Wagon Star
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The Wagon Star is a ridable machine in Kirby Air Ride. It is a particularly unusual-looking star, and its most notable characteristic is the complete inability to boost.
Appearance
The vehicle is particularly large, and by far the tallest vehicle in the game, excluding King Dedede. It is a pale pink, cube-shaped machine with an iron ladder on the back, two iron bars on the top in front and behind the rider, and a colorful design on the top. The front of the "cube" has its bottom half extrude out further than its top half, appearing somewhat similarly to the shape of a bus or van. Dangling from both the front and rear of the vehicle are two small red tassels. The left and right sides of the vehicle are adorned in large print with the Chinese character, 颱, which means "typhoon"--below this symbol on each side are two tiny wings. The two propulsions on its back side expel strange, square-shaped exhaust which expands and dissipates as it pushes out--the exhaust is expelled faster with the greater the machine's velocity.
Mechanics
The Wagon's most noticeable attribute is its complete lack of ability to boost either on the ground or while airborne. Attempting to charge while on the ground will only result in braking, which can nonetheless be easy for navigating sharp turns. In addition, it is considered a terrible glider, only able to soar further than the Formula Star in that area. Despite these two major flaws, the vehicle has excellent ing and HP. It is also one of the heavier vehicles in the game.
This machine has one more strange characteristic, perhaps due to its large, blocky size. While it is one the ground, and tilted backward (by holding down on the control stick), it will make contact with the ground. This enables it to hit boost panels and hit switches, among other things, which a normal star could only do by charging. While it drags across the ground like this, however, it decelerates slightly as it would when charging.
How to Unlock
To unlock this machine for use in Air Ride, the player must reach the goal of any course with any vehicle thrice, making it one of the easiest machines to unlock.
In City Trial, the Wagon Star can occasionally found randomly throughout the city and be mounted like most other air ride machines. It is always available in Free Run as well.
Instruction Booklet Description
"This machine cannot Boost, but it makes up for it with other strengthened attributes! It's a very easy machine to control."