The Switch 2 exclusive list is getting longer with the racing game Kirby Air Riders coming to the console on November 20th. Today, Nintendo offered a luxurious 45 minutes devoted to its cutest pink blob who, when you think about it, is really an eldritch horror of incalculable power. Here are the highlights from the Kirby Air Riders Direct.

Nintendo has revealed the release date and price for the upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders. The sequel to the 2003 GameCube hit Kirby Air Ride warps onto Nintendo's new console November 20. Kirby Air Riders is available to preorder for $70 in physical and digital formats.

Improvements to City Trial and an expanded roster of racers and machines make for an exciting Kirby experience.

In every other way, Kirby Air Riders is so extremely not just a Mario Kart redux that riding around 150cc matches at home felt practically quaint. Wall rides and bar grinds? That’s cute. In Kirby Air Riders,

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.

The Kirby Air Riders Direct will be available to watch on YouTube, Twitch, and via the Nintendo Today app. We've embedded the YouTube link to the livestream above, but the other links are below:

The Nintendo Switch 2 has been a rip-off all-around and Kirby Air Riders is the most recent example. But I'm a sucker.

What do you know about Kirby? Well, he's round, he's pink. And he can suck up and eat just about anything, and steal whatever powers that thing has. For over 30 years, no one else in Nintendo's roster has tried to do what Kirby does.