Kirby Air Riders has officially been rated in Saudi Arabia

After spending well over a decade working on nothing else outside of Smash Bros. Masahiro Sakurai is finally returning to the Kirby franchise with the upcoming Kirby Air Riders. Set to arrive some time this year, the racing game has now been rated in Saudi Arabia – indicating that its release could be sooner rather than later.

As discovered by ResetEra user Neoxon, the Saudi Arabian games rating board (the General Authority of Media Regulation) recently published a listing for the upcoming Kirby Air Riders, suggesting that the game is likely complete and ready to play.

This is perhaps somewhat interesting as outside of the original cinematic teaser announcement during the Switch 2 Direct, nothing has been shown from the game.

That being said, Nintendo very rarely delays its games, with the two biggest examples perhaps being The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the upcoming Metroid Prime 4 – though both titles had their own set of specific issues during development.

Still, having Sakurai return to the Kirby franchise after so long will be interesting to see, especially as the director has opted for a racing title as opposed to a more typical Kirby platformer. Hopefully we get a proper look at the game in the coming months – perhaps during a September Nintendo Direct?

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