Air Riders Air Riders, as they appear inAir-Ride-in-Style - Part I. Details First episode Air-Ride-in-Style - Part I Last episode Fright to the Finish Main role Enemies Similar characters Haltworker,Halcandle Dee

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This article is about the group of characters fromKirby: Right Back at Ya!. For theNintendo Switch 2 game, seeKirby Air Riders.

TheAir Riders are a collection of soldiers who fight forNight Mare Enterprises by ridingAir Ride Machines and wielding various weapons. They are sent afterKirby and his friends when they infiltrateeNeMeE'sFortress inFright to the Finish, but they are first engaged in a dream battle thatKabu offers Kirby andTiff in order to prepare them inAir-Ride-in-Style - Part I andPart II.Meta Knight explains that they are notmonsters, but they are battled in a similar way regardless.

Characteristics[edit]

The Air Riders are small round creatures with anatomy similar toKirby - though with short arms and gloves - who wear gray jumpsuits with black visors on the front. The only thing that distinguishes them visibly are the weapons they carry, the color of their gloves, and the letter on their foreheads which signify the Air Ride Machine they pilot:

• F -Formula Star
• R -Rocket Star
• W -Winged Star
• S -Shadow Star (The Japanese version has the letterD on the Air Rider's forehead, which corresponds to the first letter of the Shadow Star's Japanese name itself)

They do not have dialogue, but in the Japanese version, they can be heard vocalizing when they are being defeated by Kirby.

WhichCopy Abilities they can provide depends on the weapons they are using. These consist of the following:

• Baton - Baton
• Bomb - Missile launcher
• Fire - Flamethrower
• Iron - Flail
• Top - Exploding tops

Role inKirby: Right Back at Ya![edit]

The Air Riders first appear inAir-Ride-in-Style - Part I andPart II, where Kirby is forced to battle four of them, each carrying unique weapons and riding a different Air Ride Machine. Kirby faces them down one-by-one by copying or countering their abilities and then mounting their respective vehicles. It is later revealed however that this entire battle sequence was a dream implanted in Kirby's head by Kabu in order to mentally prepare him to use Air Ride Machines later.

In the episodeFright to the Finish, Kirby encounters his first real Air Riders who attack him using missile launchers and flamethrowers. Using the dream training he received, Kirby quickly counters their attacks and rides their vehicles in order to defeat them and then pursueeNeMeE.

Gallery[edit]

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  Kirby faces off against the Air Riders sent after him.
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  Kirby dodges the attacks from the baton-wielding rider.
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  Baton Kirby defeats the first rider.
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  Kirby is struck by the flamethrower of the second rider.
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  Water Kirby defeats the second rider.
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  Iron Kirby chases after the third rider.
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  Top Kirby breaks apart the vehicle of the final rider.
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  Bomb Kirby goes after the riders in the fortress.

Names in other languages[edit]

• Kirby: Right Back at Ya! characters

• Articles which list Japanese names