Kirby Air Riders

IGN

Logan Plant

8 / 10.0

Kirby Air Riders' unconventional controls can get in its own way sometimes, but they don't stop it from being a fun, frantic action racing game with an almost unreal amount of stuff to do.

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Eurogamer

Alex Donaldson

4 / 5

While racing is at its core, Kirby Air Riders channels the chaotic energy of Smash Bros. to deliver a deceptively deep one-button gameplay experience - and tops it with absolutely oodles of things to do, see, and unlock.

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TheGamer

George Foster

If you’re expecting Mario Kart World or Crash Team Racing but with Kirby, you’ll be sorely disappointed. But anyone who’s up for a racer that feels truly fresh, has a lot of hidden depth, and revs to the beat of its own incredibly loud engine is going to find something special here.

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GamesRadar+

Rollin Bishop

An experience where I'm constantly left thinking, 'just one more race' or 'just one final battle'.

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Game Informer

Charles Harte

8.5 / 10.0

Kirby Air Riders is an inflexible experience, forcing the player to learn its mechanics and engage with all its modes to get the most out of it, and it's a better game for it. Its gameplay is simple to learn but hard to master, and with such a variety of machines and modes, there are a lot of different definitions of what that mastery looks like. It's a game with a strong, unique identity that likely won't unseat your favorite racing game, but it isn't trying to. Kirby Air Riders is a star shining for no one but itself, and I can't help but respect it for that.

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GameSpot

Jake Dekker

8 / 10

Kirby Air Riders is an impressive package that makes the most of its deceivingly simple mechanics.

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Hardcore Gamer

Kevin Dunsmore

3.5 / 5.0

Does Kirby Air Riders improve upon its predecessor and its place in Switch 2's lineup, or should the Kirby Air Ride franchise be left out to pasture?

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Nintendo Life

PJ O'Reilly

8 / 10

Kirby Air Riders is a cracking sequel that gives solo players much more to dig into with its story campaign, whilst also bringing all-new levels of shiny graphics, bells and whistles to its returning City Trial, Air Ride, and Top Down Racing modes. This is a chaotic and frenzied racer, there's no doubt, but it's got depth for those who wish to learn and plenty of competition to be had both online and at harder difficulties for diehards.With lots of excellent tracks, riders and machines to unlock, sat alongside some surprisingly deep machine customisation, Kirby's latest air riding adventure is off to a strong start. Oh, and that soundtrack!

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