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Kirby Air Riders

2025 video game
VideoGame video_game Q133804482
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Summary

Kirby Air Riders is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,877 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Excellence Award[3]
  • Director: Masahiro Sakurai[4]
  • Composer: Shogo Sakai[5], Noriyuki Iwadare[6]
  • Publisher: Nintendo[7]
  • Genre: racing video game[8], mascot racer[9]
  • Producer: Shinya Saito[10], Makoto Okazaki[11]
  • Developer: Sora Ltd.[12], Bandai Namco Studios[13]
  • Part of the series: Kirby (series)[14]
  • Commons category: Kirby Air Riders[15]
  • Platform: Nintendo Switch 2[16]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[17], multiplayer video game[18]
  • Language of work or name: Japanese[19], British English[20], French[21], German[22], Italian[23], Spanish[24], Korean[25], Dutch[26], Simplified Chinese[27], Latin American Spanish[28], Canadian French[29], Brazilian Portuguese[30], Traditional Chinese[31], American English[32]
  • Review score: 82/100[33], 86%[34], 81/100[35]
  • Country of origin: Japan[36]
  • Publication date: November 20, 2025[37]
  • ESRB rating: Everyone 10+[38]
  • Official website: https://www.nintendo.com/jp/games/switch2/aaaba/index.html[39], https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/kirby-air-riders-switch-2/[40], https://www.nintendo.com/kr/games/switch2/aaaba/index.html[41], https://www.nintendo.com/tw/games/switch2/aaaba/index.html[42]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 7[43]
  • Nominated for: D.I.C.E. Award for Racing Game of the Year[44]
  • Title: Kirby Air Riders[45], カービィのエアライダー[46], 커비의 에어 라이더[47], 卡比的驭天飞行者[48], 卡比的馭天飛行者[49]
  • Different from: Kirby Air Ride[50]
  • Units sold: 1,760,000[51], 1,870,000[52], 1,900,000[53]
  • Australian Classification: PG[54]
  • Announcement date: April 2, 2025[55]

Why It Matters

Kirby Air Riders has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

FAQs

What awards did Kirby Air Riders receive?

Honors received include Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Excellence Award[3].

Related Entities

Bandai Namco Studios Japan Masahiro Sakurai Nintendo Sora Ltd.

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  31. [33] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . OpenCritic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Q131917281. Retrieved . criticdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . classification.gov.au. classification.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ch', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fj', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'la', 'pt', 'r
    Sitelink count → 17
    Vandal game id → 199335
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Vandal game id: 199335, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/327406648|Kirby Air Riders (#327406648)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8579|‎Vandal game]] "
  2. 4w ago · Floyd-out · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Units sold → {'amount': '+1760000'}, {'amount': '+1870000'}, {'amount': '+1900000'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Units sold: 1,900,000"
  3. 4w ago · Ｈ00000000000 · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Excellence Award
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Award received: Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Excellence Award"
  4. 6w ago · Josh404Bot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 82/100, 86%, 81/100
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Review score, Update OpenCritic review score"
  5. 13w ago · Josh404Bot bot · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 82/100, 86%, 81/100
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Review score: 85%, Update OpenCritic review score"
  6. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vgc game id → 219523
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Vgc game id: 219523, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/298153129|Kirby Air Riders (#298153129)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8162|VGC games (auto"
  7. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → kirby-air-riders
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Goha.ru id: kirby-air-riders, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  8. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Kirby_Air_Riders
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  9. 17w ago · Sim Chi Yun · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kirby Air Riders'}, {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カービィのエアライダー'}, {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '커비의 에어 라이더'} +3
    Official website → https://www.nintendo.com/jp/games/switch2/aaaba/index.html, https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/kirby-air-riders-, https://www.nintendo.com/kr/games/switch2/aaaba/index.html +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.nintendo.com/tw/games/switch2/aaaba/index.html"
  10. 23w ago · Floyd-out · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 82/100, 86%, 81/100
    Esrb rating → Everyone 10+
    Platform → Nintendo Switch 2
    Aliases → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Units sold: 1,870,000"
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