Was Kirby Air Ride One Of The First Battle Royale Games?

May 7, 2024 /Posted byadmin / 10 / 0

Grab a Warp Star and thank the bus driver. We’re talking Kirby Air Ride and Battle Royales, baby.

Highlights

H1Z1 and PUBG introduced key elements of scavenging/looting and last-man-standing to define Battle Royale genre.
Kirby Air Ride, a Nintendo title from 2003, was an early example of Battle Royale gameplay with City Trial mode.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land marks a new era for the iconic pink puffball in full 3D gameplay adventure.

What defines a Battle Royale game? Well, thanks to H1Z1 and PUBG, there are two main elements needed to define the genre: scavenging/looting systems and last-man-standing gameplay.

Go back over 20 years, however, and we can trace proto-Battle Royale roots to a first party Nintendo title with mixed reviews: Kirby Air Ride, the cult-classic GameCube game from 2003. This is City Trial. This is one of the first Battle Royale games.

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