3.5/5 ★ – jdraco's review of Kirby Air Ride.

Kirby Air Ride is a pretty fun game It’s a very fast paced and wild racing game that’s easy to pick up and play, but I think pretty hard to master I’m gonna focus on the Air Ride mode first, It’s the main mode of the game, and it’s pretty good. I like most of the tracks and I like how a lot of them have multiple paths to take, although most of the paths I would end up missing cause of just how fast paced this game is This game is fucking fast, its faster than fast, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of GameCube’s just burst into flames while trying to run this game But I think that this very fast pace can a lot of the time be a hindrance, and it will usually end up causing you to bump into walls, bump into enemies, or just miss something like a boost or a switch entirely The game also forces you to make some sharp turns sometimes, and pairing that with the incredibly fast speed, sucks ass And also, while I like the simplicity of having to use only 1 button, I definitely think this game could’ve benefited from using more buttons I say this because the “A” button is forced to be your drift, inhale, and attack button And this can be really annoying because sometimes when you want to inhale an enemy, you’ll just end up drifting instead, or if you want to attack someone, you’ll have to drift as well The control isn’t terrible, but it definitely could be much better The game is still fun though regardless of some of the problems I listed. The other 2 main modes of the game are Top Down and City Trial And they’re both pretty good, I actually think Air Ride is my least favorite, a lot of people say Top Down is the worst, but I don’t know I enjoyed it, it’s inoffensive and I really didn’t have any problems with it City Trial is definitely the best out of the 3 but I honestly don’t think it’s the masterpiece that people say it is It’s fun but a lot of the time I just end up getting fucked over because of my vehicle or by some of the races at the end just being complete ass *cough* the Dedede fight *cough* However I did play this game by myself and I guarantee that if I played with other people it would be much more enjoyable But the game alone I did actually enjoy quite a bit and while it’s got it’s problems, I still overall think it’s a good experience I also respect them for trying something new with Kirby, so ima give it a 3.5/5 *Also the music is really good*