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Nintendo announced that there will be another showcase dedicated to the next Kirby game, as the Kirby Air Riders Direct 2 will air this week on October 23, 2025. It will once again star Director Masahiro Sakurai. That will start at 6am PT/9am ET/3pm CET.
The initial announcement didn’t explain what this latest presentation will cover. It only confirmed Masahiro Sakurai will again host the Kirby Air Riders Direct 2, and that he will spend about an hour talking about the game. The YouTube placeholder stream is also already live for it. However, the teaser image only shows the game’s logo and text and again offers no additional hints.
Here’s that placeholder:
This means this Direct will actually be longer than the first one that went over the game. That appeared back in August 2025. It was around 45 minutes long. It highlighted the different characters, as there is a whole roster of new additions compared to the previous entry, the fact that there is a second button for Specials now. However, that showcase did mainly focus on things like Lessons and City Trial, and Sakurai did suggest there was another mode we hadn’t seen yet.
Kirby Air Riders will come to the Nintendo Switch 2, and its release date is November 20, 2025, and the Direct 2 showcase highlighting elements of it will air at 6am PT/9am ET/3pm CET on October 23, 2025. The original Kirby Air Ride game appeared on the GameCube.
