History VideoGame / KirbysAvalanche

* ShoutOut:
** Before facing Lololo and Lalala, Kirby says "To get this far, you must have a-MAZE-ing skill! Tee hee hee!" and the pair respond with "Oh yeah? Try to figure your way out of this!" This is a nod back to the BlockPuzzle gameplay of ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfLolo'', the series from which Lololo and Lalala originated.
** In Meta Knight's intro as the penultimate boss, he tells Kirby that ''"None shall pass!"'', referencing the Black Knight from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.

* TheDragon: Meta Knight. Interestingly, this is also the first game where he is named in-game, with it having previously been relegated to [[AllThereInTheManual strategy guides]].

* ShoutOut: In Meta Knight's intro as the penultimate boss, he tells Kirby that ''"None shall pass!"'', referencing the Black Knight from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.

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* RocketTagGameplay: This can be enabled from the secret menu options (Hold down A + B + X + Y on a second controller and reset the game). Adjusting the "Fall Blob" option above the normal amount can let you turn matches into a matter of who gets off a decent chain reaction first and floods their opponent with junk.

The game was re-released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole in 2007 and on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online service in 2022. It has never been officially released in Japan.

''Kirby's Avalanche'', known as ''Kirby's Ghost Trap'' in European languages, is a 1995 UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem video game. It is a SpinOff of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game series. Whereas most ''Kirby'' games are typical platformers, this game is a puzzle game. Specifically, it is an [[DolledUpInstallment American dress-up]] of the Japanese puzzle classic ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', the [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game]]'s Super Famicom port in particular. Intriguingly, though he wasn't directly involved, series creator Creator/MasahiroSakurai did supervise ''Avalanche'''s development, as revealed in an episode of ''WebVideo/MasahiroSakuraiOnCreatingGames''.

''Kirby's Avalanche'', known as ''Kirby's Ghost Trap'' in European languages, is a 1995 UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem video game. It is a SpinOff of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game series. Whereas most ''Kirby'' games are typical platformers, this game is a puzzle game. Specifically, it is an [[DolledUpInstallment American dress-up]] of the Japanese puzzle classic ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', the [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game]]'s Super Famicom port in particular.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Bugzzy's play style is heavily focused upon pulling off devastating chain reactions that require extensive setup beforehand. However, the player can easily disrupt this strategy with BoringButPractical quick chain reactions. This often makes Bugzzy even easier to defeat than the previous Lololo and Lalala, due to the ArtificialStupidity being unable to switch strategies and attempting to create a new fancy chain.

* TheDragon: Meta Knight. Interestingly, this is also the first game where he has his name.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: When facing Whispy Woods:

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory (the co-owners of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely bring up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines chronicling the series' history, and it's one of the few games in the series that has never received any {{continuity nod}}s, suggesting it has fallen into this status. However, it was acknowledged in ''[[MuseumGame Kirby's Dream Collection]]'', and the Japanese tie-in book ''20th Anniversary Pupupu Encyclopedia'' brings it up in a section dedicated to international Kirby media.

''Kirby's Avalanche'', known as ''Kirby's Ghost Trap'' in European languages, is a 1995 UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem video game. It is a SpinOff of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game series. Whereas most ''Kirby'' games are typical platformers, this game is a puzzle game. Specifically, it is an [[DolledUpInstallment American mock-up]] of the Japanese puzzle classic ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', the [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game]]'s Super Famicom port in particular.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Kirby comes off as a snarky, smack-talking {{Mascot with Attitude}} in this game, compared to the {{Cheerful Child}} he's normally portrayed as. Subverted ironically with the cover, despite being Western-made, it's a rather cute image of a cheerful Kirby and Dedede. The game also qualifies compared to the original Puyo Puyo, though not to the extent of ''VideoGame/DrRobotniksMeanBeanMachine''.
* AscendedExtra: Most of the opponents in the first half of the game were just regular enemies or bosses in the previous games -- mostly from ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure''. This also extends to some of the bosses from there, including Paint Roller and Heavy Mole. This is similar to Puyo itself in that they both took regular enemies and made them stars.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Bugsy's play style is heavily focused upon pulling off devastating chain reactions that require extensive setup beforehand. However, the player can easily disrupt this strategy with BoringButPractical quick chain reactions. This often makes Bugsy even easier to defeat than the previous Lololo and Lalala, due to the ArtificialStupidity being unable to switch strategies and attempting to create a new fancy chain.
* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory (the co-owners of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely bring up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced at all after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status.
* DolledUpInstallment: Take ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 Super Puyo Puyo]]'', replace the background music, and the ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' characters with ''Kirby'' characters, and you have ''Kirby's Avalanche''.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory (the co-owners of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely bring up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced at all after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status. Given Kirby's [[AdaptationalJerkass characterization here conflicts with his typical characterization]] and the lack of a Japanese release, the game was given only one re-release on the [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Nintendo Wii]] Virtual console and was skipped over on both the UsefulNotes/WiiU Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online, the latter of these in favor of ''[[Videogame/PuyoPuyo1992 Puyo Puyo]]'' in Japan, ''VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine'' in other parts of the world, and ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTsu Super Puyo Puyo Tsu]]'' in all territories.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Kirby comes off as a snarky, smack-talking {{Mascot with Attitude}} in this game, compared to the {{Cheerful Child}} he's normally portrayed as. Subverted ironically with the cover, despite being Western-made, it's a rather cute image of a cheerful Kirby and Dedede. The game also qualifies compared to the original Puyo Puyo, though not to the extent of VideoGame/DrRobotniksMeanBeanMachine.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Bugsy's play style is heavily focused upon pulling off devastating chain reactions that require extensive setup beforehand. However, the player can easily disrupt this strategy with BoringButPractical quick chain reactions that will foil this strategy. This often makes Bugsy even easier to defeat than the previous Lololo and Lalala, due to the ArtificialStupidity being unable to switch strategies and attempting to create a new fancy chain.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory (the co-owners of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely bring up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced at all after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status. Given Kirby's [[AdaptationalJerkass characterization here conflicts with his typical characterization]], on top of the game never seeing a release in Japan, this is an understandable move.

''Kirby's Avalanche'', known as ''Kirby's Ghost Trap'' in European languages, is a 1995 UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem video game. It is a SpinOff of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game series. Whereas most ''Kirby'' games are typical platformers, this game is a puzzle game. Specifically, it is an [[DolledUpInstallment American mock-up]] of the Japanese puzzle classic ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', the [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game]] in particular.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Bugsy's play style is heavily focused upon pulling off devastating chain reactions that require extensive setup beforehand, however, the player can easily disrupt this strategy with BoringButPractical quick chain reactions that will foil this strategy, often making Bugsy even easier to defeat than the previous Lololo and Lalala, due to the ArtificialStupidity being unable to switch strategies and trying to create a new fancy chain.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Bugsy's play style is heavily focused upon pulling off devastating chain reactions that require extensive setup beforehand, however, the player can easily disrupt this strategy with BoringButPractical quick chain reactions that will foil this strategy, often making Bugsy even easier to defeat than the previous Lololo and Lalala.

* TheDragon: Meta Knight. Interestingly, this is also the first game where he has both his name and his modern appearance, since he did not have either in [[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure his first appearance]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory (the co-owners of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely bring up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced at all after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status. Given Kirby's [[TookALevelInJerkass characterization here conflicts with his typical characterization]], on top of the game never seeing a release in Japan, this is an understandable move.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory (the co-owners of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}} franchise) rarely bring up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced at all after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status. Given Kirby's [[TookALevelInJerkass characterization here conflicts with his typical characterization]], on top of the game never seeing a release in Japan, this is an understandable move.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory rarely brings up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status. Given Kirby's [[TookALevelInJerkass characterization here conflicts with his typical characterization]], on top of the game never seeing a release in Japan, this is an understandable move. The only time the game had been acknowledged again after its original release was its one re-release on the Wii Virtual Console (which was also never released in Japan).

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/HALLaboratory (the creators of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely brings up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status. Given Kirby's [[TookALevelInJerkass characterization here conflicts with his typical characterization]], on top of the game never seeing a release in Japan, this is an understandable move.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Creator/HALLaboratory (the creators of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise) rarely brings up this game, if at all, with no mention of the game in timelines or guidebooks chronicling the series' history and being one of the few games to not be referenced after its release, suggesting it has fallen into this status.