Kirby Air Riders announced for Nintendo Switch 2, directed by Sakurai

Today, Kirby Air Riders was unveiled for Nintendo Switch. Nintendo will be publishing the title later in 2025.

Kirby Air Riders brings back the classic GameCube game directed by Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of Smash Bros. Once again, Sakurai will be directing here.

Only a brief trailer was shown today with Kirby on his Warp Star machine and other Kirby air riders on a variety of unique machines, as they joined together on a racetrack. 

Below is that video:

Announcement Trailer

We’ll bring you more on the game in the future. For now, keep an eye on all other news from today’s Nintendo Direct here.