Kirby Air Riders is racing onto the Nintendo Switch 2 later this year, and after going hands-on with the game at Gamescom 2025 it’ll easily surpass Mario Kart World in my eyes.

I should preface this by saying I love Kirby Air Ride. I own a copy on the Nintendo GameCube and like many I love how unique it is as a racing game. The City Trial mode was an ingenious way to do a battle-royale, and structuring a racer around breaking rather than accelerating was inspired for its time.

After playing Kirby Air Riders I already think it exceeded its predecessor, and featured some of the most chaotic and whacky racing I’ve ever experienced.

The brunt of the demo was the new-and-improved City Trial mode, which sees players race across a map collecting power-ups and engaging in limited-time special e

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