In Kirby Air Riders, expression is more fun than racing
Hear me out: Kirby Air Riders isn't a racing game, it's an art tool with a racing game tacked on.
The game, out now for the Nintendo Switch 2, is the follow-up to the quirky Kirby-flavored kart racer released in 2003 on the GameCube. It features Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai's round, pink, utterly charming child participating in short races where the main feature isn't so much about how fast you go, but how well you can manage the winding courses while fighting the cutest rogues' gallery ever committed to polygons.
Unlike in other kart racers, Air Riders has no acceleration button. Instead you're automatically propelled forward, re …