Nintendo Direct announces focus on Kirby Air Riders tomorrow

surprise! The brand new Nintendo pays attention directly Kirby Aviation Rider Tomorrow will land at 6 a.m. Tuesday, August 19, 9 a.m. East or 2 p.m. UK time.

Nintendo once again revealed the show first with its Nintendo Today smartphone app, promising that the broadcast will provide 45 minutes of information about the upcoming Switch 2 game.

Kirby Air Riders is the first new project in years for Nintendo's famous director of the Smash Hit Super Smash Bros. series. It's also interesting to dive into the game tomorrow, suggesting that this may eventually be played at the Gamescom event in Cologne this week.

Nintendo has kept details of the Kirby Aviation rider close to its chest, though it has said it should be expected to launch a pink bouncing racer on the Switch 2 later this year. It seems that tomorrow's direct may provide a stronger release window.

Kirby Air Riders announced further details of the Switch 2 itself earlier this year, which will be a sequel to the 2003 Cult Classic Kirby Air Ride for Gamecube. After the time for Sakurai ends, in-game production begins in 2023.

There is no suggestion tomorrow that will include 2 other games besides Kirby Aviation Riders (sorry, Metroid fans). Still, more information about Sakurai and his talented development team next also is enough.

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