I've been a fan for a long time now of the Kirby games and had always thought that, apart from a pinball game and a symbol matching game on GameBoy, there were only platform games in the series but I was wrong!
Recently I discovered Kirby Air Ride on Gamecube, a racing game featuring Kirby for up to four players and it's excellent fun!
It's primarily played through the use of a vehicle, some of which are taken from previous Kirby games including the Warpstar. The controls for the game are unusual in the fact that there is no accelerate button, this is done automatically by the game, except for the control stick to steer all other actions are done using the A button including braking, charging for a boost and sucking in nearly enemies to use their powers.
The game consists of three different modes : Air Ride which is a basic back view racing mode, choose your machine and race against up to three other human or CPU players and aim to win.
Top Ride which is a mode on smaller and simpler tracks and viewed from above the track and has only two vehicles to select and features seven courses and also Time Attack and Free Run modes.
And lastly there is City Trial where a city must be navigated along with sections in a forest, cave and volcano all while collecting upgrade items.
The graphics are excellent and the racing is fast, this is a real gem of a Kirby game and well worth a look if you still own a Gamecube or, like me, can play it on a retro emulation handheld.
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