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Game Info
- Platform
- Game Boy Advance
- Genres
- Action · Puzzle
- Player Perspective
- Top-down
- Developer Companies
- Nintendo · Eighting
- Publishers
- Nintendo · iQue
- Release date
- 21 March 2001
- Languages
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
Summary
I first encountered Kuru Kuru Kururin as a launch title for the Game Boy Advance in Europe, and the premise of spinning a little helicopter‑like stick through tight mazes hooked me instantly.
The game teaches you with Teacher Hare, who shows how to pilot the Helirin, a thin rod with a lazy‑spinning propeller. You steer it from a top‑down view, weaving around walls, ice blocks or moving gears; hitting an obstacle hurts the Helirin, while checkpoints repair its health.
Levels increase in length and complexity, offering easy mode where the stick shrinks to half size, and a Challenge mode of bite‑size puzzles. A four‑player split‑screen race lets friends compete for the quickest clear time, adding a surprisingly frantic multiplayer edge.
Storyline
Kuru Kuru Kururin follows Kururin, a small bird who must rescue his missing siblings. After a walk with his mother, the chicks become scattered across ten different worlds, leaving the eldest sibling to take on the quest. Though initially unsure, Kururin agrees to help and is trained by Teacher Hare, a rabbit who teaches him how to control the Helirin—a stick‑shaped helicopter with a slow‑spinning propeller. With the Helirin mastered, Kururin travels each world, and the final level of every realm hides one of his brothers or sisters. When he collects a sibling, they thank him and safely return to the family, completing the heartfelt rescue adventure.
Edited by Maya Carter
Alternative Titles
- kurukuru kururin Stylized
















