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Sakurai Says Kirby Air Riders Is 'Basically Mario Kart' in Extremely Smash Bros-style Direct
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Masahiro Sakurai revealed during the Kirby Air Riders Nintendo Direct that Bandai Namco and his own studio worked in tandem on the game.
As for the game itself, it's a follow-up to Kirby Air Ride - a racing spin-off for the titular character that released on GameCube over 20 years ago - and sees characters riding on magical stars around courses, sucking up enemies for special abilities, and speed boosting around colourful courses.
"The original was widely viewed as a racing game featuring Kirby," Sakurai says during the livestream. "You might be asking yourself if it's basically Mario Kart. You race and bat