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Nintendo, cover your eyes: Kirby Air Riders players fight back as micro bikini vehicle gets removed from the Switch 2 racer, immediately replacing it with a newer, sexier version

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The scantily clad Chef Kawasaki vehicle Kirby Air Riders fans created has been deleted but of course, he's back and sexier than ever.

There are stories that you never want to write sometimes. And I unfortunately have to be the bearer of the horrific news that the sexy Chef Kawasaki in a micro bikini vehicle that arrived on the Kirby Air Riders vehicle marketplace yesterday has been taken away. Perhaps due to the sheer power of Kawasaki, or the fear of the game's age rating being put up due to the energy radiating off this beloved chef's godlike physique while clad in a skimpy costume. But sadly he's gone, and fans are devastated.

消された。任天堂許さん https://t.co/2e9JBJV8k1 pic.twitter.com/B6y5qdcqVnNovember 20, 2025

Except, as pointed out by Automaton, the massive amounts of pure sexual energy Chef Kawasaki brings to the world can't be contained; the micro bikini-clad version of the character may have seen his demise, but there now exists a succubus variant in which he dons a slightly less skimpy (but nonetheless even better) variant of his iconic red bikini and some lovely red wings to go alongside it.

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However, you're going to have to pay up if you want this iconic machine, as another user points out (as translated by Automaton), "This is currently the No. 1 most expensive custom machine. It's eons ahead of the ride in second place. I'm scared."

What I didn't know, however (and thanks to Automaton for pointing this out), is that Chef Kawasaki in a micro bikini has some lore behind it. Namely a Japanese fan game titled "Chef Kawasaki's Microbikini Karuta," which featured a number of physical cards featuring the iconic chef in a number of poses. Although Kirby series developer HAL Laboratory promptly shut down the project after it went on sale, presumably because it's none of our business what Kawasaki does in his spare time and, frankly, unethical to sell lewd paparazzi shots of him in his iconic red bikini.

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