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Next Generation stated that "While we've seen this kind of game before, and this version doesn't offer any improvements it's still excellent fun.
In 1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked Kirby's Avalanche and Mean Bean Machine collectively as number 84 on their "100 Best Games of All Time", calling it "one of the simplest, most addicting puzzle games around.
There was not a Japanese release, and the game remains the only Kirby title not released there.
They particularly praised the graphics and the cuteness of the digitized speech.
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