Kirby Super Star Ultra for Nintendo DS (NDS)

Perfect Nintendo DS
Kirby Super Star Ultra cover art
Release date

22-09-2008

Genres

Platform, Adventure

Developer

HAL Laboratory

IGDB Rating ★ 7.9
IGDB

Kirby Super Star Ultra for the Nintendo DS re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. The game features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes. With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there will never be a dull moment as Kirby runs, floats, copies enemies and uses Helpers to fight King Dedede and Meta Knight. New modes like Revenge of the King and Meta Knight Ultra await, along with classics like The Great Cave Offensive and Milky Way Wishes. On top of the main modes, there are also three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that can be played with up to three friends via DS Download Play. Not only that, but players can go on Kirby adventures with a friend via local wireless as well.

Kirby Super Star Ultra is currently tracked with a Perfect rating on EmuRank. melonDS leads the current evidence so far, but the recommendation is still early.

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for this game. The sections below are useful for checking individual setups, but fresher reports would make the recommendation more stable.

Compatibility Verdict

Perfect

This verdict uses EmuRank's six-level compatibility scale. The compatibility levels guide explains what Perfect, Playable, Ingame, Intro, Loadable, and Nothing mean when you compare emulator results.

Recommended emulator

melonDS

Confidence

Low

Playable or better

100%

Scoring window

2 report s

Total tracked reports

2

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

1

Last updated

100% of selected reports reach Playable or better across 2 reports in the current scoring window.

Perfect means the strongest current emulator evidence suggests this is the game's best supported compatibility tier. Low confidence means this recommendation is the best available signal, but the evidence base is still early and may shift.

Compatibility and confidence are separate signals. EmuRank tracks the full report history for this game, but the public ranking gives priority to the strongest current scoring window for each emulator.

How EmuRank Scores This Game

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for Kirby Super Star Ultra across 1 emulator and 1 operating system.

For ranking purposes, reports are ordered by relevance using votes, freshness, and source quality. This means the most trusted and recent reports carry more weight in the final recommendation.

melonDS has 2 total tracked reports for this game, and all of them are inside the current scoring window.

Why melonDS Is Recommended

melonDS is the current first recommendation because it combines the strongest compatibility evidence with the most convincing scoring window for this game. All 2 tracked reports for this emulator are inside the current scoring window.

100% of selected reports reach Playable or better. Community results are consistent and point in the same direction. Confidence is currently Low — the recommendation is the best available signal, but should be treated as early evidence.

2 total report s 2 in scoring window Perfect: 100% Playable+: 100%

Best Emulator by Operating System

OS-specific data is currently available for Android only. Coverage across other operating systems would improve per-OS guidance.

Android Perfect

melonDS

Confidence Low

100% Playable or better  · 2 report s

Early evidence on Android: Perfect via melonDS (Low confidence, 2 reports). More data would strengthen this result.

Conflicting Results and What to Watch

Some compatibility evidence for Kirby Super Star Ultra is mixed or incomplete. The evidence window is small — results are likely to shift as more reports arrive.

  • Very few reports

Testing Coverage and Data Sources

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for this game across 1 emulator and 1 operating system.

The report base is also detailed: 2 include configuration text, 2 include GPU data, 2 include device details, and 1 include notes. That makes the report history below useful not only for the verdict, but also for comparing real-world setups.

Total reports

2

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

1

With config

2

With GPU data

2

Reports

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The summaries above explain the current recommendation, but the raw reports below remain the best place to inspect exact emulator versions, operating systems, hardware notes, and edge cases. They also show where successful and unsuccessful setups differ, which is why EmuRank keeps the full report history visible on the page.

2 report s tracked for this game. Use the filters below to narrow by emulator, OS, or compatibility level.

2 results
Emulator
Version
OS
Compat.
Relevance
Votes
Report Date
Author
melonDS 0.4.1 Android Perfect 60.2 0 Danny
melonDS 0.4.1 Android Perfect 60.2 0 Kasius San
melonDS 0.4.1 Android
Perfect
★ 60.2 ↑ 0 ·
melonDS 0.4.1 Android
Perfect
★ 60.2 ↑ 0 ·

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