Kirby Air Riders Direct With Director Masahiro Sakurai Set for This Week — Brace Yourself for 60 Minutes on the Upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Exclusive

Nintendo has announced the 2nd Kirby Air Riders Direct with manager Masahiro Sakurai. It’s acceptable for October 23 astatine 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm UK time.

This one's adjacent longer than the 45-minute Kirby Air Riders Direct we saw successful August. Expect astir 60 minutes of accusation connected the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, Nintendo said.

August’s showcase divulged a merchandise day for Sakurai’s caller game, offered a archetypal look astatine gameplay, and saw the legendary developer comparison Kirby Air Riders to Mario Kart successful what was a Smash Bros.-style Direct.

"You mightiness beryllium asking yourself if it's fundamentally Mario Kart," Sakurai said. "You contention and conflict with acquainted characters astir courses with antithetic features, oregon truthful they say. Ok, truthful it fundamentally is similar Mario Kart. I adjacent mentioned this erstwhile I received the petition to marque the game. I asked them if they inactive wanted to bash it. But arsenic fans of the archetypal know...the entreaty of the crippled is not really the races!"

Kirby Air Riders is retired connected November 20, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch 2 and features a wide roster of Kirby characters including Waddle Dee, King Dedede, Gooey, Chef Kawasaki, Metaknight, and more. Catch up connected everything announced astatine the archetypal Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct close here.

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