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Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]

Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

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Kirby Air Ride was actually my first time making consecutive games on a single console!

At this point, I was doing supervising work for numerous projects including the Kirby anime series, so why did I go back to being a director? I'll touch on that, the concept behind the game, and the struggles we faced in this episode.

By the way, I went independent after finishing my work on Kirby Air Ride.

20 Comments

@SigmaShawn 1 year ago

Sakurai sat here with a straight face talking to us when he knew he was making Air Riders

@911meltdown2 1 year ago

I love how collectively we're all coming to this video to tell him thank you.

Thank you

@real_tinfoil 1 year ago

Here after the Kirby Air Riders announcement - thank you Sakurai!

@hotworlds 3 years ago

I can't believe sakurai swooped in after a year of development and led the devteam to rewrite the code in 3.5 months. Legendary.

@be9579 3 years ago

Sakurai talking about Kirby Air Ride in 2023 is something I didn’t know I needed

@Farstarlover 3 years ago

I still own the game to this day ever since it was released on GameCube. Played the hell out of City Trial mode and gotten every achievement. Best times.

@Anthestudios 3 years ago

So unfortunate that this game has become so expensive. Hopefully a rerelease could bring a solution.

@MrVince329 1 year ago

WE ARE BACK RIDERSSSSS!!!

@Shadzowdaedgey 1 year ago

bro was really making a sequel to kirby air ride this entire time, and we didn't even know 💀💀

@aregularfan7506 1 year ago

The way Sakurai talks about and still recognizes how unique, creative and charming Air Ride is after all these years, even to the point where he decided to make a sequel as his next big project after Smash Ultimate, truly makes me so excited for the upcoming game!

@Drflash55Official 11 months ago

And here we are, almost at the month where Kirby Air Riders comes out. Thank you for being such a passionate game developer and director for the Kirby series at a time when most other franchises wishes that they had such passion as you do.

@depto125 1 year ago

Finally getting a sequel, this is unbelievable!!!!!! See you all in Kirby Air Riders!!!

@tiarabite 1 year ago

Welcome back to directing Kirby games, Sakurai!

@raskolinikov6402 3 years ago

We need Kirby's air ride 2 asap

@PlainSaber 1 year ago

WE ARE SO BACK

@BasedSakurai2024 1 year ago

This video hits different now knowing he's directing the sequel to Kirby Air Ride.

@TheXtremeBoltGuy 1 year ago

WE'RE BACK, RIDERS!! RETURN TO THE CITY!!!!

@connordarvall8482 3 years ago

Starting to notice that there are typefaces and mechanics that appear in every post-N64 game that had Sakurai working on it. I recognise the checklist system, alongside its visual design to be almost identical to something I saw in Smash 3DS. I even recognised the typeface of the damage numbers in Kid Icarus Uprising to be the same as the numbers in Smash 3DS.

@fury72888hshu 1 year ago (edited)

So this is what you hidng from us Sakurai

@TheLostArts 3 years ago

Kirby Air Ride was and continues to be one of my favorite games, especially City Trial! There is something so satisfying about all the possible ways you can build up an Air Ride that makes each game feel refreshing and satisfying to play, and even moreso with friends! I hope someday we see another title with that kind of game essence, I’m glad to see it is a favorite of Sakurai as well!