Kirby Air Ride is a racing game with wildly different types of vehichles to try! suprisingly it has a high skill ceiling despite being so easy to get into with it's achievements, vehichle controls... and City Trial
I know you don't give a damn about the racing, so let me take it from the top... Kirby Air Ride is a half roguelite half battle royale where up to 4 players are dropped into a random area of an abandoned city. in the alotted time, you collect stickers that can buff or nerf your stats, and adjust said stats depending on the vehichle you find around the city, and take them to the test in a gauntlet varying from tests of flight and speed to seeing who can survive the longest without exploding violently. somehow people have found a way to make KAR deep and complex, there are even tournaments!
it's sequel will come out in November 2025. i'm so excited!!! I hope you are too!
-KAR and Melee have the same engine and assets, down to even having the same debug menus. cut them some slack, it was developed in 3 months!
-no, I wasn't joking when I say there's a niche competitive community for this game. a whole entire dolphin build, widescreen hacks, and quality of life rom-hacks widely accepted to play with during ranked netplay exist and it's incredible. if you're curious and wanna try, I can't wait to play with you
-if you're familiar with or actually had the Mario Kart Double Dash bonus disc you might've seen a trailer for the Kirby Anime. since KAR is a tie-in game the trailer transitions into game footage