Kirby Air Riders was one among a number of first-party titles that Nintendo introduced for the Change 2 throughout its latest Direct presentation, although it revealed little in regards to the sport with a short CG teaser. We did, nevertheless, get affirmation that Masahiro Sakurai – the Tremendous Smash Bros. mastermind who additionally directed 2003’s Kirby Air Journey – is returning 22 years on to direct the sequel. Now, Sakurai himself has revealed one other essential tidbit.
Taking to Twitter, Sakurai just lately revealed that Kirby Air Riders goes to be developed by Bandai Namco Studios. In fact, this isn’t the primary time that Bandai Namco will develop a Masahiro Sakurai-directed title, having led improvement on Tremendous Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, in addition to Tremendous Smash Bros. Final.
Bandai Namco has additionally labored on different first-party Nintendo titles within the type of Mario Kart 7, Mario Kat Tour, Mario Sports activities Superstars, and ARMS.
In 2023, Bandai Namco formally introduced that it had established Studio 2 and Studio S, a crew devoted to engaged on tasks commissioned by Nintendo.
Kirby Air Riders will launch solely for the Nintendo Change 2 someday this yr.
Identical to Tremendous Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS and Final, the just lately introduced “Kirby Air Riders” sport can be being developed by Bandai Namco Studios.
The total employees is giving their all in growing the sport, however it should take a while earlier than we will share extra info.…
— 桜井 政博 / Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) April 3, 2025
