Kirby Air Ride Spiritual Successor Game

I'm teaming up with a small group of programmers and digital artists at my university, myself included, aiming to create a game that feels and acts a lot like Kirby Air Ride with added features and streamlined content.

I'm hoping to achieve a "Fast Racing Neo" effect, which catered to the F-Zero franchise. If all goes correctly I hope to release on steam, and if that goes well I'll try porting it to Nintendo switch or other platforms.



I'd like to get a feel for what the existing community values and wants to see in a "spiritual successor" to Kirby Air Ride. Please share this with anyone you know who would be interested in a game like this and would like to share their voice!



Please also keep in mind that this is a small group of people, so the more features and extra details that are requested, the longer and more difficult it will be to create and refine.