Kirby Air Riders Is Developed By Bandai Namco

On X (formerly Twitter), Masahiro Sakurai revealed that Bandai Namco worked on Kirby Air Riders. Bandai Namco also previously worked on Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and 3DS, as well as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The post is available in both Japanese and English via Sakurai’s account. According to his Tweet, the staff is working very hard on the game, but it can’t share any further details. Nintendo only announced the game on April 2, 2025 during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, and so it stands to reason that we don’t have any extra information on it just yet. Kirby Air Riders is the sequel to Kirby Air Ride, which came out in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube. This was a racing game featuring characters from the Kirby franchise, and was a commercial success despite mixed reviews. Until 2025, this was the final Kirby game that Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the series, directed.  From the little information that was in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Kirby Air Riders will come out some time in 2025 for the Switch 2. It’s possible that the game will have voice chat functions to take advantage of the GameChat feature, but we will need to wait for more official information. Mario Kart World, another racing game, was announced during the same Direct. Kirby Air Riders will come out in 2025 for the Nintendo Switch 2. The post Kirby Air Riders Is Developed By Bandai Namco appeared first on Siliconera.

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Kirby Air Riders Is Developed By Bandai Namco

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On X (formerly Twitter), Masahiro Sakurai revealed that Bandai Namco worked on Kirby Air Riders. Bandai Namco also previously worked on Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and 3DS, as well as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

The post is available in both Japanese and English via Sakurai’s account. According to his Tweet, the staff is working very hard on the game, but it can’t share any further details. Nintendo only announced the game on April 2, 2025 during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, and so it stands to reason that we don’t have any extra information on it just yet.

Kirby Air Riders is the sequel to Kirby Air Ride, which came out in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube. This was a racing game featuring characters from the Kirby franchise, and was a commercial success despite mixed reviews. Until 2025, this was the final Kirby game that Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the series, directed. 

From the little information that was in the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, Kirby Air Riders will come out some time in 2025 for the Switch 2. It’s possible that the game will have voice chat functions to take advantage of the GameChat feature, but we will need to wait for more official information. Mario Kart World, another racing game, was announced during the same Direct.

Kirby Air Riders will come out in 2025 for the Nintendo Switch 2.

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