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Kirby’s Star Stacker

Developed by HAL Laboratory, inc.
Published by Nintendo
System: Gameboy
Copyright 1997

I’ve decided to start the feature off with one of my favorite puzzle games on the Gameboy system, and one of my favorite puzzle games of all time. Despite being a major Nintendo franchise, Kirby’s Star Stacker has never seen a huge amount of attention anywhere I’ve looked. This would be understandable if it were a mediocre title (Tilt N’ Tumble, nice try), but the gameplay of KSS alone should have made it a hit, with or without the Kirby template.

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"It was just an ordinary day in the life of Marker Man, the loveable stick figure, and his pal Doodle Dog. That all ended abruptly, however, when Doodle went missing without a trace." 

 Although the storyline does sound corny, cheesey, hokey, schmaltzy, etc., the gameplay sounds like a ton of fun. The press release promises that in Marker Man players can "draw" their way through 150 physics based puzzles by drawing different simple shapes to guide Marker Man from point "A" to point "B" in a "scrolling world." 

For such a simple concept, Marker Man offers quite a bit of features:

A Kotaku tipster stumbled upon a job listing in an industry website calling for a voice actor in "PORTAL (VOICE OVER) Interactive Project" for Valve Software that tentatively starts at the end of July. Funny. Common sense would lead one to believe this is a confirmation of Portal 2. So, what other details (or concept art) did the job listing divulge? Well, if you want to find out you'll have to make the proverbial jump to the next page since we don't want anyone crying foul when spoilers are read/seen.

If you don't want to look, all we'll say is that Portal 2 is going to see some interesting story developments.

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