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'''''Kirby Air Ride''''' is a 2003 Nintendo GameCube game featuring famous video game star, Kirby. It's a unique game in the fact that it's not a platformer and is thus far the only racer in the series. The game had unique controls, allowing for a vehicle to drive without having to hold a button. It has 3 modes: a straightforward racer called Air Ride, an overhead racer called Top Ride, and an adventure-like mode called City Trial.
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''Kirby Air Ride'' is a Nintendo GameCube game that was released in 2003. It is a spin-off in the Kirby franchise and is currently the only racer game in the series.


The game had a very lengthy production spanning from 1996 to 2003 entering several different stages of development. At E3 1996, footage from the game (then-advertised as a Nintendo 64 game with the working title ''Kirby's Air Ride'') was shown, though the footage, in retrospect, seems to be from a completely different version of the game than the final GameCube release. It appeared to have started out as an adventure-racing game, something that would have been new to the video game industry back then. Not much is known about what was intended of it, though several videos have found their way onto the internet, which show additional early beta footage (mostly in the form of pre-release advertisements).
The game had a very long production spanning from 1995 to 2003. At Nintendo's 1995 Shoshinkai trade show, '''footage from the game (then called [[Kirby Bowl 64 (lost unreleased Nintendo 64 prototype of "Kirby Air Ride" GameCube racing game; 1996)|''Kirby Bowl 64'']]) in a very early and different state was shown.  However, by E3 1996, the game was renamed to ''Kirby's Air Ride'''''. The game was closer to the GameCube version at this point, albeit with still many major differences shown in the footage available.<ref>[https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/04/kirby-air-ride-unreleased/ Unseen64 article on the Nintendo 64 build of ''Kirby Air Ride''.] Retrieved 02 Sept '19</ref> Not only was it on a completely different system (the Nintendo 64), but it appeared to have started out as an adventure-racing game, a type of game that was rarely if ever made back then. Not much is known about how different it would have been to the final product, but several videos have found their way onto the internet, which shows additional early footage (mostly in the form of pre-release advertisements).


There have been some unconfirmed claims that what eventually became City Trial was orginally supposed to be bigger and more ambitious. Very little early footage has been seen of City Trial, although, it has been alleged that, (in the actual GameCube release), a player can exit the boundaries set by the game in City Trial, where they would then see what appear to be other lands off in the distance, blocked off from the player (however, the existence of these additional lands has not yet been confirmed).
There have also been some unconfirmed claims that what eventually became City Trial was originally supposed to be bigger and more ambitious. Very little early footage has been seen of City Trial, but in the final release, it's rumored that the player can exit City Trial's boundaries and see distant islands. These would either simply be background objects or may possibly be remnants of the expanded City Trial.


Besides the prior-mentioned videos, no other early material from this game has surfaced.
Besides the aforementioned videos, little other early material of the game has surfaced.


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==See Also==
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
*[[Kirby 64 Keroyon (lost prototype build of Nintendo 64 platformer "Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards"; 1997)]]
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K57WvxqfNto|320x240|center|The ''Kirby's Air Ride'' clip shown at E3 1996.}}
*[[Kid Kirby (lost build of cancelled Super Nintendo game of action-platformer series; 1990s)]]
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXiPAjSWVMI|320x240|center|Japanese advertisement featuring beta footage.}}
*[[Kirby Bowl 64 (lost unreleased Nintendo 64 prototype of "Kirby Air Ride" GameCube racing game; 1996)]]
|}
*[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land (lost builds of cancelled predecessors to Wii action-platformer; 2005-2011)]]


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==References==
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| {{#ev:dailymotion|http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ppc8h|320x240|center|Compilation of screenshots from the beta version.}}
 
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzUYnZQK24A|320x240|center|Another short snippet of beta footage.}}
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Revision as of 20:32, 11 April 2022

KirbysAirRide-PrereleaseTitleScreen.PNG

The beta's title screen.

Status: Lost

Kirby Air Ride is a Nintendo GameCube game that was released in 2003. It is a spin-off in the Kirby franchise and is currently the only racer game in the series.

The game had a very long production spanning from 1995 to 2003. At Nintendo's 1995 Shoshinkai trade show, footage from the game (then called Kirby Bowl 64) in a very early and different state was shown. However, by E3 1996, the game was renamed to Kirby's Air Ride. The game was closer to the GameCube version at this point, albeit with still many major differences shown in the footage available.[1] Not only was it on a completely different system (the Nintendo 64), but it appeared to have started out as an adventure-racing game, a type of game that was rarely if ever made back then. Not much is known about how different it would have been to the final product, but several videos have found their way onto the internet, which shows additional early footage (mostly in the form of pre-release advertisements).

There have also been some unconfirmed claims that what eventually became City Trial was originally supposed to be bigger and more ambitious. Very little early footage has been seen of City Trial, but in the final release, it's rumored that the player can exit City Trial's boundaries and see distant islands. These would either simply be background objects or may possibly be remnants of the expanded City Trial.

Besides the aforementioned videos, little other early material of the game has surfaced.

Gallery

The Kirby's Air Ride clip shown at E3 1996.

Japanese ad featuring early footage.

Compilation of prerelease screenshots.

Another short snippet of early footage.

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See Also

References

  1. ↑ Unseen64 article on the Nintendo 64 build of Kirby Air Ride. Retrieved 02 Sept '19
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