Kirby Air Ride

Kirby Air Ride
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Kirby
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	JP June 9, 2003 NA October 13, 2003 EU February 20, 2004 AUS March 30, 2004
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer, Online
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	GKYP01, GKYE01, GKYJ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Kirby Air Ride is a 2003 racing video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console starring Kirby, one of HAL's characters. The game supports 4 players, and was the first GameCube title to support LAN play using broadband adapters and up to four GameCube systems.

In Kirby Air Ride, players take control of Kirby or any of his multicolored counterparts to compete in races or other minigames on vehicles from the Kirby universe, such as the warpstar. The vehicles use very simple controls: no input is necessary for the craft to move forward, the analog stick is used to steer, and one button performs all functions, including braking, charging up for a boost, sucking in nearby enemies, and gliding. The game has three modes, and each has a "checklist" of list of hidden challengers for the player to discover, which unlocks additional tracks, characters, and items.

Problems

Audio Issues

Music randomly stops or enters a loop, however, audio tends to return normal after a minute. Use DSP LLE to fix these problems.

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Ignore Format Changes	No	Avoid tiny grey screen selection at the main title after choosing a game that occurs with some game modes

Audio

Config	Setting	Notes
DSP Emulator Engine	LLE	Fixes audio problems

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Kirby Air Ride since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r3329

3.0-732

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5.0-21774 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r6252	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7-930 @ 3.53GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Perfect
r6257	Windows Vista x86	AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.21GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4650	Playable
r6857	Windows XP x86	AMD Athlon II x4 @ 3GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5450	Nearly Perfect, Random crashes
r7413	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3-350M @ 2.27GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4570	Nearly Perfect, Random crashes, audio stuttering/looping
r7485	Windows 7	AMD Athlon X4 @ 3GHz	ATI Radeon HD 3200	Perfect,sound does not disable
3.0	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5 @ 2.27GHz	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	Playable, Random freezes, audio stuttering/looping
3.0	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i7 @ 2.2GHz	nVidia GeForce GT 540M	Playable, Random freezes becoming more frequent, audio stuttering/looping to the point of insanity.
3.0	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X6 1055t @ 2.8GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6870	Nearly perfect. Audio stuttering while using LLE emulation, doesn't happen in other games (i.e. Luigi's Mansion)
3.0-763	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i3-2100	nVidia GeForce GTS 450 x2	Perfect framerates at 1080p. In-game timer is off by 1-2 seconds however. Random crashes and the music sometimes loops a part of a song until the event music comes on.	AnonSVN
3.0-843	Linux Arch Linux x86_64	Intel Core i5-670 @ 3.47GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7950	Perfect, though had to use DSP HLE for sound; LLE caused frequent sound loops/stuters and general slowdowns.
3.5	Windows 7 x86	Intel Core i5 @ 2.3GHz	nVidia GeForce 4200m	Good frame rate on lowest settings. Frequent music looping and stuttering. Random crashing every 5 or 10 min.
^3.0-799	Windows XP x86	Intel Core 2 Duo e8400 @ 3GHz	nVidia GeForce 7300 LE	45-55FPS average, Sometimes run at 60FPS, but speedhacks are required. All music in the game randomly loops and pauses, Crashes 5-15 minutes into the game. Also tested the game's split-screen muitiplayer mode with another player, Framerate drops A little bit more in muitiplayer (38-51FPS average).

Gameplay Videos

Kirby Air Ride Full HD on Dolphin Rev 3329 64 bit