“ | It's a race to the finish! To win, give it your best hop!” |
— Game Description • Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards |
100-Yard Hop is a sub-game from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. It is one of three sub-games in the game.
Gameplay[]
The player can choose to play as Kirby, King Dedede, Waddle Dee, or Adeleine. They race by hopping 100-yards towards the finish line while avoiding obstacles such as puddles, pitfalls, banana peels and the occasional frog, which only appears on the track of the player currently in first place.
The controls are press A to hop forward two spaces, and press B to hop forward one space.
Stages[]
There are four difficulties in total, each unlocked by beating the sub-game on the previous difficulty; each featuring a slightly different background and an extra obstacle.
On 'Easy' difficulty, the course is what seems to be a muddy path in a field; the only obstacles here are the puddle, which hinders players and causes them to start back at the space they were previously on, and the frog, which trips the player upon landing on the frog, or if the frog jumps onto the player from behind.
On 'Normal' difficulty, the course is the same as Easy except the path is completely grassy. Banana peels appear, which function as stationary tripping hazards.
On 'Hard' difficulty, the path on the course is red, and covered pitfalls get in the way; these act the same way puddles do.
On 'Intense!' difficulty, the scene changes from a field to a river and the spaces are replaced by stones, turtle shells (which periodically rise and sink) and lily pads (that replace the pitfall traps). Also, Floppers appear on some stones, replacing the banana peels, and there are gaps in the track.
Related Quotes[]
“ | Hop one space by pressing the B Button and two by pressing A. If you land on a boulder, though, you'll be sent back.[1]” |
— Official website description • Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards |
Trivia[]
- The official website's description of 100-Yard Hop mentions a boulder that hinders Kirby's progress upon landing on it. This is not present in the finished sub-game. The website may be describing unused material for 100-Yard Hop.
- The music that plays in this sub-game is a remix of the music played in the Gourmet Race sub-game from Kirby Super Star.
- This particular remix was reused in Kirby Fighters Deluxe where it plays while fighting Team DDD on Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties.
- Dash Course, a sub-game in Kirby Mass Attack, features very similar gameplay.