It was the final Kirby game directed by series creator Masahiro Sakurai. 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.
Kirby Air Ride has the players and computer-controlled racers ride on Air Ride Machines. Kirby Air Ride is a 2003 racing video game starring Kirby, developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.