Nintendo Direct Announced for Tomorrow Focused on Kirby Air Riders

Surprise! A marque caller Nintendo Direct focused connected Kirby Air Riders volition onshore tomorrow, Tuesday August 19 astatine 6am Pacific, 9am Eastern, oregon 2pm UK time.

Once again, Nintendo revealed the amusement archetypal via its Nintendo Today smartphone app, and promised the broadcast would diagnostic 45 minutes of accusation astir the upcoming Switch 2 game.

Kirby Air Riders is notable for being the archetypal caller task successful years from Masahiro Sakurai, the famed manager of Nintendo's smash deed Super Smash Bros. series. Tomorrow's heavy dive look astatine the crippled is besides intriguingly timed, suggesting it whitethorn yet beryllium playable astatine this week's Gamescom lawsuit successful Cologne.

To date, Nintendo has kept details of Kirby Air Riders adjacent to its chest, though has said the pinkish puffball-staring racer should beryllium expected to motorboat connected Switch 2 aboriginal this year. It seems apt tomorrow's Direct volition supply a firmer merchandise window.

Announced earlier this twelvemonth alongside further details of the Switch 2 itself, Kirby Air Riders volition beryllium a sequel to the 2003 cult classical Kirby Air Ride for GameCube. Production connected the crippled began successful earnest backmost successful 2023, pursuing the extremity of Sakurai's clip overseeing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's lengthy docket of downloadable content.

There's nary proposition tomorrow's amusement volition see immoderate different Switch 2 games beyond Kirby Air Riders (sorry, Metroid fans). Still, much accusation connected what's adjacent from Sakurai and his talented improvement squad should suffice.

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