History VideoGame / KirbyAirRide

* SapientShip: The Air Ride Machines display some levels of sentience in City Trial, such as when they take off on their own or fly around in formation together during the Air Ride Formation event. The Wheelie vehicles also qualify for this.

''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'''s one and only title on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, ''Kirby Air Ride'' (or ''Kirby's Airride'' in Japanese) is a multiplayer MascotRacer that supports up to 4 players. It was developed by Creator/HALLaboratory, directed by Creator/MasahiroSakurai and released in 2003. It was the last ''Kirby'' game Sakurai worked on before his departure from HAL (and, for a while, Nintendo as a whole).

* InconsistentDub: Gordo suffers some {{Engrish}}, being mistranslated as "Gold", and Dynablade, well established as being a mother, is erroneously called a "He", likely due to the lack of gendered pronouns in Japanese.

* MakeMeWannaShout: The Mike Copy Ability has Kirby scream into a microphone to damage surrounding enemies. Unlike other Copy Abilities, it immediately activates once received.

''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'''s one and only title on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, ''Kirby Air Ride'' (or ''Kirby's Airride'' in Japanese) is a multiplayer MascotRacer that supports up to 4 players, or 8 with LAN support. It was developed by Creator/HALLaboratory, directed by Creator/MasahiroSakurai and released in 2003. It was the last ''Kirby'' game Sakurai worked on before his departure from HAL (and, for a while, Nintendo as a whole).

** In City Trial, the stat-boosting power-ups are each uniquely colored, making them easier to tell apart from afar.

''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'''s one and only title on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, ''Kirby Air Ride'' (or ''Kirby's Airride'' in Japanese) is a multiplayer MascotRacer that supports up to 4 players, or 8 with LAN support. It was developed by Creator/HALLaboratory and directed by Creator/MasahiroSakurai that was released in 2003. It was the last ''Kirby'' game Sakurai worked on before his departure from HAL (and, for a while, Nintendo as a whole).

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Flicking the Control Stick left and right allows Kirby to execute a Quick Spin, allowing you to attack nearby enemies. Tornado and Wing increase the attack's effectiveness.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Many of the machines suffer from being too specialized in a certain stat or gimmick. For instance, the Rocket Star has the best boosting power in the game and the Formula Star has the third-best top speed (beaten only by [[PurposefullyOverpowered the Dragoon and Hydra]], but they suffer so much in almost every other category that it often becomes a moot point.

* SecretCharacter: Meta Knight and King Dedede can both be unlocked for use in Air Ride and City Trial's free mode.[[note]]Do NOT pick them in Free Mode, though. Where Kirby just gets back up and lets you go pick another ride, if you lose all your life as another character you're left with the ability to... twitch on the ground slightly, forcing a restart.[[/note]] Meta Knight acts like a permanent combination of Wing and Sword, while Dedede acts like Sword (using his hammer instead of a blade) on the Wheelie Bike.

** The Compact Star is the ride you start with in City Trial. While it's not the best choice for actual competition, it boasts a surprisingly good combination of charge, turning, and gliding ability, which makes it good for collecting a lot of patches before switching to a more suitable ride for the event.

* EldritchLocation: Checker Knights in Air Ride mode.

* PalmtreePanic: Water in Top Ride mode.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Frozen Hillside in Air Ride mode.

* SpaceZone: Nebula Belt in Air Ride mode and Light in Top Ride mode.

''Kirby Air Ride'' is somewhat similar to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s main MascotRacer series, being a racing game that allows players to attack one other to impede their rivals' progress. However, unlike ''Mario Kart'', you do so in the traditional ''Kirby'' way: utilizing various Copy Abilities that are obtained by swallowing the enemies that litter most tracks. The controls are also very simple; acceleration is automatic, leaving the A button and control stick to be used as the only methods of input for all actions.

* InvisibleWall: The main area in City Trial and each of the races in Air Ride are surrounded with these to prevent escaping or cheating, although if you have enough flying power, you can make it over the wall. Some stages do have a way of getting off the track, but doing so results in Kirby falling into a BottomlessPit (and either reapparing on the track ''VideoGame/MarioKart''-style (possibly [[HPToOne at minimal health]]) or being flat-out retired from the race, depending on what game mode is being played and whether or not finite HP is turned on).

''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'''s one and only title on the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, ''Kirby Air Ride'' (or ''Kirby's Airride'' in Japanese) is a game developed by Creator/HALLaboratory and directed by Creator/MasahiroSakurai that was released in 2003. It's a multiplayer MascotRacer that supports up to 4 players, or 8 with LAN support.

* BubblyClouds: Beanstalk Park in Air Ride mode and Sky in Top Ride mode are both located in the sky.

* SnowySleighBells: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7yYuH9D3U Frozen Hillside's track]] has a sleigh bell ring three times in the background before a {{Beat}}, followed by the bell ringing three more times.

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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Provides the page image; the Japanese box art has Kirby smiling, showing how he's clearly enjoying himself and exuding a cutesy look. The international box art removes the smile and gives him AngryEyebrows for a more intense image. [[http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/article/119/1192766/box-art-battles-the-kirby-series-20110907021411137.jpg See here for a comparison.]]

* TheUnfought: Meta Knight isn't unlocked by fighting or racing him.