It's the same as Puyo Puyo and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Only exception is the use of the characters found in the Kirby series of games released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, and Gameboy. The game was published by Nintendo in the mid '90s. In the UK, the game was released as Kirby's Ghost Trap.

The story behind Kirby's Avalanche is that Kirby is one of the contestants in the Dream Land Avalanche Tournament. To win the tournament, Kirby must defeat 15 opponents to square off against King Dedede for the title of Avalanche Champion.