Other gameplay elements include Kirby's health meter, obstacles along the way (enemies and environmental), unlockable bonus content, and health replenishing or power-up foods such as the Maxim Tomato. Occasionally, stages are ended with a Boss battle, and few stages are time-limited.

Kirby begins each stage from a starting point, and his goal is to reach the exit of the stage. The difficulty varies with the stage selected, helper used, and level of completion targeted. Kirby Super Star Ultra is a side-scrolling two-dimensional platforming game. Every other main game shares the updated graphical style. Gameplay of the first main game, Spring Breeze. Many other changes, particularly to the user interface, were made to accommodate the hardware of the Nintendo DS, and many areas of the game support the use of the DS stylus.

The game also features updated visuals, updated descriptions and dialogue, and new enemies, Mid-Bosses and Bosses encountered mainly in the new game modes. From here, the remake adds a new main game, six sub-games, new multiplayer features, and replaces many of the original cutscenes with pre-rendered ones in 3D FMV. Kirby Super Star Ultra features all of the content from the original game, including the original six main game modes and the original three Sub-Games. It was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It was released in late 2008 in North America, Japan, South Korea and Australia, but did not see a release in Europe until a year later in 2009. It is a remake of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Kirby Super Star with updated graphics, an updated game engine, and new features. Kirby Super Star Ultra is a main-series Kirby game for the Nintendo DS. Japanese, American English, British English, European French, Italian, German, Castilian Spanish, Korean Box art for Kirby Super Star Ultra from various regions

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