[Let’s Talk] Kirby Air Riders Direct reactions

It was a busy week for gaming news, which included the proper reveal for Kirby Air Riders with a Nintendo Direct lasting close to an hour. Director Masahiro Sakurai went into detail about the game, revealing its various features. We saw stages, playable characters, the return of City Trial mode, and more. On top of that, we now have a release date of November 20, 2025. Catch up on everything shown here.

Following the Direct, how are you feeling about Kirby Air Riders so far? Do you plan on picking it up this holiday? Let us know in the comments.

Highlights from last week’s topic: What are you playing? – August 2025

flashdim

Fantasy Life i Switch 2 import arrived! So diving into that.

Stephen Yap

Just 100%ed Hop ‘n’ Marty. I’m a sucker for 3D platformer collectathons, but I didn’t like this one much at all. Even for the $10 asking price, the game was just too barebones for all that it offered and even exploring its worlds wasn’t fun at all.

Currently doing another playthrough of Super Mario RPG (remake), just about to embark in Barrel Volcano.

Still pecking away at Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, now at 320-ish hours. My favorite Switch game and game of this generation. Level-5 did not hold anything back at all with this one and hopefully this game sets an example for all companies and developers to take all the time they need before releasing games.

theFooFighter

I’m a eurojank guy now, randomly gave risen a try and now I’m hooked. It’s just such a vibe, these 2000s wrpgs are weirdly relaxing even if you’re reloading quick saves every few minutes. Aside from that 13 sentinels is one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played and Apex Legends with gyro controls is low key a little unfair

BlindSideSonny

Starting Hyrule Warriors: AoC now. I wrote it off as a simple Musou game but it’s surprisingly complex, even in the battle segments. This means I’ll probably scoop up the sequel when it launches.