Masahiro Sakurai is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of his firm, Sora, and casually dropped that we is likely to be getting new Kirby Air Riders info out of nowhere.
We haven’t seen any gameplay or a lot information concerning the new Kirby recreation since its preliminary reveal midway by way of the yr throughout the Swap 2 recreation presentation. Though the title is predicted to launch someday this yr, there isn’t a information of a launch date or details about the gameplay in any respect.
In a tweet early on within the morning, Sakurai stated that the brand new recreation the group is engaged on hasn’t proven any gameplay footage but, however stated that “we’ll be capable to share some info quickly.’” When that quickly is, although, stays a thriller, however there may be one large occasion taking place subsequent week the place we would anticipate to see one thing revealed—Gamescom.
Nintendo doesn’t normally reveal large video games throughout Opening Night time Reside and normally retains info for its personal direct, so whereas a giant Nintendo Direct someday this month may not be out of the query, Sakurai is a fan of getting his personal displays and Nintendo Directs with earlier titles like Tremendous Smash Bros. Final, so possibly we get an entire direct devoted to Kirby Air Riders quickly?
It’s all hypothesis, in fact.
Kirby Air Riders is the sequel to the 2003 GameCube title Kirby Air Experience, a racing recreation set within the Kirby universe the place gamers management completely different coloured Kirbys by way of varied vehicle-based races. By the seems to be of the preliminary trailer, the brand new recreation appears to comply with that premise, however we nonetheless have lots of questions concerning the route the sport will take. It might even be the second large Nintendo racing IP on the Nintendo Swap 2, following the launch of Mario Kart World.
However what do you hope to see or discover out concerning the recreation sooner or later? Tell us within the feedback under!