To get a boost you must brake, which seems like a very weird addition. Also Kirby’s trademark inhaling of enemies is controled via Mr. What if you want to release a power up? You press that lovely green “A” button, but when you release the power-up you will brake as well so there is a element of tactics employed. Of course if you want to break you can press that all important “A” button. Kirby has decided that he wants to accelerate himself and there is nothing you can do to change that. What do you do when you want to accelerate you may ask? Well the simple answer to that is you do nothing. All your attention needs to be focused on that bringer of greatness that is the “A” button. You can forget about “R”, “L”, “X” “Y” and “B” buttons. In fact, I think the guys at HAL set out with one thing on their mind, and that was trying to redefine the word simple. Well, the good news is that Kirby Air Ride has finally been released and the bad news…well, I think you should read on….įirst things first, how does the game control? Well let me say this – Kirby’s control scheme is far from complex. More of us wondered if all this development time would result in a playable game. You could say good old Kirby was stuck in development hell, and many wondered if Nintendo ever let him out. The game was supposed to be released as one of the last games for the N64, but that never happened and then it was an expected Cube launch title but it failed to materialize. Obviously it never made the launch date and in the following years many rumours reared their heads.

Believe it or not Kirby’s Air Ride was first revealed almost 10 years ago it was at E3 1995 that the game was first announced as a launch title for the N64.

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