Customer Ratings & Reviews

The passion baked into every facet of this game is incredible and is getting rarer and rarer in the AAA game space. Lots of content and tons of replay value simply by how much fun it is to drive around.

Kirby Air Riders is a refreshing and fun twist on the kart-racer genre — colorful, fast, and packed with personality. While it’s not your typical Mario Kart clone, it brings its own charm and creative ideas to the table that make it stand out. 

I have always been a fan of the kirby series, and never got the chance to play kirby air ride when it came out on GameCube. This game is chaotic with a capital C, if you are photosensitive DO NOT GET THIS GAME. It is visually overstimulating but such a blast, and easy to learn. There are a lot of ways to customize your experience with the vehicles and stats, which make it great for strategists and noobs alike.

Amazing fun and beautiful game. Tons of things to do with a lot of variety.

As a fan of Kirby Air Ride on the Gamecube, I can confidently say that this is the successor I've been waiting for! It's a massive improvement from the Gamecube days with so much more added (Characters, Tracks, Story Mode, Online Play, More Vehicles, Tons of Customization, etc). The game also just controls, looks, and feels amazing thanks to all the adjustments that have been made!

As someone who grew up with the GameCube Air Ride since 2015, this game was an absolute treat. To all the returning game modes receiving some major tweaks to make them far more enjoyable than their old school counterparts, to the brand new characters and machines that add extra variety to the game design, to all the very fun features that make the game feel so much more joyful, online play and events, machine customization, to even something as simple as collectible gummies. This was an absolute blast to play. Like Nintendo's other Switch 2 games so far, the price tag is a bit steep. If you're willing to bite the bullet, you MIGHT have a special little game in your hands.

The game is fun and is leaps and bounds better than the original. The addition of more players in city trial really makes it feel even more chaotic which is good. And the addition of a actual single player mode that sort of guides players on how the rest of the game works is very nice. Its a fun game that I would quite call a cart racer, more like a fight on wheels.

Wonderful game, so much fun to play. Easy controls and great story .

Kirby is a spicy, delicate lad. Their exploits are always pleasant. This game, right here, can fit so many fun things inside it. “Like what?” you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. There are characters. Many. Machines on which to race and fly and do battle. Game modes? You bet! You can race. Or fly. Or do battle! Mario Kart but with Kirby? No. This is wrong. Don’t think like this. Kirby Air Riders is so much more than this. Kirby Air Riders is more like a poem with no beginning or end. A long, glorious middle. This game has nothing to do with Grand Theft Auto or the price of celery at your local grocery store. It’s about Kirby and their buddies doing races. Collecting power ups. Battling? Occasionally. Is it multiplayer? Yes. Can children play this? Of course, but only if they have the will to succeed and the power to do great things. Everyone should own Kirby Air Riders. Even if they don’t play it, they can put it on a shelf or maybe a little basket. Everyone should have Kirby in a basket by their front door. This is so you don’t forget Kirby when you leave and also Kirby is one of the first to greet you when you return. Go ahead and purchase this game. It cannot be used as an antiseptic.

This game is a beautiful love letter to long time fans of the Original Kirby Air Ride back on the GameCube over 20 years ago! Definitely a Must Buy if you'd played the original and even if you haven't its just simply incredible! The amount of content is massive and leaves you with tons to do and accomplish which is amazing! Highly recommend!

An amazing fast paced game with a ton of content and very high replay title

Great game this is the perfect version of the Nintendo GameCube game just everything dialed to 11 If you don't have any nostalgia for the original or dont like Kirby I wouldn't get it but, If these apply to you and you're looking for a racing game other than Mario kart go for it, also great game to play with the kids.

Great arcadey fun. Nostalgia from gaming back in the 00s.

This is the best game for the Switch2! Incredible graphics and gameplay!

While it seems complex, the tutorials make it easier to understand. And once everyone understand the controls, it becomes a lot of fun and very competitive. There is also a simple story mode that pushes you to try different modes you might not pick yourself.

Lets get it out of the way. This game is not Mario Kart. Yes, it is (at its core) a racing game featuring Nintendo characters. But that's kind of where the similarities end. Kirby Air Riders is a very different feeling experience. I feel that Mario Kart is the more accessible of the two. Mario Kart is a very simple to understand "pick up and play" kart racer. Kirby, on the other hand, takes a little bit of time and practice to really get a feel for how its played. But that being said, if your willing to put in a little time to learn the game's nuances, it's a highly enjoyable game that is well worth adding to your Switch 2 library.

A faithful remake/sequel of the original Kirby Air Ride. With better graphics, new machines, and plenty of QoL improvements, I've been able to play my favorite party game of all time all over again. Highly recommend to anyone who wants a good couch co-op battle/racing experience with a couple of friends!

It's great to see a game of this size in this landscape, especially a Nintendo one, spearheaded by an actual creative. We need more people like Sakurai in the gaming industry. Yes, it is a very enjoyable game to play, putting it simply. City Trial is as good as I've heard from the people who've sung its praises for 22 years. Sakurai will probably be forced to make yet another Smash game right after this, but I'm glad he got to take a break from that series and return to his roots in a sense.

City Trial is what the game is all about. If your playing alone and not online, your fun may be nerfed, but if your playing amoung friends or online this game is a absolute blast. Prob the most fun Ive had in a while. Lot of care was put into this, but admittedly, it is a smaller game.

Its the best kind of pseudo-sequel. It takes everything great about the original. it makes it so much better, fixes what isn't fun or wasn't balanced, and gives the modes an online function so you can play with others. Its just more of what made the original great.