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Sakurai Says Kirby Air Riders Is 'Basically Mario Kart' in Extremely Smash Bros-style Direct

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Kirby Air Riders director Masahiro Sakurai says those who haven't already played the GameCube racer might ask themselves "if it's basically Mario Kart," and, uh, yeah, "it ...

"The original was widely viewed as a racing game featuring Kirby," Sakurai says during the livestream. "You might be asking yourself if it's basically Mario Kart. You race and bat ...

Kirby Air Riders Isn’t Mario Kart—It’s Super Smash Bros. at Speed

Kirby Air Riders, coming to Switch 2 in November, bucks every kart racer convention and could barely be described as a racing ...

Kirby Air Riders' grand Direct unveiling was classic Sakurai, as he jokes it's not another Mario Kart clone

As for the game itself, it's a follow-up to Kirby Air Ride - a racing spin-off for the titular character that released on ...

Kirby Air Riders Is Letting King Dedede, Meta Knight, Waddle Dee, Others Use Copy Abilities for the First Time

What do you know about Kirby? Well, he's round, he's pink. And he can suck up and eat just about anything, and steal whatever ...

Kirby Air Riders' City Trial Mode Looks Just As Bonkers As We'd Hoped

Masahiro Sakurai's detailed rundown of Kirby Air Riders finally brought us the news that we wanted with a deep dive into the ...
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Masahiro Sakurai celebrates 20 years of Sora Co. Ltd

With how ubiquitous designer Masahiro Sakurai has become at Nintendo thanks to Kirby and Super Smash Bros., it’s hard to ...
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Super Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Has Filmed His Final YouTube ...

Sakurai began his YouTube channel in August 2022 as a developer diary of sorts, where he discussed the ins and outs of video game design and development, and provided insight into Super Smash Bros ...