Kirby Super Star

Basic Game Information
Speedrun Rules
Glitches

Basic Game Information

About Kirby Super Star

Kirby Super Star (Known as Kirby Super Deluxe in Japan) is a SNES game starring Kirby in 8 individual sub-games.

Any% starts on file select from a clear file, and ends on defeating Marx

100% starts on file select from a clear file, and ends after The Arena "Clear" text finishes scrolling.

Unlock conditions for each sub-game

The following games are unlocked at the start of the game, along with commonly used abbreviations:

Spring Breeze (SB)
Dyna Blade (DB)
Gourmet Race
Great Cave Offensive (GCO)

The following games need to be unlocked:

Revenge of Meta Knight (RoMK) - Clear "Dyna Blade"
Milky Way Wishes (MWW / Milk) - Clear "Great Cave Offensive" and "Revenge of Meta Knight"
The Arena - Clear "Milky Way Wishes"
Sound Test - Clear "The Arena"

In any%, only DB, GCO, RoMK, and MWW need to be cleared.

Spring Breeze and Gourmet Race are not included.

Conditions for a 100% save file

Achieving all of the following in the chart below will result in a 100% save file.

You can tell if you have cleared each mode by viewing the stars on the file select screen.

A game will have a ribbon next to it when selected on the corkboard screen if it is cleared.

1: Spring Breeze (11%)
Clear stages 1 - 3	2% for each stage (6% total)
Defeat King Dedede	5%
2: Dyna Blade (15%)
Clear stages 1 - 4	2% for each stage (8% total)
Find two secret stage switches	1% for each switch (2% total)
Defeat Dyna Blade	5%
3: Gourmet Race (6%)
Win Grand Prix Mode	6%
4: Great Cave Offensive (22%)
Obtain all 60 treasures	1% for every 4 treasures obtained (15% total)
Defeat all four area bosses	1% for each boss (4% total)
Escape the cave	3%
5: Revenge of Meta Knight (18%)
Clear Chapter 1	1%
Clear Chapters 2 - 6	2% for each Chapter (10% total)
Defeat Meta Knight	3%
Escape the Halberd	4%
6: Milky Way Wishes (25%)
Clear all 7 stages	1% for each stage (7% total)
Obtain all 19 Copy Essence DX's	1% for every 2 obtained, 1% for the 19th ability (10% total)
Defeat Heart of Nova	2%
Defeat Marx	6%
EX: The Arena (3%)
Win The Arena	3%

What is not included in file percentage?

Mini-Games (Megaton Punch and Samurai Kirby)
Defeating Iron Maam (World Map enemy) in Dyna Blade
Visiting the Secret Stages in Dyna Blade
Playing Time Attack in Gourmet Race

Unspecified Actions

Actions that are not explained in the game itself.

Save Data Erase

Pressing the Select button on the data selection screen will bring up a confirmation screen for data deletion.

Soft Reset

Press L + R + Start + Select at the same time to reset the game.

Leave a Milky Way Wishes stage:

Open the pause menu and press L or R to exit the stage.

(This only works on stages that were previously cleared)

Speedrun Rules

Main Category Rules

Any%

In any%, players compete to beat Milky Way Wishes as fast as possible.

Timing begins when a file is selected, and ends on the final hit of Marx.

The only sub-games that need to be cleared to beat the game are Dyna Blade, Great Cave Offensive, Revenge of Meta Knight, and Milky Way Wishes.

100%

In 100%, players compete to beat the game to 100% completion as fast as possible.

Runners are encouraged to show the file select screen to prove 100% completion at the end of the speedrun.

Timing begins when a file is selected, and ends when the "Winner" text stops scrolling once The Arena is completed.

Other Category Rules

The Arena

Players compete for the fastest completion time in The Arena, based on the time given by the game once The Arena is won.

This time isn't in real time, as this in-game timer stops during fade-outs, when in the rest area, and for animations when obtaining a copy ability.

RNG manipulation is possible in The Arena, with most setups for manipulation being done before the run starts.

Individual Level Speedruns

Speedruns for the individual sub-games can be performed.

They are not as popular as full-game speedruns.

There are no specific regulations for TASes, as IL runs are disallowed on TASVideos.org.

Category Extensions

Speedruns that are not meant to be taken as competitively as the main board.

Majority are meant to be funny and are not taken seriously.

Category Extensions include:

2 Player - Allows the use of a second controller.
Softlock% - Softlock the game as quickly as possible.
Low% - Beat the game with the lowest file percentage possible.

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.speedrun.com/kss_ce">Link to Category Extensions leaderboard</a>

About the Rules

Game Resets

In full-game speedruns, there are some points in the game where performing a soft reset can skip cutscenes to save time (such as after defeating Dyna Blade, or during the credits in 100%)

As of November 8th, 2022, resetting the game to save time is allowed, as runs before this date were not allowed to reset.

On Speedrun.com, this is indicated by the "Resets" column. A run labeled "Yes" implies that the run uses soft-resetting.
100% runs were split between two categories before this leaderboard change ("Resets Allowed" and "No Reset"), due to many runners finding it odd to need to watch the entire credits sequence.
Both 100% categories were combined into one single category after the rule change.

2 Player, Simultaneous Up + Down / Left + Right inputs

In RTA speedruns, 2 player and simultaneous D-pad inputs are prohibited on the main board.

2 player categories exist on the category extension leaderboard.

Simultaneous D-pad inputs have been used in RTA runs, but does not have a leaderboard. Performing on real console can be done through controller modification, but playing on emulator with a keyboard is ideal.

For more information, see <a href="../glitches/simultaneous-dpad.html">Simultaneous D-pad input bug</a>.

In TAS runs, unless otherwise specified, 2 player and simultaneous D-pad inputs are allowed.

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