What parents need to know
Kirby Air Riders is the sequel to Kirby Air Ride, Kirby’s racing game released for the GameCube in 2003.
There is a racing game with 3 main game modes, as well as an adventure mode to explore each of them a little. The entire Kirby universe is naturally included: friends, traditional enemies, environments, powers to absorb.
Testing in progress. More information later.
The game has been provided by the publisher for the purpose of criticism, it does not influence our opinion.
Details
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Evaluation
The protagonists turn on themselves to hit each other, or launch magical attacks.
Nothing
Some descriptions, but no problem. The menus are filled with very different icons and buttons to find your way around without knowing how to read.
Uh, nothing. It’s just fantastical creatures that compete in fantasy worlds using fancy vehicles.
The game is difficult to read. Lots of visual effects.
It is also hard to understand.
It’s not difficult to handle, there are just the directions and 2 action buttons, it’s knowing how to use them to the maximum that is the biggest difficulty.
No problem. Everything is contained in the game, and there will be no DLC, or expansions.
Local game modes
Air Ride, the standard 3D racing game.
City Trial, a game where you walk through a city in 3D for 5 minutes in search of upgrades for your vehicle. At the end of the time, players compete in an additional event for 30 seconds to 1 minute using their upgraded vehicles. The winner of this event wins the game.
Top Ride, top-down races.
Road Trip, an adventure mode that allows you to improve your character on many levels inspired by the above modes.
Online Game Modes
Air Ride, City Trial, and Top Ride are playable online, in ranked play or not.
There is also the Paddock, a lobby to meet up with these friends and play with them, in the aforementioned modes.
Our opinion
I was looking forward to the game. Kirby is one of my favorite franchises. I really appreciate Masahiro Sakurai’s productions (Super Smash Bros, Kirby, Kid Icarus Uprising).
And for now, wow the game is hard to learn and tame. There are a lot of elements constantly at play, you don’t feel in control, you don’t know why you win or lose. There are too many visual effects, you don’t know when you’re attacking or when you’re being attacked.
Testing in progress. More information later.
