Air Ride Machine

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Several Kirbys on different Air Ride Machines. (Kirby Air Ride)

Air Ride Machines (also called simply Machines) are hoverboard-like flying vehicles featured in the racing games Kirby Air Ride and Kirby Air Riders. They respond to their rider's mental commands and have varying abilities; some can fly very well, while others can only hover off the ground. Kirby's Warp Star is the most famous and recurring Air Ride Machine.

Kirby Air Ride

Below is a list of Air Ride Machines in Kirby Air Ride along with recorded measurements of each machine's HP and top speed. Steer Star and Free Star have no measurable stats; through investigating the game's code, they are characterized as having the same stats as the Warp Star, likely as a placeholder.

Name	Icon	HP	Top Speed		Stats
			mph	Km/h
Warp Star		200	25.22	40.3
Flight Warp Star		200	25.47	40.98
Compact Star		100	18.01	28.99
Wagon Star		250	26.09	41.98
Swerve Star		140	31.18	50.17
Winged Star		150	23.29	37.48
Shadow Star		140	19.88	31.99
Bulk Star		280	39.09*	62.9*
Rocket Star		220	15.53	24.99
Jet Star		200	20.50	32.99
Turbo Star		160	28.57	45.97
Slick Star		200	27.02	43.48
Formula Star		140	42.86	68.97
Hydra		400	124.86*	200.95*
Dragoon		230	37.27	59.99
Wheelie Bike		180	26.83	43.17
Wheelie Scooter		140	21.12	33.98
Rex Wheelie		210	31.37	50.48
King Dedede		200	27.48	44.22
Meta Knight		170	26.40	42.48

*As these machines cannot move without filling the charge gauge, their Top Speeds are technically 0 mph; the values listed are the maximum velocities each vehicle can reach by releasing a full charge from a standstill on level ground.

Kirby Air Riders

In Kirby Air Riders, as all riders now have different stats, their stats are factored in the Air Ride Machine as well, making some machines scale to the size of the rider. Additionally, the game sports more machine types than its predecessor, introducing Chariots and Tanks as new machine types.

Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

“	Kirby must learn to fly not just Warp Stars, but other battle vehicles as well.”
	— Kabu explaining his reasons for sending dream training to Kirby and Tiff • Air-Ride-in-Style - Part II

Air Ride Machines also make an appearance in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, most notably in the final episode. In the final episode, they are used primarily by Nightmare Enterprises, but some are put into use by Kirby after their riders are defeated. The Air Ride Machines included in the anime are the Formula Star, the Rocket Star, the Winged Star, and the Shadow Star. All four Air Ride Machines in the anime are also in Kirby Air Ride, with more content in the game than in the Anime, contrary to most things in the Anime.

It can also be noted that the Air Ride Machines were said to have been stolen by eNeMeE from the Star Warriors that fell in the battle in the great war. According to Kabu, from what he has learned from the other Kabus throughout the universe, Nightmare has been stealing these Air Ride Machines from all over the universe. Because he knew this, he knew that Kirby must learn to fly not just Warp Stars, but other battle vehicles like the Air Ride Machines as well. Therefore, he sent him and Tiff a dream where Kirby received his dream training, which later paid off in the final episode when he stole a Winged Star from a Winged Star rider as he fought to prove what a true Star Warrior he was to everyone (because King Dedede and Escargoon sent and told him to do so and open the gate leading into the main interior of Nightmare's Fortress).

How to Unlock

Air Ride

	Mode	Course	Task	Reward
	Air Ride	Checker Knights	Finish 2 laps in under 03:05:00!	New Machine: Slick Star
	Air Ride	Machine Passage	Race over 4500 feet in 2 minutes!	New Machine: Jet Star
	Any	Any	In any mode other than Free Run, reach the goal a total of 3 times!	New Machine: Wagon Star
	Air Ride	Sky Sands	Finish 2 laps in under 02:05:00!	New Machine: Swerve Star
	Time Attack	Frozen Hillside	Finish in under 03:14:00!	New Machine: Formula Star
	Any	Any	Defeat 10 or more enemies using the Quick Spin!	New Machine: Shadow Star
	Air Ride	Magma Flows	Use all the volcano rails and finish in 1st place!	New Machine: Turbo Star
	Air Ride	Any	Finish in 1st place while flying through the air!	New Machine: Winged Star
	Time Attack	Celestial Valley	Finish in under 03:20:00!	New Machine: Bulk Star
	Free Run	Machine Passage	Finish 1 lap in under 01:05:00!	New Machine: Rocket Star
	Air Ride	Any	Race all of the standard Air Ride courses!	New Machine: Wheelie Bike
	Air Ride	Any	Start the final lap in 4th place and move to 1st to win.	New Machine: Wheelie Scooter
	Any	Any	Defeat 100 or more enemies with exhaled stars!	New Machine: Rex Wheelie

City Trial

	Mode	Course	Task	Reward
	Stadium	High Jump	Jump higher than 1000 feet!	Dragoon Part A: Use 3 to complete Dragoon.
	City Trial	City	During one game, fly through the rings in the sky 5 times or more!	Dragoon Part B: Use 3 to complete Dragoon.
	Stadium	Air Glider	Fly more than 1300 feet!	Dragoon Part C: Use 3 to complete Dragoon.
	City Trial	City	Destroy all of the dilapidated houses!	Hydra Part X: Use 3 to complete Hydra.
	Stadium	Destruction Derby (All)	KO enemies over 150 times!	Hydra Part Y: Use 3 to complete Hydra.
	Stadium	Kirby Melee (All)	KO over 1500 enemies!	Hydra Part Z: Use 3 to complete Hydra.

Videos

Kirby of the Stars Special Ability "Air Ride Machine" Introduction Video