Kuru Kuru Kururin
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| Developer(s) | Eighting |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) |  21 March 2001 22 June 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance |
| Media | Game Boy Advance Cartridge |
Kuru Kuru Kururin is a video game for the Game Boy Advance hand held console.
The player controls a slowly spinning stick and must manoeuvre it through a series of mazes without touching the walls. The player controls the direction and speed of movement (there are 3 levels of speed), but the task is made difficult as the stick rotates continually. Once the player has successfully completed a level, there are bonuses to collect, record times to beat, and a gold star for completing the level without any accidents. The game also features multiplayer support that enables four-players to participate in the action with the use of a single cartridge.
Kuru Kuru Kururin was released in Japan and Europe but not in North America. However, as the GBA has no region lockout, a North American GBA unit can be used to play either the Japanese or European version. The menus in the Japanese version are simple enough that they are easily navigable by a player who knows no Japanese.
A sequel entitled Kururin Paradise has been released in Japan but was not released in North America or Europe. Another sequel was released for the GameCube, entitled Kururin Squash!.
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[edit] Adventure Mode
The game starts off with simple training levels, where you are told how to play and how to get around the first corners. After that there are three levels in each stage that get progressively harder and longer. The stage determine the look of the levels (ice, caves, machine) and the different obstacles to avoid. For beginners the levels can be played on Easy mode, where the stick is only half size.
[edit] Challenge Mode
These are a collection of smaller levels, usually involve only one or two corners or objects to dodge. Because they are shorter, they are usually thinner and more difficult to complete without crashing. There is no easy setting for this mode.
[edit] Unlockables
- Complete each of the Adventure levels without getting hit to unlock an extra three levels.
- Complete all of the Challenge Mode levels without getting hit to unlock an extra five levels.
- Collect the hidden birds in the Adventure levels to allow them to sit on the stick as you play the levels.
- Beat all of the Hare Teacher and Hare Professor times to get a T or a P after your profile name.
- Beating all of the Hare P times unlocks a set of Hare Master times which are even faster!
- Beat all of the Hare Master times to get an M after your name.
[edit] Trivia
In the GameCube fighting title Super Smash Bros. Melee, a Trophy of Kururin's helicopter, Heririn, could be obtained through the Lottery.
In the GBA title Drill Dozer, there is a level called "Kuru Ruins", an obvious reference to Kuru Kuru Kururin.
