When Nintendo announced that it would hold a second hour-long Direct presentation about Kirby racer Air Riders last month, I wasn't the only person to be more than a little confused. This surprise revival of a one-off GameCube game pitting Kirby against some of his rivals in simply-controlled races and brawls has been getting more airtime than some other huge upcoming Switch 2 games.
Still, if Nintendo's keen to push the game's profile, I wasn't going to turn down the chance to play it ahead of time at the Japanese company's UK HQ this week. Over the course of an hour, I whistled through some tutorials, then played about 25 minutes each of its more straightforward race mode, and its far more involved five-minute battle royale party mode.
