{"id":6367,"date":"2022-09-06T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/random-beta-footage-from-cancelled-kirby-n64-racer-glides-onto-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:36:16","slug":"random-beta-footage-from-cancelled-kirby-n64-racer-glides-onto-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/random-beta-footage-from-cancelled-kirby-n64-racer-glides-onto-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Beta Footage From Cancelled Kirby N64 Racer Glides Onto The Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a time before GameCube.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beta footage can often be a double-edged sword. On the one hand you get to see the origins of some of your favourite games – with poorer graphics and mechanics to boot – but on the other you occasionally experience a sense of delayed loss, especially when seeing footage from a game that never saw the light of day.<\/p>\n

We are currently in the stages of something like this after watching GameXplain<\/a>‘s latest video (thanks, Go Nintendo<\/a> for the heads up) which breaks down footage from a Japanese promotional video for the Super Mario 64<\/a> soundtrack – pfft<\/em>, as if those bangers needed promotion. Aside from some pre-release Mario footage, the advert also contains a small number of clips from the cancelled Kirby’s Air Ride<\/strong> game on the N64. Some of this footage has appeared online in the past, though the higher quality of this video really gives us a sneak peek at what the console’s puff-ball racer could have been.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Random: Beta Footage From Cancelled Kirby N64 Racer Glides Onto The Internet<\/p>\n

In a time before GameCube.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beta footage can often be a double-edged sword. On the one hand you get to see the origins of some of your favourite games – with poorer graphics and mechanics to boot – but on the other you occasionally experience a sense of delayed loss, especially when seeing footage from a game that never saw the light of day.<\/p>\n

We are currently in the stages of something like this after watching GameXplain<\/a>‘s latest video (thanks, Go Nintendo<\/a> for the heads up) which breaks down footage from a Japanese promotional video for the Super Mario 64<\/a> soundtrack – pfft<\/em>, as if those bangers needed promotion. Aside from some pre-release Mario footage, the advert also contains a small number of clips from the cancelled Kirby’s Air Ride<\/strong> game on the N64. Some of this footage has appeared online in the past, though the higher quality of this video really gives us a sneak peek at what the console’s puff-ball racer could have been.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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