Gummies in Kirby Air Riders were in the early planning stage, initially was an online-only feature
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Kirby Air Riders director Masahiro Sakurai has shared more insight into the game, this time sharing interesting information about the development of the Gummies feature. A new blog post just went up on Nintendo’s website with the details.
As it turns out, this was something that was in the early planning stage. Sakurai also revealed that initially, this was planned to be an online-only feature. However, “making it completely unobtainable offline would feel too isolating” and the team “needed offline play to be just as fulfilling.”
Sakurai shared the following:
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Sakurai explains how Road Trip came to be in Kirby Air Riders, shares different ideas that were considered
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Road Trip is a major feature in Kirby Air Riders as it is essentially that game’s story mode. In a new post, director Masahiro Sakurai explained how it came to be.
According to Sakurai, Road Trip wasn’t in the initial design planning stage. However, he knew some players would want some single-player elements. He explained that “When considering how to pull together existing gameplay elements to keep players playing long-term, the only real option was to give them a series of challenges.”
Sakurai also said that it was considered making a mode in which :a whole lot of characters would attack one by one as rivals” and “perhaps using a system like the events in City Trial to give players specific tasks to achieve.” However, we ultimately ended up with Road Trip in its final form.
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Sakurai explains why Kirby Air Riders’ roster has many enemy characters
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Kirby Air Riders has a decently-sized roster, but many of the characters are enemies. In a new post today, director Masahiro Sakurai explained why that is.
What it comes down to is that it was “easier to create Riders out of enemy characters.” With the different skills in play, they “can be understood by looking at each enemy character’s design.” This is true even from a distance.
Sakurai’s full words:
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Kirby Air Riders almost brought back the old City Trial map, Sakurai explains why it didn’t happen
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According to director Masahiro Sakurai, the Kirby Air Riders teamed considered bringing back the original City Trial map from the GameCube title.
That nugget of information was shared in a new developer post today. In it, Sakurai explained that despite that consideration, the team “just couldn’t pull it off” and bringing the map back would have required “tremendous cost and effort.”
Sakurai wrote in the post:
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Kirby Air Riders 1.3.2 update out now, patch notes
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Following up on its recent big patch, Kirby Air Riders has received its latest update with version 1.3.2.
This time around, the team has targeted a specific set of bugs to address. Some of these are outlined in the patch notes, though there are other “miscellaneous gameplay fixes” as well.
The full rundown is as follows:
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Sakurai reveals that he wrote the lyrics for Kirby Air Riders’ main theme song, explains why he kept it under wraps
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Director Masahiro Sakurai was behind the lyrics of the main theme song in Kirby Air Riders, he’s revealed. That news comes from an interview that just went up on Nintendo’s website.
Sakurai said that he hadn’t spoke about this previously because he believes “you shouldn’t have that work’s world associated with a single person.” He added that he wouldn’t like it “if people thought that the world of Kirby Air Riders was a certain way because I’m the one who made it.”
Sakurai explained in the interview:
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Kirby Air Riders reveals Sword Kirby & Dragoon and Noir Dedede & Hydra amiibo, King Dedede & Tank Star release date
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Two more amiibo are joining the Kirby Air Riders line, with Nintendo having just revealed the Sword Kirby & Dragoon and Noir Dedede & Hydra figures. Release dates will be provided later.
Similar to other Kirby Air Riders amiibo, characters can be swapped with Air Ride Machines.
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Sakurai talks approach to Kirby Air Riders’ music, wanted kids to be able to sing along
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Nintendo published a new interview for Kirby Air Riders focused entirely on the game’s music. Director Masahiro Sakurai, along with composers Noriyuki Iwadare and Shogo Sakai, participated in the discussion.
Early on the in the interview, Sakurai was asked about the musical concepts he shared with when requesting Iwadare and Sakai to help out with the project. That led him to stressing the concept of kids being being able to sing along – he feels that “a song that even a child can sing says a lot.”
Sakurai stated in the interview:
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Kirby Air Riders 1.3.1 update out now, patch notes
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Kirby Air Riders has just received another beefy update, which is version 1.3.1.
The update adds support for the upcoming amiibo. Additionally, there are a ton of balance adjustments here for riders and machines. And of course, you’re getting the latest bug fixes.
The full rundown is as follows:
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Kirby Air Riders 1.3.0 update out now, patch notes – new features, balance adjustments, more
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Kirby Air Riders players can now access the game’s latest update with version 1.3.0.
This is a pretty big patch with some new features such as the ability to play online with two players on the same system in quick matches and paddocks. Elsewhere, a ton of balance adjustments have been implemented. A slew of bug fixes have been implemented as well.
The full rundown is as follows:
