Kirby Air Ride
Kirby Air Ride is a 2003 racing video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. A spin-off of the Kirby series, the player controls Kirby or his multicolored counterparts as they compete in races. The game supports up to four players, and was the first GameCube title to support LAN play using broadband adapters and up to four GameCube systems.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2003
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 11 July 2003 |
|---|---|
| Developer | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo GameCube |
| Genres | Racing |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2181182, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Kirby Air Ride? How long to beat it
Total play time for Kirby Air Ride is about 119.5 hours to do everything, and around 2.2 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 2.2h | 46 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 18.4h | 33 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 119.5h | 8 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Kirby Air Ride sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Kirby Air Ride lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 64ahead of 17% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 27ahead of 70% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Kirby Air Ride
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Common questions about Kirby Air Ride
What platforms is Kirby Air Ride on?
Kirby Air Ride is available on Nintendo GameCube. It first released in 2003.
Who made Kirby Air Ride?
Kirby Air Ride was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Kirby Air Ride?
about 2.2 hours for the main story, 18.4 hours with the main extras, 119.5 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.