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Shadow Star

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Shadow Star
KAR Shadow Star artwork.jpg
Artwork of the Shadow Star from Kirby Air Ride
Details
Flavor text "One hit punishes all! Fly on evil wings!"
Unlock for Air Ride Defeat ten or more enemies with Quick Spins
Emphasis Offense / Glide
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This machine has equally high levels of offense and acceleration. You can do serious damage to your rivals by hurling yourself at them!
— Kirby Air Ride North American instruction booklet, page 33

Shadow Star is a rideable machine in Kirby Air Ride. Its dark styling is one of its more recognizable features, as is its relatively high offensive capabilities. It is one of the vehicles most emblematic of the game, next to the Warp Star and Winged Star, as it is easily unlocked, and featured to a comparatively great extent in official artwork, and other media.

Appearance[edit]

This machine's main body is of average size, and appears as a dark burgundy-purple arrowhead with a metallic-marble texture. Protruding out of the base are two wings, bearing the same hue and texture. The entire machine is stylized to look somewhat like bat wings, with the rear of the machine bearing three spines, similar to those found at the tips of said wings. The machine's edges appear particularly razor-sharp, compared with the more rounded tips of most other vehicles. Notably, there are no apparent propulsions or engines on this machine. However, two trails of a dark violet cloudy gas expel from the two outermost spines on the machine's rear while it has momentum. Whereas many vehicles glow while charging, the Shadow Star is instead surrounded in a dark aura, which grows darker with higher levels of charge. However, it does not gain this aura while charging in the midst of a glide.

Mechanics[edit]

The Shadow Star's strongest attribute is its high offense, which becomes most apparent when crashing or quick spinning into other players' vehicles. However, most of its other statistics are near average. Its turning and charge capabilities are slightly better than those of the standard Warpstar. However, it has relatively weak defense, and only moderate HP. On top of that, it has an unaided top speed of only 19-20 km/h, the third-lowest in the game.

Overall, it's relatively balanced, but on the lower tier of machines suited for racing, due to its abysmal top speed, and no significant means to make up for it. It is, however, often one of the top contenders in the Destruction Derby Stadiums of City Trial due to its offensive prowess.

How to Unlock[edit]

To unlock this machine for use in Air Ride mode, the player must defeat at least ten common enemies using Quick Spins. This can be done over the course of several races.

In City Trial, the Shadow Star can occasionally be found randomly throughout the city and be mounted like most other air ride machines. It is always available in Free Run as well.

Other appearances[edit]

Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]

In Kirby's Dream Buffet, artwork of the Shadow Star is depicted on a Character Treat.

Kirby: Right Back at Ya![edit]

The Shadow Star as it appears in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
And last, but not least, there's the Shadow Star! When this shady machine shows up, it's lights out for the competition!
— N.M.E. Sales Guy, in Air-Ride-in-Style - Part I

The Shadow Star appears in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, as one of the vehicles used by the Air Riders. It is notable that this is the only Air Ride Machine in the anime that Kirby does not ride. Despite this, artwork of him riding it exists.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese デビルスター
Debiru Sutā
Devil Star
Chinese 恶魔之星
Èmó zhī xīng
Devil Star
Dutch Shadow Star -
French Shadow Star -
German Shadow Star -
Italian Shadow Star -
Korean 데빌스타
Debilseuta
Devil Star
Brazilian Portuguese Estrela sombria
Estrela da Sombra (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
Shadow Star
Spanish Shadow Star -