Sakurai teases Kirby Air Riders news “soon” but fails to mention when

Masahiro Sakurai is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his company, Sora, and casually dropped that we might be getting new Kirby Air Riders information out of nowhere.

We haven’t seen any gameplay or much news about the new Kirby game since its initial reveal halfway through the year during the Switch 2 game presentation. Although the title is expected to release sometime this year, there is no news of a release date or information about the gameplay at all.

In a tweet early on in the morning, Sakurai said that the new game the team is working on hasn’t shown any gameplay footage yet, but said that “we’ll be able to share some information soon.’” When that soon is, though, remains a mystery, but there is one big event happening next week where we might expect to see something revealed—Gamescom.

Nintendo doesn’t usually reveal big games during Opening Night Live and usually retains information for its own direct, so while a big Nintendo Direct sometime this month might not be out of the question, Sakurai is a fan of having his own presentations and Nintendo Directs with previous titles like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, so maybe we get a whole direct dedicated to Kirby Air Riders soon?

It’s all speculation, of course.

Kirby Air Riders is the sequel to the 2003 GameCube title Kirby Air Ride, a racing game set in the Kirby universe where players control different colored Kirbys through various vehicle-based races. By the looks of the initial trailer, the new game seems to follow that premise, but we still have a lot of questions about the direction the game will take. It would also be the second big Nintendo racing IP on the Nintendo Switch 2, following the launch of Mario Kart World.

But what do you hope to see or find out about the game in the future? Let us know in the comments below!