Just months ago Kirby Air Riders could easily get bump limit threads with full lobbies on /v/ playing together every single dayNow it's impossible to even get a thread with 10 repliesWhat the FUCK went wrong?
This game's existence is beyond baffling. Nobody even cared about the first one outside of “that game you rented for a weekend” or “your cousin happened to have it and you messed around for a few hours”
>>735081482I've played every mainline Kirby and some spin offs but I haven't been willing to get a switch 2 just for Air Ride
>>735081482It's a 20 year old sequel to a game that everyone played once at their cousin's house.
>>735081589>>735081636there were THOUSANDS of posts for this game on /v/WHERE DID THEY ALL GO?
to be honest what I want is a moddable city trial with a bunch of custom maps. i didn't really want a nintendo sequel.
but SAMURAI WORKED ON IT
>>735082061>>735081953>>735081589why aren't you opening a paddock RIGHT NOW?
>>735081636And? What does have to do with how good it is?
The issue is OP is a flame baiting li'l nigger.Then you have the two seethe shit bags trying to ruin the thread. No one wants to engage with such blatant faggotry.
>>735083392you are so full of shitevery time I make a a genuine thread I am IGNORED
>FOTM game was FOTMno way
i still play a couple days a week but the paddocks are way less full than they used to be
>>735081482Not enough Susie posters
>>735081482the game is fun but its not "pay for a regular nintendo online sub" fun. they got me for the first month and then I was done
>>735083598>FOTMthis is the most timeless multiplayer game released in the past 20+ years and a flagship title on Nintendo's newest console by the most beloved developer in Japan >>735084550you are low IQ>>735083675I don't want to play with randoms I want to play with ANONS so I can call them NIGGERS
I'M HAMSTER-Y RICK
$70 for a City Trial simulator with one map because Sakurai is a hack, the changes to the mode too make it much less enjoyable to play casually compared to the firstAlso I and many others will never pay for console online
>>735085242it doesn't need more than one mapthe map has a lot of variations you haven't even played the fucking game why are you posting about it you shitskin
>>735085410>same shit but the rocks on the mountain don't spawnwoweeee the depth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!why does every fucking nintendo fanboy act the exact same with this "no true scotsman" shit. people played the game and thought it was fucking mid you don't need to dickride this fucking company just because you grew up jerking off to princess peach upskirts in melee
>>735081482Not a lot of people are buy the Switch 2 outside Japan. Mario Tennis was pretty much dead after a week.
>>735085534shut up bitch Kirby Air Riders is better than smash>>735085810this is objectively untrue
>>735084969play air riders with me
Wish I could set up a paddock right now, unfortunately, employment gets in the way of that. Maybe in the evening.
>>735089230why do you have a job
Why did you stop playing air riders?
>>735090524To afford Air Riders in the first place of course, but it carried longer term consequences.
>>735091504I downloaded too many sexy susie liveries for the air machines and now I can't play without getting a boner
>nerf hamster>game dies
>>735091687is the anon that made those still aroundi want the susie nipple bull tank
>>735081482people had their fill
>>735091981I HAVEN'T I DIDN'T GET TO PLAY IN DECEMBER AND NOW WHEN I COME BACK ALL THE THREADS ARE GONE????WHY??????
>>735092175that's basically every multiplayer game that comes out these days. multiplayer games aren't timeless, they're localized to their first few weeks to months after release. After that everyone stops playingIt's why multiplayer games are kind of silly. At least with any single player game you can go back to it decades down the line and enjoy it in its intended form.
>>735092675multiplayer games are literally infinitely replayable
>>735081482Bro the game looks great, but I'm not gonna play it enough to warrant spending $70 on it. I'll get it used for like $30 at the most.
>>735083675Launch paddocks were so kino. Dicksucking Susies everywhere, Ricks spamming their specials, huge meltdowns from people who lost legendary weapons. They only lasted a week but I made sure to make the most of them because I knew they wouldn't last.
>>735081482I just never bothered to get it, it just looks tedious to play
>>735096561did they really only last a fucking week?how is that possible? does no one on this board even play video games? where did everybody go?
>>735097057Sadly yes. I was really hoping the game would have more longevity here but alas, after a week, many of the threads struggled to hit 200 replies, or died without much traction even at peak times.
>>735097210>>735097648where did everyone go?
>>735098658I started playing another game soon after and when i came back the threads were over, i still do the events and play city trial whenever i'm bored
>>735097648>>735098658Im one of the susie in the clip, still here and still playing susie
Open a paddock then
It's a good game which is why /v/ does not talk about it lol.
Nine_Ten killed the lobbies
>>735097648You have no idea how hard I laughed seeing people spam "Great job!" as Rick in reaction to getting sucked off.Not to mention some based anon called WholesomeDad came over as a Waddle-Dee and spammed "Wow!" while watching from the cuck chair. So fucking funny.
>>735101309Why?
>>735101076I'll make one after I get home from work. If the thread dies I'll make a new one.
>>735101863He started drama and attentionwhoring in them
>>735081482It's a fine game, but I think it was clear that it was going to have limited staying power (which isn't a bad thing if you like Kirby Air Rider). That is to say, it's pretty faithful to what the IP was established to be. Sales and player counts are a meme.
>>735101730not so wholesome after allbet you that he was stroking his shit in the paddocks to susie throating after his wife fell asleep kek
>>735091504I mostly just got burnt out since I was playing nonstop.The rapidly-declining playerbase also meant you'd exclusively get matched with god gamers or bots, which took a lot of the fun out of things.The story mode was fine but the gameplay is always going to be better with friends.
>>735102448I don't have any friendsI do not know anyone else who has a switch 2
stop making me bump the thread from page 9 every hourTALK ABOUT KIRBY AIR RIDERS
>>735104723I haven't played in months so I forgot what to sayErm oh how good are the graphicsPuhretty gameMusic could be better though
I haven't felt the desire to buy a Switch 2 yet. I played a few rounds of the original game with my cousin and a friend on the weekend though, that was very nostalgic.
Thread desu
>>735081482i personally would have supported it, but because i hate Sakurai so much im glad it flopped and is forgotten
>>735098658Kawasaki here. I still play when the events happen but I think I burnt out. I put an ungodly amount of time into this game back then lmao. I don't even play Kawasaki anymore. I play Daraoch.
>>735105715why do i hate sakurai you ask?well first of all, we could have gotten a kid Icarus game instead, which was vastly superior to that kirby racer.but mist of all, i hate sakurai for the smash ultimate's pay to win DLCs
>>735106475>back thenthe game just came out
>>735107196The main issue is just that Sakurai stopped support seconds after the last DLC character dropped in the case of both Sm4sh and Ult. It's no wonder the later DLC characters always end up wildly unbalanced.
>>735083549The last genuine thing you made was a mistake
i still haven't unlocked everythingi finally beat road trip and it says I need to do it all over again to get the real ending???why the FUCK do i not have marx unlocked yetor starmanwhat the fuck
>>735110332i couldnt be bothered doing the story mode again nglso i still havent unlocked the evil dedede guy
paddock status??
>>735111064do it yourself
Apparently online is region based even if you select the everywhere option. Which explains why there's a lot of dead times for this game yet JP gets to have stacked lobbies more often than not. Sounds like a bullshit decision and I doubt they'll ever fix the matchmaking since they only care about the JP side's opinion on shit.
>>735098658Everyone got burned out who played exclusively here. I moved over to the Kirby Air Ride Online discord and made my own crew from people I was able to find from the /v/addocks but that particular discord hasn't had any crew battles or even scrims for us to do.
>>735113814>discord
>>735091504None of my friends have the game or don't play it much/have it yet. It shouldn't have been 70 bucks.I have three Kirby loving friends that don't have it yet because the economy is shit and they can't afford it yet, but hopefully one gets it for his birthday in a couple weeks (another one has it but hasn't even played it yet). But the game is good fun and it's sad that aside from the niche audience it has it's mostly not that discussed anymore
>>735114094I don't know where else you would go if you wanted to go against the best players or even have private paddocks available where it's not 6 little Timmys requesting Free Run City Trials
>>735114231i don't want to play kirby against sweaty tranny tryhards in an application that asks for a picture of my government ID and stores all messages as plaintexti just want to play the new fun video game with full lobbies of anons
We're doing a paddock, I'll host for an hourGet the fuck in here
>>735114836Give me a sec, I just got home
Fuck I even like small lobbies now, but it's good to see more people getting in here now
>>735081482It's an incredibly niche game that appeals only to the few millenials that bought the original.
Damn, 3 legendaries pieces in a small group
>5 minute gamesbitch
>>735091936I already got bonked twice by Nintendo.I ain't risking my account to upload more, sorry Anon.
>>735081482>What the FUCK went wrong?More games came out. This happens with every game, time is finite and people flock to new titles.
bringing my tard son with me to the fray
After this next one I can extend this to 6 minutes
fucking hell, a Hydra that early? That was barely a minute into the game
Leave this series
There's a new series with one more minute available now, ditch that one you all are in
>>735081482ad funds ran out
If anyone cares, they put out a 3rd interview from sakurai about the game, specifically about the design choices regarding the character selection & animations, machines, and abilitieshttps://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/by-director-mr-sakurai-kirby-air-riders-development-insights-part-3Picrel is some of the machine ideas they came up with, with some of them being added and others being cut
>>735117016Dude what Tread Star sounds sick as fuck
>>735116412cheating bitches
>>735116105I see you're playing Pokopia now, how is it?
>>735117081It was the legendary piece floating island, honestly a good pull for someone who builds for flight early. That's usually never my game plan because fighting is so fun.
Got shit to do unfortunately, glad to play a couple rounds at least! Wish I had more time than I do
>>735117101I'm enjoying it, and it's max cozy.Just about to start working on my own personal town after working to get most of the mats and Pokémon I want.
>>735117236I figured everyone left honestly. Got suspicious when I got Leo without any issues and then realized no one else was playing in the match anymore. GGs
>>735117070Tread Star ended up being Tank Star
>>735117432we're still playingjust in a different series
>>735117527It accelerates in drifts? I thought it was just Swerve Star with boosts.
This is my last one, but I'll promote someone to paddock host afterwards
>>735117016Armor star sounds interesting. Would've sounded like a good scarfy pair
I would very much like to play with you guys but I refuse to pay for onlineSimple matter of principleSorry
>>735117590Yeah, I see it now>>735117270Nice. Glad you're having fun. I would have gotten it but I'm not really into Pokémon
Those were some city trials, gg
Lost the dragoon bc the piece was right under gigantes
>>735118165I saw that shit and decided to camp it, was probably the difference between winning that last one and losing
GGs, you stalled me long enough for that formula star to disappear when my machine broke
>>735081482Hackurai happened. Again.
>>735117016>Turret StarSounds cool, but would’ve be pretty op since you don’t have to make contact with a star to damage people. So long as you kept your distance you can fuck people over without getting fucked>Vision StarNice ability, but being able to maintain that frequent amount of invisibility likely would’ve been too op. Got reworked as Daroach’s special>Laser StarAnother neat idea, but also would’ve been op as a main star ability, being able to pretty much warp to get out of dodge and cross gaps. Got reworked as the Flash ability>Armor StarAlso a pretty nifty idea, but on the other hand it would’ve likely been an underpowered ability outside of battle purposes as everyone would avoid attacking you to keep you from losing your armor and thus keep you slow and at a disadvantage. Got reworked as Scarfy’s gimmick (and arguably Cappy’s)>Runner StarWould’ve made for a funny joke star, just as said by Sakurai it would’ve been a lot of work for something that likely wouldn’t’ve had any practical useAll in all some neat ideas for stars, but I can see why they were cut. Fun to read these interviews to see the creative process in work
>>735081482You think that's bad, I haven't seen a CTR thread in months
>>735081482Ditto's game came out and you need to sink in literal years in order to get the true ending.
>>735119313That game is also 6 years old though so it makes sense. Also I swear I've seen one recently but it died fast because of how old the remake is and it being stuck on last gen systems
>>735081482The same thing that happens with most games. People move on. I remember popping in and enjoying the threads with full lobbies too but I believe there wasn't consistent /v/eekend threads for the game to keep people playing it constantly is the reason why it died on v not to mention it's one of those games you play for about 30 - 45 minutes a pop. I'm pretty sure people on v plays this game when threads are made and a host sticks with it but you also have to realize the time zone differences, people work and happenstance of others seeing the thread to join. (Put the ID/Code front and center.) I'd say run threads for about a good 30 - 45 minutes a pop for a while on days and times you think people will see and want to join it and you'll eventually get a full lobby or at least enough players for some fun. Thanks for reading!
>>735081482Everyone’s got rainbow rank in city trial and would rather play something else for a change
