As anyone who’s played the original GameCube title Kirby Air Ride will know, there’s no need to accelerate in this game. Steering left and right is all that’s needed, while the B button brakes. Holding this button also builds a speed boost, so the general strategy is to brake-slide around corners then let go to boost before you slow to a stop.

Kirby Air Riders feels like the epitome of a 22-year-old game, but it may even play better with a GameCube controller.

Of all the games annoucedby Nintendo for the Switch 2, Kirby Air Riders is perhaps the most surprising. A sequel to the GameCube's Kirby Air Ride, the