Overview
- Number of Players
- 4 (16 Player Online)
- Genre
- Release Date
Nintendo Switch 2
20th Nov 2025 — $69.99
20th Nov 2025 — £66.99
Nintendo eShop
- 20th Nov 2025 — £58.99
- Series
- Tags
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Review Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) - Incredibly Chaotic, But Satisfyingly Deep & Rewarding Racing
Air force one
Kirby Air Ride, I think it's fair to say, didn't receive all that warm a welcome when it launched back in 2003. With lucky GameCubers already marinating in the delicious driving juices of Mario Kart: Double Dash and F-Zero GX, Kirby's cute and chaotic style of racing just didn't seem to stick with the mainstream, and, as a result,...
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Kirby Air Riders Guides
Guide Kirby Air Riders: Guide, Tips & Tricks, All Modes & Unlocks
Let's get ready to (air) rumble
Fellow air riders! It is time to...ride the air. We're big fans of Kirby Air Riders, as if you couldn't tell from our 8/10 review, and one thing that it's got plenty of — especially given that this sequel has a great big story mode — are unlockable bits and bobs. From new machines to riders, racetracks, and a...
Guide Best Kirby Games Of All Time
Where does Kirby Air Riders rank?
Kirby — one of the most famous faces (with little podgy arms and feet attached) in Nintendo's stable of stars — has been wowing players with his impressive abilities and sheer versatility for decades now. In fact, the ever-adaptable Kirby and his catalogue represent an odd dichotomy: He's a super approachable...
Guide Kirby Air Riders Global Test Ride Times - When Is The Online Demo Happening?
Start your engines
One weekend down, one to go! Here's all the info you need for the second Kirby Air Riders Global Test Ride Demo. The second Kirby Air Riders Direct wrapped up with the announcement of a 'Global Test Ride' demo, speeding onto Switch 2 throughout November. In this guide, we'll tell you everything you need to know about the free...
Guide Nintendo Direct September 2025: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
How would you rate it?
The September 2025 Nintendo Direct was a bumper showcase, with an hour of announcements for Switch and Switch 2 and a few big surprises - including big first-party news. Below is the full Nintendo Direct September 2025 video, plus every game announcement accompanied by a trailer, any release date info, plus a link to our...
Guide Kirby Air Riders: All Playable Characters & How To Unlock For Every Game Mode
Source your favourite (air) horse for every course
There are a whole bunch of unique unlockable characters to get to grips with in the excellent Kirby Air Riders, and you're gonna need to work through all the modes the game has to offer — barring online — to get yourself the complete collection. That's a lot of unlocking! So, in order to help...
Guide Kirby Air Riders Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
Going into Dededetail
Gosh, well that was a deep dive and a half! Masahiro Sakurai has just wrapped up his detailed rundown of Kirby Air Riders in the latest spotlight Direct, and it was absolutely crammed with information. Sakurai spilled the beans on everything from character rosters to controls, so we've assembled the following breakdown for you...
Guide Kirby Air Riders: The Best Custom Machines We've Seen So Far
And how to make your own!
Now that Kirby Air Riders is out in the wild (and really very good), players have been creating all manner of unofficial air-riding fun in the game's surprisingly decent machine customisation mode. Within this mode, you can select any of your unlocked vehicles (so make sure to check out our guide on how to unlock all of th
Guide Kirby Air Riders: All Tracks & How To Unlock
All the races in all the places
Now that you've finally got your sweaty hands on Kirby Air Riders, you may be wondering just how to go about unlocking all of its many race courses. It can be a little confusing, given there's so many collectibles and unlocks in the game that are scattered across the four available game modes. Therefore, we reckon a...
Guide Kirby Air Riders Direct #2: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate it?
You're joking... ANOTHER one?
What's that? You thought we had already heard everything there was to know about Kirby Air Riders? Think again! Sakurai returned with another 60-minute Direct on the upcoming Kirby racer, going into detail on just about every feature that the game has to offer. Honestly, it was a lot. So, to help digest it all, we've...
Guide Kirby Air Riders: All Machines & How To Unlock
Including all 4 "legendary" machines
There are a whole bunch of unique and colourful air riding machines to unlock throughout Kirby Air Riders' main play modes. So, in order to give you the best chance possible of lighting up the online leaderboards with a fully loaded garage of sweet whips, we've put together this guide detailing every machine in...
Guide Where To Buy Kirby Air Riders For Nintendo Switch 2 + New amiibo
Racing to find the best deals
After its initial reveal back in April, Kirby Air Riders raced to its worldwide release on 20th November 2025. The Masahiro Sakurai-developed sequel is absolutely bonkers, earning an 8/10 in our review, where we called it "a cracking sequel" with "depth for those who wish to learn and plenty of competition to be had"...
Guide Kirby Air Riders: Lore Explained - Who Are Zorah And Noir Dedede?
The origin of all machines revealed
Kirby Air Riders is out, and given that we're loving it as much as we are, we're sure that plenty of folk are enjoying tucking into the game's new Kirby lore. Yes, that's right, there's a story mode and everything this time, remember, and it's a far-out sci-fi tale all about a machine way back when, called Zorah...
Kirby Air Riders News
Opinion I Reviewed 25 Switch 2 Games In 2025, And These Are My Top 3 Picks
The A+ Team
Yes, yes, I know. Only 25 games since June. I am a lazy sod. Regardless, I've had quite the ride thus far with my Switch 2. We're still not that far out from launch, and I expect super-duper exciting things in 2026. Loads of 'em. I can smell it. Oh no, wait, that was just my dog. Now, while I haven't had the opportunity to review all...
News Kirby Air Riders New Event Starts This Week, Includes Kirby Santa Hat Reward
After a bug almost cancelled Christmas!
Although it seems to be the end of the road for the development of Kirby Air Riders, in-game events will still be taking place over the next year. In case you missed it, the event that was previously scheduled had to be suspended due to a bug. Thankfully, just in time for Christmas, the updated event has now...
Japanese Charts Switch 2 And Mario Kart World Continue To Obliterate The Competition
Even Pokémon can't keep up
The latest Japanese charts data is in from Famitsu, and surprising no one, Mario Kart World is once again at the top of the pile, shifting another 103,861 units. Not even the combined sales of Pokémon Legends: Z-A across Switch and Switch 2 can keep up, though it's safe to say that the lifetime sales are closing the gap...
News Digital Foundry's 'Graphics Of The Year Awards' Nod To Some Switch 2 Beauties
Metroid, Mario, Kirby and more
2026 is almost upon us, so naturally, everyone is thinking about end-of-year awards. Geoff Keighley hosted his ceremony last week, and today, it's time for the tech experts from Digital Foundry to get involved, as they run down their best graphics of 2025. It will come as no surprise that the shortlist this year is...
News Kirby Air Riders Dev Team Disbanding Soon, Game Updates Also Ending
It was fun while it lasted
Yesterday, Kirby Air Riders got a major update, bumping the Switch 2 exclusive up to Version 1.2.0. It turns out this might be one of the final significant patches. According to a roughly translated post on social media, the game's director Masahiro Sakurai said the Kirby Air Riders development team will be disbanding in...
News Kirby Air Riders Updated To Version 1.2.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it now
If you've been racing around in the Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders and wondering when the next patch will be dropping, we've got some good news. Nintendo has today released an update, bumping the title up to Version 1.2.0. It comes packed with general updates, balance adjustments, and bug fixes. Here are the full patch notes,...
Random Four Legendary Devs Walk Into A Bar... And We're So Very Jealous
Imagine the conversations!
It's the little things in life that bring us the most joy sometimes, and today, we're bringing you an absolutely delightful photo from developer Suda51 (No More Heroes, Killer7) that's been doing the rounds over the weekend. It's no secret that some of the greatest minds in Japanese game development like to get together...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th December)
She's finally here!
We are one week into December, and how many games have already been released? *Checks notes* All of them. All of the games have been released. Welcome, folks, to a busy edition of What Are You Playing. Let's try our best to recap the last seven days, shall we? Naturally, there was a lot of Metroid shenanigans to cover, with...
News Don't Worry, Nintendo's Working On A Fix For Some Kirby Air Riders Bugs
Timer trouble
Kirby Air Riders arrived on Switch 2 just a few weeks ago and, for the most part, it has proven to be a pretty polished experience. Of course, that isn't to say the odd bug didn't slip through the net, but don't worry, Nintendo knows about 'em. A new post on X from @nintendo_cs (translated by @Oatmealdome on
Mixin' it up
I've been having an interesting run lately of games that shake things up, even if it's just a little bit, in the controls department. Back in the good old days — or at least my nostalgia blinkers have made it seem this way to me — the idea of being bored rigid by a game's control systems wasn't something that ever entered my mind...
Previews
Preview Sakurai's Kirby Air Riders Is A Kaleidoscopic Adrenaline Rush
Watch out, Mario Kart World
Kirby has the ability to put everyone in a good mood, right? I mean, I've been in a lovely mood thanks to the pink puffball (and Nintendo), as I was lucky enough to go hands-on with the upcoming racer Kirby Air Riders for the Nintendo Switch 2 at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. As a surprising sequel to Kirby Air Ride on...
About The Game
Kirby Air Riders, a brand-new title originated from the Nintendo GameCube classic racing-action game Kirby Air Ride, and Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, was announced for release this year.
The trailer revealed a dramatic introduction of Kirby on his Warp Star machine and other Kirby air riders on a variety of unique machines, as they joined together on a racetrack. Kirby Air Riders will glide onto Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025.
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I hope this frees sakurai from being the smash bros guy as air ride was the last kirby game he worked on so hopefully now that he's back to kirby he can move on and pass smash bros to the rest of his company
This game is too much fun, I may have not 100% completed the original but I did this one, just gotta work on my class rank now.
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