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In the Kirby speedrunning community, KSS is notorious for being a difficult speedrun compared to the rest of the Kirby series. The game has a high skill ceiling and has a lot of fast-paced gameplay. In addition, KSS is very [[KSS | In the Kirby speedrunning community, KSS is notorious for being a difficult speedrun compared to the rest of the Kirby series. The game has a high skill ceiling and has a lot of fast-paced gameplay. In addition, KSS is very [[KSS:Random Number Generation|RNG-heavy]]. [[KSS:Battle Windows|Battle Windows]] and [[KSS:Marx|Marx]] have the potential for ending runs late in the game, and [[KSS:Great Cave Offensive (Any%)|Great Cave Offensive Any%]] is a high reset area due to a string of potential RNG-related time losses. Getting a top time in Kirby Super Star requires immense dedication and is not for the fainthearted. | ||
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In addition to its difficulty, KSS is known for being a very unstable game, having several glitches that can crash the game and completely wipe all save files. For all of the glitches in Kirby Super Star, see [[KSS | In addition to its difficulty, KSS is known for being a very unstable game, having several glitches that can crash the game and completely wipe all save files. For all of the glitches in Kirby Super Star, see [[KSS:Glitches|Glitches]]. | ||
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Note: [[ | Note: [[KSSU:Main_Page]] uses a different control scheme, using A to jump and B to attack. Be mindful that KSS uses a different control scheme from KSSU. | ||
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There are multiple versions of the Japanese version of the game. The differences aren't significant, but 1.0 and 1.1 versions have a bug that can crash the game during Nova if pressing up+down/left+right at the same time. If you are worried about this, we recommend searching for a 1.2 cartridge (for more information, see [[KSS | There are multiple versions of the Japanese version of the game. The differences aren't significant, but 1.0 and 1.1 versions have a bug that can crash the game during Nova if pressing up+down/left+right at the same time. If you are worried about this, we recommend searching for a 1.2 cartridge (for more information, see [[KSS:Version Differences#Identifying Cartridge Versions|identifying cartridge versions]]). | ||
* If you are playing on Virtual Console or Switch Online, the game version will always be 1.2 | * If you are playing on Virtual Console or Switch Online, the game version will always be 1.2 | ||
* If you are playing on English, the game version will always be 1.2 | * If you are playing on English, the game version will always be 1.2 | ||
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For more information on game versions, see [[KSS | For more information on game versions, see [[KSS:Version Differences|Version Differences]]. | ||
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