Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but this video is really neat! Goes into how since Kirby Air Ride had a lot of ideas on the cutting room floor despite most of it's assets being there early on, so it's a little interesting that there's 2 points in the original game where the game has mysterious creatures with 3 eyes

https://youtu.be/G-xvUK5cLuA?si=KNBBwDobhEnNAWhZ

And it's especially interesting that this game that looks to be "what if Air Ride was polished and finished" could possibly have a story, brings back one of the 3 eyed creatures from the original, and then has a new basic enemy with 3 eyes as well, replacing an Air Ride original enemy. Some fun food for thought, at least.