At the end of today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo made a surprise announcement, a brand new Kirby Air Ride game is headed exclusively to Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo states that Kirby Air Riders is a brand new title and mentions it was directed by Masahiro Sakurai. The teaser trailer doesn’t show a lot but feel free to check it out down below. Kirby Air Riders launches for Nintendo Switch 2 sometime this year, 2025. A more specific release date has not yet been announced at this time. Let us know in the comments what you think of this announcement. Was anyone a fan of the original Kirby Air Ride game on GameCube and hoping for a new title?

Jenae R
Jenae is an RPG enthusiast who also enjoys cats, humidity-free warm weather, Dean Koontz books, Riichi Mahjong and a select handful of non RPG series and games. Two of her all-time favorite games are the original Shadow Hearts and Final Fantasy IX. She loves to ramble on about her numerous gaming opinions and is fortunate enough to be able to do it here at oprainfall.
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