Kirby's Pinball Land

1993 video game

Kirby's Pinball Land is a pinball video game that was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo in 1993. It is for the Game Boy game console. It is the first spin-off game in the Kirby series. It was later released for the Virtual Console service on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012.

Kirby's Pinball Land
Developer(s)HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Masahiro Sakurai Edit this on Wikidata
Producer(s)Satoru Iwata Edit this on Wikidata
SeriesKirby
Platform(s)Game Boy, Virtual Console (3DS)
ReleaseGame Boy:
  • NA: November 19, 1993
  • JP: November 27, 1993
  • EU: December 31, 1993
  • AU: January 15, 1994
Virtual Console (3DS):
  • NA: July 12, 2012
  • PAL: July 26, 2012
  • JP: August 29, 2012
Genre(s)Pinball
Mode(s)Single-player

The game features three pinball tables. Each table has three floors. The player earns points by bouncing off of walls and bumpers, and by defeating enemies. Players can also earn Maxim Tomatoes, which stops the player from losing a ball for a short amount of time. On the middle and top floors is a Warp Star. If the player takes the Warp Star on the middle floor, the player can play a minigame to earn extra points and multipliers. The Warp Star on the top floor takes the player to the boss of the table. After defeating a boss, the player can earn another life by spelling out the word "Extra" with the letters that appear on the table selection screen. After the player plays all three tables, they face against King Dedede. Defeating King Dedede allows the player to play the tables again for a higher score.