where you need Bomb-Cutter, this is like the Ninja Ability in later Kirby games where you throw a shuriken that explodes when it makes contact with an enemy or obstacle, and it is a great Power Combo. Then you will want to get Stone-Cutter, this is one of my favourites, because when used, Kirby transforms into a stone sculpture of the Animal Friends from Kirby's Dream Land 3, and each of them have different effects, Coo and Pitch can fly, Pitch is better for flight as he is faster than Coo, Nago can jump up to three times, Chuchu can jump high, Kine has no use, and Rick can climb up walls, which is what you need for the third Crystal Shard after the mid-boss fight against Kapar, which is where you can get the second Crystal Shard. The cave at the end has a bunch of Splinters, which are spiky logs that can deal damage if Kirby makes contact with them.
Then Stage 4, which takes place under the sea, watch out for falling boulders along the path. The first Crystal Shard is in an underwater cave filled with Blowfish and Turbites, and you have to deal with the current to get to it. The second Crystal Shard is in the next area, which is a tunnel with a strong current, the easiest way is to grab the pole along the way, and the third one is very tricky, as there are boulders being carried through the current, and there are Gordos to deal with as well. There is a mid-boss fight before the third Crystal Shard against a big Blowfish. There is a glitch in this game, it's only in the Nintendo Switch Online version of that game where if Kirby is hit while underwater, there is a chance he will be stunned permanently, meaning he cannot be hit, the only way to get out of it is to quit the stage, where you press "Try Again!", which is how you can quit a stage.
Then for the boss fight against Acro, a killer-whale, and he is considered by many to be a very difficult boss fight, he attacks by shooting projectiles which you can inhale and shoot at him, but you cannot inhale Gordos. On the second phase, you have to swim upwards, and Acro shoots missiles, which you have to fire back at him. You can use Bomb-Cutter to have an easier time against him, specially with how the underwater glitch can get in the way in that boss fight.

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