Why did it have no staying power? it's easily the best first party release with the most content.
>>739139543It does though. There are special online events that happen frequently. I’ve played each event and there are always others playing too. Outside of events though, it’s pretty much dead.
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”
>>739139701I mean singleplayer wise it has a lot of content, I don't play online. I'm surprised to see the game hardly ever be brought up by anyone, on this board or otherwise. The game reminds me a lot of Diddy Kong Racing, and I've seen that be pretty popular lately. Sometimes I wonder if people thumping retro games and negging modern games is essentially a cancer or scourge.
>>739139543>best first party releaseKek, no, not by a long shot.>the most contentPFFTHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA, GET OUT OF HERE
>>739141389It's true though, instead of silver coins there's hundreds of varied challenge objectives and a replayable storymode.
I 100% it, got rainbow rank in all modes (except top ride because of horrid queue times and the mode just isn't fun to grind), and I do all the events. It does kinda suck how much Sakurai really pushed the idea that this game would basically get no support after launch. It's a finished game and I enjoyed my lengthy time with it but I could never see myself playing it consistently for the years to come.
>>739139543It's not what I expected,it's fine I mean but I expected like an F-Zero Mario kart since I didn't play the og and instead it's ... Kirby Air Riders, whatever that is.(Niche game let's be honest)
>>739142469>>739139543Niche appeal gameplay I meant
>>739139543>it's easily the best first party releaseThat's still Bananza
>>739142469>>739142531>>739139543It was entertaning for a couple of hours(not very entertaining) but it ultimately didn't click with me, and many people feel the same way.
>>739139543larpers aside only like a handful of people genuinely wanted a new air rider game
was worth the 30 bucks at costco, definitely not 70.
>>739139926Samurai is just that influential at Nintendo. He could demand a sequel to a game nobody fucking cared about, and they had to make it for him. I respect it. Imagine having that much power. I'm jelly.
>>739139543I commend them for releasing a full-ass game and calling it there, but for a title that is primarily made to be played online you want some kind of post-launch support. New tracks, characters, even just for a year or two to keep people talking about it and coming back.
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>>739139543Because Kirby Air Ride was a flawed game, kept alive by people who only played it alone as a kid, and imagined how much better it could be if anyone actually played it.Now they have people to play it with, and the flaws are staring them in the face.I had this same realization when I played the gamecube one's multuplayer servers a few years back. The game doesn't hold up to actually being played, only the imagination of how good it could be. That the only real game mode was City Trial wasn't an underground hidden gem, it was a dead canary in a room nobody noticed. The fundamental racing mechanics are too shallow, every single map has a machine that just wins on it.
>>739143262Obsessed
>>739144840>82 resultsYes, you are.
>>739144943No I meant the guy posting that was obsessed
>>739145314Ah, then yes, I agree.
>>739142664Nice pants clipping thru shirt there ninty
>>739143478The game has no flaws though.
>>739139934> it has a lot of contentyay content
>>739145803> tiny boxes> tiny hatsSakurai got away again.
>>739139543i'm not buying a half dead online game for $100CADbut i am buying it instantly if it ever goes on a decent sale
>>739139543>with the most contentWhat?
>snoys are so assblasted over nintendo games that they have to make up nebulous terms like "staying power" to try and claim that the games are bad
if it's any conciliation for smash, i hope it shows nintendo that sakurai shouldnt be involved in smash 6
>>739146376is that the same image for 3 different threads, I'm fucking going insane
>>73914664520 some tracks, 100s of challenges, a storymode that requires multiple playthroughs, city trial, top ride, paddock, online multiplayer, local splitscreen, game share,
>>739146770yes, it's an autistic faggot posting the same thread over and overnow kill yourself, OP
>>739147027Not sure how you can stand being yourself without killing yourself every single day lol.
>>739146762sex with link
>>739139701isn't it funny how every Nintendo game is dead after a month. not even tendies play that trash.
>>739139543Always said it would die extremely fast since Sakurai killed it at release by saying no dlc or content update. Who doesn't want missing characters? More tracks?Sure you may have a great single player game already but if you don't have close friends or family to play with, online will not last you long before most people are bored and online empties.Not like it was that big of a surprise anyway, the original game on GC wasn't for everyone and I still don't understand how this sequel managed to gather so much noise despite being the same GC game that only a few people liked +more shit (which is fine).Will probably buy in the future anyway since I love the GC one and wouldn't mind playing through this one with more content.
>>739146660It's a bad thing when the online portion of a racing game is deserted a month after launch.
>>739147351I think it’s a little strange, honestly. Kirby Air Riders is one of the few online games on Switch 2. If people aren’t playing it then what is their go-to online game instead?
>>739147471>go-to online gamekek
>>739147471tendies don't play games they just consume and scream at people online
>>739147460No one cares. Cope harder snoy.
>>739147471normalfags are just playing mario kart
>>739139701>I’ve played each event and there are always others playing too.haha I wish, events are mostly dead too now, I only got full lobbies last event because I went on as soon as it started
>>739146762based gay. sakurai is washed as fuck
>>739147578What was Nintendo thinking releasing two casual racing games back to back like that?
I still play it every now and then, along with Mario Kart and my switch 1 online go tos. It’s fantastic, but the “content” is overrated. The singleplayer is too long and starts too slow to be replayed after the unlocks, and top ride and even air ride aren’t worth playing on their own. Air Ride always ends with everyone neck and neck because the catch up mechanics are too strong. Top Ride needed to be a stadium event. And even then, Air Ride shows up way too infrequently, which is lame, as it’s the most fun one to demonstrate your OP builds on
>>739139543>>739146762Maybe Sakurai should've thought twice before sidelining fan favorites in favor of generic mooks. Now he has no right to touch anything related to Kirby.
>>739147837This game was Sakurai’s request first and foremost. Nintendo wanted Sakurai to lead another very obvious game but he said he’d only do it if he could make whatever he wants first, so we got this and it released in the first 6 months.
>>739148067>kiwi talkz nonsenseidiot
>>739148157Idk who that is
>>739147957>sidelining fan favoriteslike who?
I played Kirby more than Mario Kart because Kirby has online events. What is Mario Kart World doing to encourage people to keep playing? Where is the DLC? I’m considering redownloading Mario Kart 8 because it has far more content.
its funny how we've gone 180 and now think a game not having dlc is a bad thing
>>739143162>Samurai is just that influential at Nintendo. He could demand a sequel to a game nobody fucking cared about, and they had to make it for him.>>739148067>This game was Sakurai’s request first and foremost.no, this was outright proven false by the direct, why do you idiots still spout this nonsense, nintendo and HAL approach him with the request to make a new air ridehttps://www.youtube.com/live/QtkHiB7WKf4?t=145s
>>739148204smash 6, retard
>>739148526bot?
>>739148361only zoomers
>>739148361When it's left to die at release while missing CORE characters, yeah, it's a bad thing.Instead of letting devs giving you a middle finger and you taking it up your ass, you should demand more content (free or, as a last resort, paid) for the games you pay full price.
>>739148654Don’t pay full price for a game if you aren’t happy with the content on offer, dumbass
>>739148873he's got no choice he bought a shitch 2 lmao
>>739139543i really liked it but none of my friends give a fuck about it so I don't have anyone to play with. I'd also rather play the original because I feel the stats get out of control too fast in the new one, where in the original getting infinite speed felt more like a reward for good luck and gameplay
>>739148873Kek. Who said I paid for the game?I didn't like the way Sakurai handled the game, so I didn't buy. His mistake was not giving us more known characters and saying no to future content updates.
>>739148983Based beyond belief. This autistic CHAD will only buy if it has Kirby 64 content.
>>739147351>isn't it funnyno
>>739148983>you should demand more content (free or, as a last resort, paid) for the games you pay full priceI’m not your autism crusader, retard lol
>most contentThe majority of its content is shallow. Air Ride is just okay. Top Ride had no reason to come back and it's baffling to have Air Ride get old tracks, but not Top Ride if they were going to bother. Road Trip is yet another glorified event match slog by Sakurai held together by cutscenes. Despite the very detailed machine customization, there is very little rider customization. Most get one red/black or monochrome alt at best while the store barely has any interesting hats or outfits. The last update fucked up the machine store so now nobody gets to be popular since sortinf by price just puts Formula Stars at the top. The events have dogshit prizes not worth participating for (a hat is the best thing you can get and they're reserved for seasonal gaps while most of the crap is worthless license shit). Not only that, but the gimmicks are uninspired. 90% of the events are either [character] has buffed stats or everyone gets increased star slide.The fanbase for the original was already pretty niche so City Trial wasn't going to save everything. Ranked is pretty dead for all modes. If you want consistent trials, it's better to join a paddock and those can be a mixed bag since the absolute worst wi-fi connections can join. The fucking /v/ padlocks weren't free from that shit.
>>739149085If it's enough to make it worth, sure, would buy if it has more 64 content. But there's a lot more characters in the franchise that got left behind and would've been cool to see in a future dlc.>>739149168>I like taking it up the assYou do you, bro.
>>739149253Have fun crying forever about the lack of little girl characters, jeff lol
>>739149253>there's a lot more characters in the franchise that got left behindlike who?
>>739149168Air Riders costs more money than a somewhat subpar Kirby platformer with DLC updates that cost nothing extra AND actually added fan favorites. The fact we were told no DLC for the former should be perceived as nothing short of a scam, but I'm guessing you magically think it's OK because Daddy Sakurai said so.
>>739148361DLC was never bad
>niche game that relied on local multiplayer>in 2026It obviously wasn't going to do as well, but those who liked the first game generally like this one too.
I really wish they had given it the Smash treatment and remixed a large variety of tracks from throughout the Kirby series to serve as a “museum” of sorts for Kirby…..and that they had actually gotten Ishikawa and Ando on the game
>>739149492>fan favorites.like who
>>739149440nta but mass attack, epic yarn, rainbow curse, star allies and forgotten land didn't get playable charactersit's also weird that we got another waddle dee with a generic speed special instead of another popular helper or miniboss from super star like gim, bugzzy, or simirror
>>739149492Star Allies needing to go on a nostalgia slop redemption tour to try to pull itself up from the bottom run of kirby platformers doesn't make it something worth emulating. The demo for Ari Riders alone was more fun than the entirety of that game, dlc and all
It was pretty stupid to bring back the old mals for air ride mode but not for top ride or city trial
>>739149603Now a game doing justice to a franchise and its fans with a whole lot of content from said franchise is "nostalgia slop". This place truly is full of retards. Maybe myself included for interacting with this kind of subhumans.
>>739149603I've touched the full game of Air Riders through GameShare and I can assure you that's bullshit. Air Riders has way too erratic a pace for Kirby standards, which is salt in the wound a game already being too Sakurai oriented.
>>739149916Doing justice to a franchise and its fans would be releasing a quality game, which Star Allies did not. Throwing in a bunch of tacked on bullshit later on does not remedy that, but thanks for admitting you’re retarded>>739149941Star Allies is a fucking bore where the AI rushes to do everything in the level before you even get the chance. Thinking something being too “erratic” is worse than that is ridiculous
It's sad how the competitive Kirby Air Ride discord is the only thing keeping this game alive
>game bad because I said so>more content bad>less content goodNot even going to lose my time replying anymore. You have fun.
I'm playing road trip right now. Why aren't there ever /v/addocks anymore?
>>739150446DLC BADYOU CAN'T ADD MORE CONTENT TO A GAME IT HAS TO BE FINISHED AT LAUNCHNEVERMIND THAT SAKURAI LITERALLY TIMEGATED SEASONAL HATS THAT A RE NOW DRIPFED TO PLAYERS
>>739150203>Doing justice to a franchise and its fans would be releasing a quality game, which Star Allies did not.Please tell me you're not actually trying to argue that Air Riders has more value in its current state than it would if it actually had what Star Allies offered. You don't need to look that dense.
>>739150498Because the majority were created by one person who doesn't even play anymore and the paddocks never even hit 15 players.
>>739150573air riders in its current state is at least an enjoyable game unlike base star allies
>>739150573Air Riders has enjoyable gameplay, so if it had what Star Allies offered, shit gameplay and a dlc roadmap bandaid, it would be far worse, yes. It’s crazy that refills at the slop trough are something you’ll praise, piggy. No other Kirby platformer needed that to be better than Star Allies, and it remained the worst in spite of it
>>739149492>>739150573It's 2026. You don't have to defend Star Allies anymore. There's a good 2D Kirby on the system now.
>>739139543>>739148384>the switch 2 could have had a smash game in its first year but nintendo instead had sakurai make this wet fart of a game and release it just a few months after mario kartSure hope it was worth it, especially with how dire the system's current lineup of upcoming games is.
>>739150446Wow, I guess you were onto something; this place is full of morons.
>>739139543I still play it. It's the best Switch 2 game to this day.
Kirby fans needed a reality checkAir Ride for the GameCube is treated like it's on par with Melee and Double Dash
>>739150605thats sad. I picked up the game too late it seems. The only lobbies that are consistently full are for city trial
>>739143478I had a friend who came to my house a lot and just driving around in city trial free mode was what we tended to default to because the controls are just fun. The original is a lot more flawed than the new one but they’re both fun, biggest complaint is top ride SUCKS in Air Riders compared to the first game where it’s a lot more readable and whacky
>>739151273Kirbyfags have always overrated the series hard. It is kinda funny to see it blow up in their faces.
Been playing to complete the checklist lately. Any easy way to beat Gigantes in 1:45? Or do I have to get lucky enough to get a legendary and for a CPU to get all of Gigantes? It's either that or teaming with my friends at some point to do it as a stadium so we can all get it, it's one of two I have left (the other being 2 pillars during that field event, I thought I could cheese it by having one CPU in the game but then only one spawned in the map and I was pissed).Tempted to just use my checkmarks on that one since I haven't used any of them yet. Online ones I'll also save for when I can play with friends
>>739152238Just do VS Gigantes in Stadium with one max handicap CPU. Gigantes' HP scales with players.>pick a character with high attack>pick Shadow Star>prioritize meteors for eye and back thrustersAlternatively, just set Gigantes as player 2 so it won't move
The fact that people put over 100 hours into this game is insane to me, I played two hours of it and all during my whole playtime all I could think was "wow this plays like crap, I rather being playing mario kart world"
>>739152773The whole appeal is doing the content over and over to fill the checklist, like Smash Bros. But I feel it's more fun with Air Riders than OG Air Ride because there's characters and skins to unlock and it has more tracks since it has all the original ones plus 9 new ones>>739152695Thanks. I tried it late last night but I guess my settings weren't great (every CPU level 9, CPU with Gigantes was max handicap level 1). I'll give it a shot with those settings and Meta Knight or Knuckle Joe
>>739139543People are too retarded to notice that Air Ride mode is god tier because they have only tried basic machines like Wheelie Scooter or Wagon and the loudest fans almost only talk about City Trial. Once you master their different playstyle riding a flying machine on their good tracks is like crack. Transform, Shadow and Slick are crazy in the hands of a good player. The mode has a surprising amount of depth and I wish more people would notice. Haven't liked a racer this much since Crash Team Racing.
>>739152773People like to pretend the Switch 2 has four games (Air Riders, Pokopia, MKW and DK Bananza) when it only has two (MKW and DK Bananza
>>739152967>The mode has a surprising amount of depthYou mash A to kill enemies for boost and Jet Star trivializes more than half of the tracks while Bull Tank does the rest. Whoopee.
>>739142664It's neat, but honestly pretty forgettable
>>739152773I play both, and they scratch very different itches. It’s really easy to understand, if you’re not stupid
>>739152967>Air Ride>god tier>many of the new tracks are flat with minimal ramps>many of the new tracks have more frequent, longer rail sections>game favors speed above anything else, fast vehicles hugging walls instead of making sharp turns still perform better>all boost pads and switches are now automatic>multiplayer boils down to who activates their special last
Air ride bros...
This game should have had 2-3 City Trial maps it's crazy that Sakurai admitted on camera that everyone plays this game for City Trial then he brought back every fucking Air Ride course.
>>739139543It could've been a bigger hit at $40 digital, but it launched before Nintendo pulled back on game prices. The original was one of my fav games to play with friends, so it's not like I can't appreciate a sequel. There's a lot of love in it, like the my machines and music. But the game only having one city trial map and only 9 new tracks makes it almost impossible to recommend at a premium price. City Trial is still great but the game isn't close to $70 great. I really hope we get to hear the behind the scenes on this game's development at some point like Sakurai's other games, seeing as it took 3.5 years of active development. That's longer than the active dev cycle of any of Sakurai's other games, not counting post launch DLC for Smash, and the game still felt light. Despite all that time, he flat out said they didn't have the resources to bring back City Trial's original map. Was the core team just that small or did some shit go awry? Wonder how much he made from it
>>739153205If your itches is to enjoy absolute dogshit gameplay, then alright lol
>>739152967I really like the standard racing, it reminds me of Diddy Kong Racing, but they merged the hovercraft and plane into one vehicle.
my fav game in the world ^__^
>>739153562lol you’re a retard! XD
>>739153059Retard, Jet Star got borderline dumpstered by its latest nerfs while Bull Tank has never been top tier. Killing enemies for speed is barely relevant in online races and they don't even spawn in Free Run, the most competitive of the record modes.>>739153305I agree that the new tracks are worse (especially Galactic Nova's horribly long rails, hate that shit) but the only high base speed machine that's really good right now is Rex. Most of the best machines both for records and races have high handling and middling speed. The boost pad change lets flying machines grab boosts by gliding low, that's way more skillful than pushing them.
I think it has enough characters and maps, I wouldn't know what else to ask for. If anything, Mario Kart World should add some Kirby tracks.
The sad thing is that none of the newcomers will see the absulute crazy decals from the first two months of this game. I have a Rex Wheelie Fio Geremy decal that is my greatest treasure.
>>739150498>>739150605>>739151351make it your own damn selfwhy do you niggas not know how to make a thread with a lobbythere is nothing stopping you from doing it RIGHT NOW
>>739154074>The sad thing is that none of the newcomers will see the absulute crazy decals from the first two months of this game.The really sad thing is that a lot of those machines are still there, but will be forever buried. They made so many retarded decisions.>Popular tab was completely replaced by Random tab instead of, you know, adding another fucking tab>you can look at other players customs after a match, but you can't download them>you can look at vehicles in a garage, but you can't download them>3 vehicle upload limit>no way to search by region
>>739154227I don't even play anymoreI was just answering a question
>>739153689>Jet Star got borderline dumpstered by its latest nerfsGoddammit, that was my favorite one. How is transform star in air ride?
>>739154330>I don't play the game anymore>why is no one playing the game anymore>no I won't play the game
>>739153504I'm one of the psychos that liked Air Ride more than City Trial. And Sakurai fucked up flying with the Wing Star, which was my favorite thing in Air Ride. I wound up not getting Air Riders after the testride because of it.
>nobody plays Air Ride despite the improvements and amount of tracks, plus it being the mode where character abilities and specials can shine>Top Ride was made objectively worse: absolute clusterfuck where you have even less control of the outcome>ONE map for City Trial as if the new map isn't a bunch of flat nothing with little corners>manages to still feel tiny because of the increased game speed and how 5+ speed patches will launch you to the opposite side in 2 seconds>the majority of matches come down to the same 2 strategies unless you get a hardpicked stadium at the start: find a chariot and build offense or fight for the legendary parts until someone forms one and wins>worthless "story" mode that even resorts to recycling fucking cutscenes halfway through made just to jerk off the mediocre boss battles you won't even choose to do in City Trial because all you do is spin spam until they fuck off to another part of the arena
>>739154352Jet was my favorite one too. It's still usable if you're good but both Winged and Paper are almost always better now.Transform is one of the best machines in the game, it's kind of buggy so it has some janky techniques available. I don't play it much but I've seen it move like crazy in Free Run records like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD3mS8B2vmA
>>739154441Are you genuinely retarded? I'm not the one asking about paddocks. I was pointing out why the community died and I am done with the game. I don't see YOU making a fucking lobby.
>>739154227>>739154441>MAKE A PADDOCK PLEASE PLEASE SO I CAN JOIN>sits in the thread>UHHHH YOU GUYS ARE THE PROBLEM
>>739154805I know about the trick where boosts last longer in star form because of the lower acceleration, need to figure out the other techs though.Which stars are the best for normal waddle dee currently? He's the character I play the most.
>>739147359all it would need is the original city trial map but they did say it was scrapped due to scaling issues it would have been a clusterfuck if they did a 1:1 replica and supposedly anything larger just made it awkward to play in honestly they should've toned down the number of players 16 is absolutely both fucking bonkers and unnessecary considering the scope of the game 8 is the sweet spot 12 would've been pushing it but okay
>>739153504>>739154762>>739155113>mfw Sakurai tried hyping up the flower field, highlands, forest, and the pirate shipSkyah kinda sucks
>>739155094Waddle Dee is pretty good for riding heavy machines. Rex Wheelie is the best one out of that group, last patch's buffs made it very strong. Bulk Star and Bull Tank are good too. He's also a solid rider for Formula, Rocket and flying machines, but Cappy is considered superior for those.
>>739155491Wish cappy wasn't basically just better waddle dee. How do I git gud with rex wheelie, I always find bulk star easier to use when it comes to heavier machines.
>>739155624I almost only play flying machines so I don't really know. You can look up Youtube for nip gameplay (search カービィのエアライダー レックスウィリー for JP Rex stuff, I found this guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIFyfDN7X4) or watch Free Run records on Speedrider (https://speedrider.coresv.net/records?main_mode_id=1&sub_mode_id=2).
>>739147351That's all games now, with the exception of gatcha
>>739139543>we know city trial is the one mode anyone cared about from the original game>so we will now be treating it as the main mode for players>and in order to deliver a great experience for these fans>we have created one mapwhat causes this
>>739154278No way to name anything so that people can't look for things they like with Keywords like they did in Smash.
Most Nintendo casuals never gave it a chance and won't ever forgive it due to the sin of Sakurai "wasting his time" on it when he could've been working on Smash 6 instead.
>>739156460I'm tired of this braindead retard takesakurai is an autistic perfectionist who grinds the actual GAMEPLAY to the bone, and that means for a map centered around the mode EVERYTHING is fine tunedevery piece of geometry, the rate and locations of items spawns, all the different events, all of it was immaculately designed so that the GAME itself flows and behaves exactly how he wants it tocreamedbraindead retarded nigger gamers like (You) who know nothing about game development or game design go DURRR WHY NO 2MAP because all you fucking troglodytes care about is having different visuals and have no idea of the extreme amount of effort and fine tuning it takes to create a map for a mode like city trialevery time I post a webm of me actually PLAYING the fucking game I get spammed with replies from low iq niggers who are literally too black to even understand the gameplay and dismiss it as le oomer adhd shit (another trait of niggers: regurgitating forced reddit memes)
It was my dream sequel and I got a good few months of fun out of it, was the reason I even got a switch 2, so I just gave it to family
>>739139543People still play it, but judging by the dropoff of this game as well as MKW and Sonic Crossworlds, I'm pretty sure people are getting tired of racing games. Either that, or having 3 racing games release so close to each other probably wasn't a good idea.
>game comes out in November>very active full /v/ lobbies>can't play in December>come back>game is COMPLETELY dead on /v/what the fuck happened?i didn't pay seventy fucking dollars plus tax to play the goddamn game for TWO WEEKS
>>739158219MKW hasn't dropped off
>>739146762What, do you want a Smash arena fighter? Because without Sakurai, that's Bamco's bread and butter.
>>739147351>>739156282The rich love it when our brains rot from low retention, makes it easier to digest.
>>739158352It's hard to tell with how many people complain about it.
>>739158219I think CrossWorlds is mainly a "festivals only" kind of game for anons here, since early on most people played it so much they got burnt out (and mods started deleting the threads back then so they want to be a bit more scarce with them). MKW still gets /v/kends but I hear the threads are slow, so maybe it is racing game fatigue
>>739158558Those are just people lying on the internet
>>739139543Waggling the joystick instead of assigning it a button is a dumb fuck choice. Waggling the joystick feels wrong because it never naturally happens when you play a game.
>>739139543It has no content.For a $70 videogame it should have at least double the race tracks and 5 City Trial Maps. Sakurai acts like his shit is one-man indie projects on a shoestring budget but it needed more.
>>739139543Life bars should have been the default in Air Ride. Otherwise it becomes the Rick and Taranza show.
>>739139543>Why did it have no staying power?What do you mean? It's a game. People play games for a bit, then they get bored and move on to something else. I don't see how this is particularly surprising, especially for a rather niche series. Not everyone dedicates autistic amounts of time to a game.Also the game in general doesn't quite click with me in quite the same was as the original did, for reasons I can't fully explain. I think it might be the hollow Smash-esque sound design; it doesn't really feel satisfying to collect power ups since they don't have that juicy techno SFX and instead have the hollow Smash/KIU-style sound design which I hate. Plus Skyah doesn't quite resonate with me in the way the City does.
I don't know. City Trial is one of the most fun game modes to have ever existed in multiplayer and my friends refuse to play it with me.
>>739157996I agree completely, but to play devil's advocate the bare minimum amount; they remade all the Air Ride tracks, so it's kinda odd to see they didn't remake the City Trial maps.
>>739160402I guess I mean the amount of attention Zelda gets has dulled my senses.
>>739161309>FilenameGot a lel
>>739158376Bamco should hire sakurai for an anime smash bros
>>739161932To be fair, Nintendo did have Gambarion do JUS on the DS. With how much buddy-buddy Nintendo and Bamco have been lately, I'm surprised they haven't revisited the idea. Then again, Gambarion's busy with Gekishin Squadra at the moment.
>>739158593>F-Zero ZX next year
>>739153446no one plays air ride mode, city trial is the main attraction
Isnt it seperated by NA and Japanese servers in match making? Its still a top 30 seller in japan physically so you'd think an occasional full game is reasonable`
>>739139926>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”Wouldn't that imply that someone cared enough to be the cousin who had the game in the first place?
>>739157996This is a thread about questionable longevity. Unfortunately, human monkey brain likes having different visuals to simply give the illusion of variety even if it's all the same under the hood. You want people to stick to the game longer, you give them their repainted maps.
I pray that some of you are here this friday to make a proper lobby.
>>739165005Way too over generalized take. Literally just more new tracks and such would do the trick, you're trying too hard to be condescending and it doesn't make you smarter than anyone else.
>>739142664Mid toddler game
>>739139543it did in japanwesterners don't play kirby games
>>739139926it's actually really simple, nintendo bought kirby off of HAL/warpstar so they were actually excited to use him since they fully own Kirby now and get to rake in all the profits from any successful Kirby things
This game BLOWS!
>>739166236god I wish that was me
>>739166236He likes to watch
>>739166236As susie or rick?
>>739139543$70 for a sequel to a mediocre GC game nobody played for more then an hour other then the novelty of “oh a Kirby racing game, that’s kinda neat”The hype is only carried by the fact that Sakurai directed it and it’s doing very well in Japan but other then that, it’s kind of a flop.
>>739166236someone post the fanart where waddle-doo Stares.
Seems like a decent amount of us in this thread, why don't we all try to get a paddock going in a few hours when it's daytime in burgerland?You ALL are also in the Kirby Air Ride Online discord, too right? Sadly it seems like that's where we'll need to be to play regularly since the matchmaking is nearly dead
>>739139934Unlocking a board is not content.Compared to any other modern racing game, the content is really small.
>>739139543This is not an indicator of quality, but the first game didn't have staying power either.
>>739169674I don't use discord
>>739139926Hi Shaq.
>>739143262Kek, nice work.
>>739143478You haven’t played either game.
