Frozen Hillside A view of theFrozen Hillside course. Details Game(s) Kirby Air Ride Kirby Air Riders Laps (default) 2 Hazard(s) Ramps, floor switches, lasers, ice platforms,rails,Dash Panels, boost hoops, ice walls Enemies Balloon Bomber,Bronto Burt,Broom Hatter,Chilly,Gordo,Heat Phanphan,Pichikuri,Scarfy,Solite,Sword Knight,Waddle Dee

Theme music https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KAR_Frozen_Hillside_theme_sample.mp3 "Air Ride: Frozen Hillside" https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:KAR_Rainbow_Resort_theme_sample.mp3 "Kirby's Adventure: Rainbow Resort" Clips of the course music from Frozen Hillside

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Frozen Hillside is the fourth course in theAir Ride mode ofKirby Air Ride, also available as an unlockable course inKirby Air Riders. The course takes place in a floating ice formation amidst a glowing polar aurora and features a very distended and warped track with several tight turns,Dash Panels, and a very longrail section. It is one of the longer and more complex courses, and the default number of laps run on it is two.

Overview[edit]

Track[edit]

The track of Frozen Hillside features lots of hairpin turns and distended areas, and is anything but circular. The starting line is found near the top of the track on the left side, and the race proceeds in a counterclockwise manner from there. The track begins right away with a split path, where the racers can choose to take the upper path along an icy wavy road, or take a lower path through a boxy metal hall with lots of sharp turns. Which one gets taken is determined by pressing down on the ramps at the entrance to make them rise. From there, the path straightens out, with the lower one leading through a field of burning laser beams that can be turned off using a floor panel and the upper one consisting of fragile ice platforms that can be broken with a little pressure. From there, the path reconverges and leads to a series of four adjacentrails that carry the racers a long distance up to the top of the course. As they are traveling on these rails, the racers can jump between them at will.

After disembarking from the rails, the track continues down an icy slope. There are four hoops poking out of the road here that provide a speed boost if they are passed through. This then leads to a cave with walls made of fragile ice that can be broken using certainCopy Ability moves (Fire orSword will work here). From there, the racers pass through a darker portion of the cave which can have a light switched on using a floor panel before exiting out the other side. After passing a swinging bridge, the racers must move down tightly-packed metal catwalks before reaching a winding bobsled channel. From here, the last obstacle is a passage through a tight icy corridor, but the walls can be pulled back by pressing floor panels along the way to reveal someDash Panels to hasten the ride to the finish line and complete a lap.

Setting and enemies[edit]

Despite the name, Frozen Hillside is not set on a hillside, but rather on a series of floating ice floes and metallic platforms high in the sky in a chilly polar tundra region. A number of interesting details have been placed in this course, including the giant flying whale that circles around the rail section, frozen plants poking out of the walls, and the swinging bridge in the middle of the course which does little to impact races but is a detailed piece of decoration regardless. The main feature of this course aside from the many interactive elements is the slippery nature of the road, which makes handling more difficult (particularly for wheeled machines) but also allows for less drag while charging up for a boost.

A fair number of enemies populate most areas of this course. The most common ability-granting enemies that can be encountered here areChilly,Sword Knight, andHeat Phanphan.Solites always occupy the dark portion of the cave section.Gordos appear in places on the track in the last lap of the Time Attack.

Checklist objectives[edit]

Kirby Air Ride[edit]

The following are all of thechecklist objectives that specifically pertain to Frozen Hillside inKirby Air Ride:

Kirby Air Riders[edit]

The following are all of thechecklist objectives that specifically pertain to Frozen Hillside inKirby Air Riders:

Gallery[edit]

Kirby Air Ride[edit]

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  Stadium Icon for Frozen Hillside
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  Banner image for Frozen Hillside
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  A ramp at the start of the track
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  On the glass panels on top of the starting tunnel
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  In the tunnel with the lasers
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  On the rails
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  In the narrow curves
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  BlueKirby racing near the end of the course

Kirby Air Riders[edit]

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  Three moving ramps
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  Scarfy riding arail on the track
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  The icy cave section
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  The track's bridge segment

Other[edit]

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  The Frozen Hillside strawberry snowy milk inKirby: The Strange Sweets Island

Names in other languages[edit]

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Kirby Air Riders[edit]

References

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• Air Ride courses in Kirby Air Ride
• Air Ride courses in Kirby Air Riders

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