| “ | Located in Target Shooting Areas, the Star Blocks you have acquired will cover the spike gutters in the Boss Area. The more Star Blocks acquired, the more spikes that are covered. In a Boss Area, if the ball hits a Star Block once, the spike it covered is revealed (see page 11).” |
| — Block Chart • Kirby's Block Ball Instruction Booklet |
A Star Block is a Device in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Block Ball.
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Kirby's Block Ball[]
Star Blocks only appear in the Target Shooting Areas, with the exception of Stage 11 where they appear throughout the stage. Unlike other blocks, they do not give points, and are instead added to the Star Block count. Any collected Star Blocks reappear in the Boss Area, covering the spike gutters; they will disappear upon being hit. Collecting all of the Star Blocks in the Target Shooting Area also gives a 1UP.
Kirby Super Star (Ultra), Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Deluxe), and Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[]
The Star Block cameos as one of Stone's (and Smash's, in the case of Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition) transformations.
Etymology[]
The Star Block is named after the fact that it is a block, much like many of the objects in Kirby's Block Ball, and that it has a star on it.
Its Japanese name, スターブロック (Sutā Burokku), is also the English words for "Star" and "Block" written out in katakana. This is different from the Japanese name for the block with the same English name, which is called a 星ブロック (Hoshi Burokku), where 星 is the Japanese word for star.
Related Quotes[]
| “ | These are positioned in the target-shooting area of every stage. Collect as many as you can. Then, when in a boss area, the ball can safely touch the spikes a number of times depending on how many star blocks you obtained.” |
| — Blocks • Kirby's Block Ball Manual (Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console) |
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