Ripple Star

Ripple Star is a planet from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. It is Ribbon's home and only other star to Pop Star that has seriously suffered by Dark Matter's infection. It is a star home to the fairies, and is heart-shaped. Ripple Star is the 6th level in Kirby 64. It comes after Shiver Star, and before Dark Star.

When Ripple Star is first seen, it is severely corrupted by Dark Matter. However, after Dark Star is created, it is shown on the map screen as cleared of Dark Matter.

The boss of Ripple Star is Miracle Matter, posing as the "final boss", if the player hasn't collected all of the Crystal Shards yet. Once the player collects all of the crystal shards and defeat Miracle Matter again, they can access the final level, where the true final boss is fought, Zero Two. Once Zero Two is defeated, the Dark Matter withdraws itself from Ripple Star and explodes in the distance.

Ripple Star itself is very similar to Pop Star, with similar environments, enemies, and level layout. In fact, the first level of Ripple Star is actually based on the first level of Pop Star, with an extremely similar layout and the same music. The only differences would be the Mid-Boss and the enemies throughout the level.

Level 4 (Boss)
Miracle Matter is Ripple Star's boss. After it is defeated, Kirby collects the sixth and final major Crystal Shard and he and friends are able to travel to Dark Star, granted all other Crystal Shards have been collected. If the player has not collected the others, Kirby and the gang will never notice that the Fairy Queen is under Zero Two's control, and they will depart, leaving Ripple Star supposedly doomed to live in darkness.

Trivia

 * The music heard in the rest area of Helper to Hero is a remix of the music heard in Ripple Star's map screen.
 * The music in Dreamland in Kirby's Epic Yarn is a remix of the music heard in Ripple Star's map screen.