Kirby Super Star Ultra is an updated remake of Kirby Super Star, a popular SNES game which is broken up into seven main games. In addition to those previous games, Ultra includes five new games and three new sub-games. Listed are just some of the new ones:

• Revenge of the King: this game is a toughened up version of Spring Breeze, the opening game.
• The Arena: fighting every boss that Kirby has met throughout the game, one after the other
• Meta Knightmare Ultra: playing through the first five games as Meta Knight, with his own special abilities and powers
• Kirby Card Swipe: being the first to pick the correct card three times from the top of the screen
• Kirby on the Draw: as enemy targets pop up, the player needs to tap them as they appear while avoiding the bombs
• Snack Tracks: eating all the food on the player's tracks, while avoiding bugs, bombs and rocks

As with the original, Ultra features a heavily featured multiplayer mode. All games can be played either co-operatively or competitively. Spring Breeze can even be played co-operatively on the same system.