Improvements to City Trial and an expanded roster of racers and machines make for an exciting Kirby experience.

"Kirby Air Riders" is the Switch 2's major fall release from Masahiro Sakurai, the game creator behind Kirby and the blockbuster Super Smash Bros. series.

After going hands-on with the new Nintendo Switch 2 racer, it's clear that Air Riders can coexist on a system with Mario Kart World.

In every other way, Kirby Air Riders is so extremely not just a Mario Kart redux that riding around 150cc matches at home ...

After a couple hours with Kirby Air Riders, it became clear that expecting Mario Kart was a mistake, because the chaos here follows its own rules.