>already deadwhat the fuck went wrong?
Despite having a lot of work put in, the game is substantially lacking meaningful content. It really could have used 4-5 more new race tracks and at least two additional City Trial maps for variety
no loli no buy
>>731131991sorry it's my fault, all games I play die.the only other new game I played last year was MechaBreak
It's not dead, the matchmaking is genuinely retarded
>>73113245690% of the people you're playing with are bots unless you do paddocks.
>>731132456>>731132690they fixed that, I get mostly people in matchmaked games now
>>731131991the issue is the matchmaking is too sparse.
>>731131991undead, this is a game that is experienced in waves
>>731131991>online focused game>$70No one is buying it to fill up lobbies. $40 or $50 is the limit, even CoD went on sale for $35 a month after release. Kirby being more expensive than Mario Kart(due to the bundles) just means everyone plays Mario Kart instead. City Trial is obviously different but >$70
>>731133130Why are you poor?
>>731133415It's an industry wide issue. Why pay $70 for the multiplayer game when other ones are free and you don't have to convince your friends to spend $70 too? That's why the multiplayer games that become mega popular are around $40 max, that's the impulse buy threshold. Air Riders isn't an impulse buy price for a lot of consumers.
>>731132728How did they fix it. When was the patch?
>>731133130>Kirby being more expensive than Mario KartIt's literally not.
its too good for the normiesmemes aside tho, its bad they had to way to retain lobbies between games. Even mario kart world does thissure you have to wait a sec to actually join an in-progress game, but it means most games are human filled
>>731133584The Switch 2 bundles had Mario Kart at $50 and then the ones over the Holiday were $0. So yes, Mario Kart was the cheaper purchase and since they already have a racing game(and MK has more mass appeal), they're not paying $70 for City Trial.Pricing makes or breaks multiplayer focused games, this is why so many are now f2p.
>>731133576I don't know, but the matchmaking isn't nearly as stingy anymore I used to only get a few real players in ranked city trial but now the lobbies are full of real people you can check looking at the licenses
>>731133676>b-b-but the bundle that's ending!You may compare bundles to other bundles.You may compare games to other games.You may not compare games to bundles, and vice versa. Thats disingenuous.
>>731133756Consumers do exactly that, are you retarded?
>releasing a Kirby racing game on a system that comes with Mario Kartwhat was Sakurai thinking
>>731133810I bought a Switch 2.Now I want to buy Mario Kart, or Kirby Air Riders.Mario is not cheaper in this situation.
>>731132690The named players were never bots. Just players from outside your matchmaking region.
It's too good for this gay world.
>>731133721I don't give a shit about city trial I only do air ride. Ranked matchmaking died faster than ARMS
>>731133887Millions of people bought the bundles where MKW was cheaper, that's the entire point. That's millions of potential buyers now ignoring AIr Riders which is why the online is so dead.Are you trolling or are you playing Devil's Advocate? You can't be this retarded, right? It has to be an act.
>>731134049That's nice.Now prove that Kirby Air Riders is more expensive than buying Mario Kart World.
>>731133756anon, people buy the bundle just to resell the code. You can get the game for like $40Air Riders should have been a cross generation title. Look at ZA, it might have outsold the Switch2 version
>>731131991Because I the target audience for this game did not, buy a switch 2
>>731134082The MKW bundles didn't magically disappear from shelves, you can go grab one on Amazon right now. Actually, I just checked and Walmart has it for $470 so MKW is $20 there.
>>731134219>makes a claim>proves nothing*yawn*
>>731134254>unable to google
>>731134337Now prove that it's cheaper than Kirby, like you said you could.
>>731134392>450 for console>20 dollars for online>70 dollars for gameThats 540 plus tax plus tip retardWow math is hard!
>>731134098it wont run on Switch 1 without significant downgrades
>>731134392$20 is less than $70. To anyone that got a Switch 2 over the holidays or buys one right now, MKW is cheaper. If you can't understand math, we're done here. >umm but if you look at them individually...MKW has been $40 physically because everyone buys the bundle instead.
>>731134476>makes a claim>again>proves nothing>again*yawns again*
>>731134507>digitalDigital should be cheaper. How about physical versions?
>>731134609That is physical, you retard.
>>731131991KAR would have been the only reason to own the console but I can wait to emulate it probably because I don't want to spend 500 united states dollars + subscription fee for a Kirbox anymorebit of a monkey's paw
>>731134691Why are you poor?
>>731134498not with that attitude
>>731134768Purely socioeconomic factors, massivehero-san
>>731134670Doent say physical in your image.Also you dont get a physical game with the bundle, only a code.
>>731131991Tendies are programmed to pretend to care about a game for just 2 to 4 weeks
>>731134864If it was a key, it would be marked as such and Woot specializes in physical items to begin with. MKW has been $40 physical before as well as $0 in the $450 Switch 2 bundle over the holidays. Pricing and being seen as too similar to MKW(even though City Trial is obviously way different) is what is killing Air Riders outside of Japan. All the different modes have a part in diluting the queues too but yeah. MKW is what people play for a racing game on Switch 2 because it's cheaper and it's the more normalfag friendly game. Hardcore gamers also have Fast Fusion for $15.
>>731135237>If it was a key, it would be marked as suchCan you post an example to confirm that claim? Thanks.
>>731135324Also post a link to this item, thanks.>>731134507
>>731135324Pic related>>731135376I'm not taking a 3 day vacation for advertising. Google it.
>>731135453Doesn't say physical in this image either.>too scared to post a linkYou can link to Amazon without getting banned, newfag.If you're still too scared to do it, screen shot the URL.Don't be scared, it should be easy for you to win if you do this.
>>731135527Mentions packaging in the orange box. Digital codes don't have packaging.
>>731135597>no linkWhat's wrong anon? Why can't you prove your own claims to be true?
>>731135237>Hardcore gamers also have Fast Fusion for $15the only thing hardcore about fast fusion is how hard you have to squint to see the game through all the garbage nigger dlss smearing
>>731134498Says who? MKW wouldn’t’ve been able to run well on switch 1 due to it being a huge open world. DKB’s voxel tech would’ve been ass running on switch that it wouldn’t’ve been able to play well. KAR on the other hand is a pseudo remake of a GCN game and doesn’t have the same hurdles as the other mentioned games. It could absolutely run on switch and well, but they had to force it to be for switch 2 because the system wouldn’t have any games otherwise
This would have been a really good rental game back in the day.
>>731131991It's weird because I played it last night with a friend and we had a blast with air ride and having to survive retirement. It's a pretty fun game but I think the thing is it either clicks or it doesn't with people.
>>731137223nah its worth a buy
>>731137364How do I find friends?How do I find friends that own switch 2s?
I'm pretty satisfied with the 30 hours I played. I'll probably play it with friends every now and then, though. Haven't seen a fucking /v/addock in a while, either.
>>731134691>I'll wait to emulate itnother underage zoomie
>>731138458we should start doing them regularly, lads
>>731131991Why is the AI of the game so weak? It's so easy to beat lvl9 bots
>>731131991>released on a failing console>$70i guarantee you that if this was a $60 PC release, it would've reached 10M sales minimum
>>73113199116 player lobbies split across 6 servers.
>>731137643First order of business is to hang out on communities you actually like. Talk with people that seem cool, ask them if they want to join in on games, banter back and fourth on things and eventually you'll get a friend! With that switch 2 thing you have to pick a god and pray. Most are still on the New 3ds aka the best system in the galaxy.
Niche game
>>731137117It's 4k 60fps, it would need to be beaten with an ugly stick into a shaking 30fps k-hole
I've seen the game and the only things visible on screen are floating jpg powerups. complete failure on sakurai's part to make the game visually appealing and readable because he is so far up his own ass with copypasting assets. also yet another racing game after mkw just bombed.
>>731141503the game moves a million miles an hour, are you on crack
>>731133576It was the first/only patch they aside from the initial day one patch. It was the same patch they nerfed Rick in.Fixing the matchmaking wasn't listed in the patch notes, but ever since that patch I've gone from only getting 4-5 real players per match to often getting 9-16 real players per match>>731134007In that case I don't know how much less dead it is now, but City Trial is def a lot better now, especially in ranked>>731133891No, the players with the same names that pop in right as the countdown ends are def bots, they don't have licenses.
>>731131991I had my fun, it was a nice blast to the past and the true ending was kino but it's not the type of game I would play endlessly
>>731134082Autism
>>731135527Why are you such a confrontational retard
>>731131991Kirby Air Ride was a dogshit game. Nobody wanted a sequel to that shit
>>731142812>asking someone to prove their own claims is "controntational"Since when?
>>731143030>controntational*confrontationalBy bad
>>731143030Just you not understanding his very clear point and choosing to autistically split hairs
>>731131991>sequel to an already niche game 20 years laterwas anyone really excited for it? not like the original was that good to begin with
>>731143184He never proved his claim to be true.Why are you so upset by this fact?I asked him to provide evidence multiple times, and he refused.
I never expected it to be a rampant multiplayer hit, I just love Air Ride and wanted more of it.And I can now play it online when I'm bored. I was still doing that with the old one and now I can do it with some real players instead of lv 9 cpu.
>>731143262I was.I pre-ordered the original back in the day.
>>731138815Pls resbond. Also this game is so easy to pick up, what's the best car btw? Or whatever you call them
>>731143383it's easy because normalfaggots cry when it's too hard.There's no best car, but the meta is almost anything with transform star for air rider.For city trial meta knight or starman with a flight machine so you can get to the secret island at 2 min mark. Then you can get anything else or a legendary machine you found that in the island.
>>731131991I like that this forgets that there's a Kirby padlock every saturday and friday or that it is still selling better than Sonic crossover worlds every week.
City trial gets old after awhile and the racing is so broken
they should have called it kirby derby
>>731138458I've been busy af the past couple of weeks so I barely got to sit down and play but I'll be down for it soon
>>731143383bull tank is the best
>>731143262its the reason I bought the console. I was gonna get it eventually but air ride 2 was my "never ever" game so I grabbed one immediately when it came out
>>731133130>>731133505No one who plays any other kind of multiplayer game would even give this a second look. The kind of person who buys this doesn't play any other multiplayer games, they're Nintendo fans. There is no overlap
>>731144559>every Saturday and Fridayfuck you lying faggoti checked profusely both days and there wasn't a single thread
>>731144559>I like that this forgets that there's a Kirby padlock every saturday and fridayAnd how many people join? Maybe like 5-6 and only last for like an hour before everyone leaves. Meanwhile SCW can get full lobbies going at just about any time of the day, and with festivals those lobbies last all weekend
>>731144559In Crossworlds you don't need to come at a specific day and a specific timeYou hope online, you'll have a full lobby, guaranteedSince release, which is more than Air Riders and Mario Kart World can say (apparently for that last one now it's doing a bit better, but for a while it was impossible to get a full lobby, people were joining fucking discord servers to find people to play with)
i still play ranked and in paddocks multiple nights a week, it's my favorite switch 2 game
>Sonicscum are the ones running the KER slander campaings
>>731148667>now it's src's fault kirby fails to get people playingAll right, I guess.
>>731144559air riders is the employed man's game, as in we're too fucking busy to play
>>731131991>Air Ride, Top Ride, and City Trial are separate>Quick Play and Ranked are separate>Daily Races and Events are separate>Paddocks are separateWhat it really needed was a "throw me into a random online match" button with a toggle for if it effects your rank or not. That would effectively combine everything but the Paddocks and ensure people will get matched together. It even has the inverse effect if you want to play a specific mode, because then it will funnel those players into it.
>>731131991It's still one of the top sellers in Japanthe problem is (you)
>>731148093Anon we had a paddock in the Kirby thread on Saturday
