{"id":54201,"date":"2025-11-21T16:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54201"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:32:52","slug":"chef-kawasaki-micro-bikini-ride-deleted-from-kirby-air-riders-machine-market-immediately-replaced-by-succubus-chef-kawasaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chef-kawasaki-micro-bikini-ride-deleted-from-kirby-air-riders-machine-market-immediately-replaced-by-succubus-chef-kawasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Kawasaki\u00a0\u201cmicro bikini\u201d\u00a0ride\u00a0deleted\u00a0from Kirby Air Riders\u00a0Machine Market,\u00a0immediately\u00a0replaced by\u00a0succubus Chef Kawasaki\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good (?) things never seem to last, as an&nbsp;immensely popular&nbsp;custom Flight Warp Star&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;designed to look like Chef Kawasaki wearing a&nbsp;microbikini&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;has&nbsp;disappeared from the&nbsp;<strong>Kirby Air Riders<\/strong>&nbsp;Machine Market.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chef-kawasakis-cursed-micro-bikini-look-from-banned-kirby-fangame-gets-revival-in-air-riders-custom-machine-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Referencing a longtime meme among Japanese&nbsp;Kirby fans<\/a>, the&nbsp;provocative&nbsp;depiction of Chef Kawasaki was at the top of the Machine Market\u2019s most popular (and expensive) custom rides before&nbsp;suddenly&nbsp;becoming unavailable, as confirmed by disappointed players.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6d88\u3055\u308c\u305f\u3002\u4efb\u5929\u5802\u8a31\u3055\u3093 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2e9JBJV8k1\">https:\/\/t.co\/2e9JBJV8k1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6y5qdcqVn\">pic.twitter.com\/B6y5qdcqVn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u771f\u51ac (@mahuyu_xx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mahuyu_xx\/status\/1991376422624194921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Japanese players are expressing dissatisfaction with Nintendo over this,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;not clear why the custom machine has disappeared&nbsp;from the Machine Market. Granted, there is history of a fangame depicting Chef Kawasaki&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220928-15926\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being taken down by Kirby developer HAL Laboratory<\/a>, but&nbsp;since this was a result of the game being sold commercially, it&nbsp;might be early to jump to conclusions&nbsp;when it comes to the custom Air Riders machine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the&nbsp;flip side, although the OG micro bikini Chef Kawasaki is gone, there has been a bunch of similar user creations spawning in its wake. Most notably, this succubus-reminiscent Chef Kawasaki, sporting a red bikini and matching bat wings,&nbsp;tail&nbsp;and shoes. This&nbsp;abomination quickly became the most expensive ride in the market,&nbsp;which&nbsp;shows&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;a shockingly high demand for&nbsp;this stuff&nbsp;(although, there could be some&nbsp;inflation going on due to players fearing the design might be taken down).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u73fe\u5728\u30aa\u30ec\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u5e02\u5834\u30671\u756a\u9ad8\u3044\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u3002<br><br>2\u4f4d\u306b\u5727\u5012\u7684\u306a\u5dee\u3092\u3064\u3051\u3066\u3053\u306e\u30de\u30b7\u30f3\u306a\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u30a8\u30a2\u30e9\u30a4\u30c0\u30fc\u3053\u308f\u3044\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6PrCdCluz\">pic.twitter.com\/d6PrCdCluz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3042\u307d\u308d (@_aporoG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_aporoG\/status\/1991554286795489740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This is currently the No. 1 most expensive custom machine.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0eons\u00a0ahead of the ride in second place.\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0scared.<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s&nbsp;also a funny theory going around about why the succubus Chef Kawasaki is still&nbsp;fine even though its predecessor vanished&nbsp;\u2013 it covers more skin than the \u201cmicro bikini\u201d design. Indeed, the succubus design&nbsp;doesn\u2019t&nbsp;put Kawasaki in a flimsy G-string, opting for a more standard bikini bottom.&nbsp;Of course,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;not possible to verify whether the former was&nbsp;actually&nbsp;purposely&nbsp;taken down&nbsp;by the platform, and the&nbsp;craziness going on in Kirby Air&nbsp;Riders\u2019s&nbsp;Machine Market&nbsp;is not showing any&nbsp;signs&nbsp;of slowing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kirby Air Riders is out now on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/kirby-air-riders-switch-2\/?srsltid=AfmBOoo1Qjhaf69phFh99l9krj9i50Qw_hqLp4fzWWslMqZPUIxQg0zq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As players lament the loss of micro bikini Chef Kawasaki, succubus Chef Kawasaki has replaced it as the priciest custom ride in Kirby Air Riders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":54203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33],"class_list":["post-54201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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