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Shadow Star
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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]
| “ | 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.
An Air Rider holding on to his Shadow Star as it is destroyed by Top Kirby
Gallery[edit]
Smaller but transparent artwork from Kirby Air Ride
Artwork of Blue Kirby riding atop the Shadow Star from Kirby Air Ride
Ripped model from Kirby Air Ride
The Shadow Star as seen in the City Trial ending
Character Treat from Kirby's Dream Buffet
Artwork of Kirby riding atop the Shadow Star from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| 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 | - |
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