Development
Kirby Air Ride (known as Kirby's Air Ride at the time) was originally in development during the early days of the Nintendo 64 video game console. It went through many changes during its elongated development period before eventually being canceled and then resurfacing on the GameCube in the form of a short video preview in March 2003 at the annual DICE summit in Las Vegas, at which point it received its final title. This preview received a mainly negative reception due to slow speeds and poor graphics, which led to the cancellation.
Kirby Air Ride was first seen in playable form at E3 in May later that year. The demo contained five playable tracks and three different game modes. The reception to the playable demo was more positive than they were from previous showings. This is the last Kirby game that the series creator, Masahiro Sakurai, would work on as part of HAL Laboratories. This was due to him publically criticizing Nintendo regarding circumstances during the development of the game. He would later return to work with HAL Laboratory to help develop Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
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