Kirby Air Riders Revealed During Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

Kirby’s racing spinoff Kirby Air Ride is making a tremendous comeback aft much than 20 years, acknowledgment to a caller introduction for Nintendo Switch 2: Kirby Air Riders.

The task made its expansive debut during today’s peculiar Switch 2 presentation, revealing a formed of colorful Kirbys and caller spacey vehicles to question with. No gameplay was revealed, with Nintendo alternatively choosing to uncover the task with a cinematic trailer and the committedness of a 2025 merchandise window. We apt won't person to hold excessively agelong to spot however the sequel builds connected the archetypal GameCube game, but we tin astatine slightest remainder casual knowing Kirby creator and Super Smash Bros. mastermind Masahiro Sakurai is serving arsenic the project's director.

The past archetypal caller Kirby crippled was Kirby and the Forgotten Land for Nintendo Switch. This was Kirby's archetypal escapade successful a afloat 3D perspective, and we gave it an 8/10. We said that it "successfully warps the series’ already amusive premix of ability-based combat, platforming, and concealed hunting into the 3rd dimension. The post-apocalyptic mounting whitethorn not beryllium arsenic thematically absorbing arsenic Planet Popstar, but it is inactive beauteous and vibrant, with cleverly designed levels that marque consistently astute usage of Kirby’s abilities."

You tin drawback up connected everything announced astatine today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct close here.

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