The Sakurai-directed Kirby Air Journey sequel, Kirby Air Riders, has now been up to date to Model 1.3.1 on Nintendo Swap 2, including assist for 3 new amiibo figures. The Meta Knight (& Shadow Star) amiibo launches on fifth March 2026, however we nonetheless don’t have launch dates for King Dedede (& Tank Star) and Chef Kawasaki (& Hop Star), that are anticipated to hit retailer cabinets later this 12 months.
Model 1.3.1 additionally brings steadiness changes and bug fixes. The patch notes are as follows:
Newest replace: Ver. 1.3.1 (Launched February 24, 2026)
Normal
The next amiibo are actually supported.
Meta Knight & Shadow Star
King Dedede & Tank Star
Chef Kawasaki & Hop Star
Steadiness Changes
The efficiency of sure riders has been adjusted.
The efficiency of some machines has been adjusted.
The efficiency of some Copy Talents has been adjusted.
A full record of Steadiness Changes could be discovered right here.
Bug Fixes
Improved communication stability throughout on-line play.
There was an issue within the Guidelines the place the variety of occasions, machines, riders, and so forth. wouldn’t be counted accurately in relevant duties. This has been mounted in order that even when the problem has already occurred, gamers can restore counts to the right quantity by restarting the sport.
Fastened a difficulty within the Guidelines the place rewards for finishing all of the duties for Air Journey, Prime Journey, Metropolis Trial, and Highway Journey couldn’t be obtained.
Fastened a difficulty within the Guidelines the place the duty “Hit 2 riders with Kaboombs in a single race” wouldn’t be thought of completed in an internet match, even when situations had been met.
Fastened a difficulty the place multiples of the identical legendary-machine elements would generally seem throughout on-line matches in Metropolis Trial.
Fastened a difficulty within the Air Journey course Cyberion Freeway the place riders would generally go off target after getting off the grind rails and be unable to return to the course.
Fastened a difficulty the place, by performing a Fast Spin on a grind rail simply earlier than a selected rider’s Particular would finish, the Particular wouldn’t finish.
Fastened a difficulty within the Air Journey course Crystalline Fissure the place riders may go at abnormally quick speeds when leaping out of the bottom of the half-pipe utilizing the Drill Copy Capacity.
There was an issue with Taranza the place spider silk might be produced even when in a frozen state from one thing like a rival’s Freeze Copy Capacity, so the frozen state might be rapidly lifted. This subject has been mounted in order that Taranza can not produce silk when frozen.
Fastened a difficulty the place headwear was not mirrored when riders had been randomized in Native Play.
Fastened a difficulty the place, if a player-controlled Scarfy was close to when a Remodel Star positioned in a storage transforms, Scarfy may find yourself getting into indignant state.
Fastened a difficulty within the Air Journey course Checker Knights the place the looks results of the leap ramps that seem and disappear had been generally out of alignment with their precise place.
Fastened a difficulty with Remodel Star the place it will generally not speed up if a Increase Sprint was carried out when a mode change completed.
Fastened a difficulty the place sure Copy Talents wouldn’t work correctly after Scarfy’s indignant state ended whereas the Copy Talents had been activated.
Fastened a difficulty the place the thumbnails for My Machines would, in uncommon cases, be incorrect.
Fastened a difficulty in Metropolis Trial the place gadgets would generally not seem when destroying crystals within the underground space with Knuckle Joe’s automated assault.
Fastened a difficulty in Free Run the place, after recording a Private Finest with Remodel Star (star mode or bike mode), the Finest Run information couldn’t be loaded when making an attempt to begin a race in a distinct mode from the one through which the Private Finest was recorded in.
Fastened a difficulty the place online-events data may generally be used as a reference worth for the “Excessive Rating” search situation in Spectate.
Since data that might not be produced in regular play had been generally used as a reference worth, all reference values for “Excessive Rating” have been initialized on this newest replace.
“Excessive Rating” search outcomes will quickly not be displayed till gamers race with and on the corresponding machines/programs.
Fastened a difficulty the place the sport would cease progressing if the course was randomized throughout a Prime Journey Collection in a paddock.
Made a number of different miscellaneous gameplay fixes.
Word: Ver. 1.3.1 will not be appropriate with replays from Ver. 1.3.0. Ver. 1.3.1 just isn’t appropriate with replays from Ver. 1.2.0 and earlier. Convert replays you need to hold to video recordsdata by choosing File on the playback-settings display inside Cached Information and Information Replay earlier than downloading the replace. (Word: A microSD Specific card is required to make use of this operate.)
