Right, it's been out a week now, so it seems like enough time should have passed that we can start having a little chat about Kirby Air Riders , and in particular its stellar City Trial mode.

"Stellar? It's a chaotic mess!" Indeed it is, and well met, my friend. However, that's exactly why it's so damn good, so stop shouting at me.

Also, it's only a mess when you don't know what you're doing. That's right, and as I tried to impress in my 8/10 review , once you know what you're doing in Kirby Air Riders, and once you take that knowledge with you into the online realm...well, it's a surprisingly strategic thing. There's a way to play well and a way to play badly, and luck doesn't come into it nearly as much as Mario Kart , with its back-of-the-pack power-up boosts and blue shell ups

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