The Great Cave Offensive

The Great Cave Offensive is a sub-game in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. Focused largely on collecting 60 treasures in what appears to be a hole, the game was one of the secondary games on the Super Star cartridge - it had no other characters from the series except Kirby, although cameos from several Nintendo series, including F-Zero, Metroid and Fire Emblem could be found. With every treasure that Kirby finds (in treasure chests), a value (in Gold) is assigned - the total is then considered the player's score. 100G is equivalent to 1 USD - this is found in the Dime item, which is worth 10G.

Gameplay
As Kirby, the player walks through what one assumes is a cave. Sixty treasures are strewn throughout the cave; so too are save cabins, which contain a Maxim Tomato and a pad which will save the player's progress. These cabins mark the 'levels', although such a concept is not found in Great Cave Offensive. Rather, the player traverses regions; a lake, a forested area and a castle, among others. Most are guarded by a boss - the bosses are unique to this game (including the Active-Battle System-based computer boss called Computer Virus).

The four areas are:
 * Sub-Tree Area
 * Crystal Area
 * Old Tower
 * Garden Area

The Great Cave Offensive's more adventure-based layout makes it a unique version of the classic Kirby series. It also meant that the inexperienced player would have to play through the game several times in order to find all sixty treasures. The fact that it contained a strain of the classic Dreamland-style gameplay means that the Great Cave Offensive is not too terribly far a departure from the style of play typically associated with Kirby.

In Meta Knightmare Ultra, ALL of the food disappears, and ALL of the Maximum Tomatoes and treasure chests turn into food.

Cameos and Adaptations
Cameos include:
 * The Screw Attack (from Metroid)


 * Donkey Kong's Barrel (from the Donkey Kong series)


 * Captain Falcon's Helmet (from F-Zero)


 * Mr. Saturn (from Earthbound)


 * The Bucket (from Mario and Wario)


 * the Falchion Sword (from Fire Emblem)


 * the Triforce (from the Legend of Zelda series)


 * the Koopa Shell (from the Mario series)


 * the Golden Watering Can (from the Animal Crossing series)

For a complete list of items, see [].

As well, the idea of using mine carts was used by other Kirby games; although other games within Kirby Super Star used it, the Great Cave Offensive makes the greatest use of the feature. Plus, in Super Smash Bros. Melee, The Great Cave Offensive's, and the theme that plays in the Save Rooms (and on the game's main menu screen) is used in the All-Star rest area from Melee.