After a couple hours with Kirby Air Riders, it became clear that expecting Mario Kart was a mistake, because the chaos here follows its own rules.

After going hands-on with the new Nintendo Switch 2 racer, it's clear that Air Riders can coexist on a system with Mario Kart World.

Kirby Air Riders” is the Switch 2’s major fall release from Masahiro Sakurai, the game creator behind Kirby and the blockbuster Super Smash Bros. series.

Where Air Riders diverges from its original source material is that there are a bunch of other playable characters besides ...