Kirby's Star Stacker is similar in many respects to other falling block puzzle video games that were around at the time of its release, most notably Soldam.

The goal of the game is to earn as many stars possible by matching pairs of blocks (also referred to as friends in-game) that fall from the top of the play area.

Kirby no Kirakira Kids (カービィのきらきら きっず - Kirby's Sparkling Kids), also commonly referred to as Kirby's Super Star Stacker, is a video game released in 1998 for the Super Famicom; ROMs for the game were distributed via the Nintendo Power flash RAM service, before the game was given a standard cartridge release a year later on June 25, 1999.

The point of the game is to remove falling star blocks by placing matching animal friends (Rick, Coo, and Kine) at either end.

[5] This version was released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on January 5, 2010, on the Nintendo Switch Online service on July 21, 2022, in Japan, and on September 6, 2023, for the first time in the West under the Game Boy game's western title.