Kuru Kuru Kururin [Game Boy Advance] Japanese Import {used}

Kuru Kuru Kururin launched alongside the Game Boy Advance in Japan on March 21, 2001, developed by Eighting and published by Nintendo. The concept is deceptively simple: guide Kururin, a small bird piloting a constantly spinning helicopter called a Helirin, through a series of increasingly narrow mazes without touching the walls. Speed up with A or B, time your rotations, and don’t clip anything. It sounds easy. It is not.

The game was a GBA launch title in Japan and Europe but was never released on physical cartridge in North America — the only way American players ever got it officially was through the Wii U Virtual Console in 2016, fifteen years later. The two sequels, Kururin Paradise for GBA and Kururin Squash! for GameCube, never left Japan at all, making the original the only entry in the series that a North American collector can even hold in their hands, and only as a Japanese or European import. The Japanese logo and font also differ from the European release. With 35 main stages, a Challenge Mode, four-player single-cart multiplayer, and hidden stages unlocked by perfect clears, there is more here than the clean presentation suggests.

Key Details
Developer: Eighting
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Year: 2001
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Region: Japan (NTSC-J)
Condition: Used, cartridge only

Cartridge is used and in played condition. No case or manual included.