Kirby Air Riders was recently released, and of course I got it.  I’m a big fan of the first game on the GameCube (and Kirby in general) and this was really the game that sold me on the Switch 2.  And of course they have amiibo figures to go along with it.  The first batch of them is Kirby on a Warp Star and Bandana Waddle Dee on a Wing Star.  The cool thing is that you can swap them out of their rides and onto the other, kind of like Skylanders: Swap Force.  So let’s take a look at them!

Here they are inside the boxes.

And here they are out of the box.

You can take them off the rides, as shown here.  The cool thing about the Kirby figure is that it swivels so you can make him face in any direction on the rides.

And here they are on each others’ rides.  They connect via magnets.

So what do they do in the game?  Well it’s kind of like Smash Bros. where you can ‘train’ them to level up to be better racers.  I don’t know if I’ll do that as much. You can scan any other amiibo and get a minor reward, too, like coins.  The figures are bigger than regular amiibo, only problem is they’re super expensive!  Later next year they plan to release some other Kirby Air Riders amiibo with swappable rides.  They’ll have Meta Knight on Shadow Star, King Dedede on the tank, and Chef Kawasaki on the Hop Star.  My bank account is crying!  At least the game is really good.  Definitely a contender for Game of the Year, or at least second place!  Anyway, that’s all for now!  Later!  –Cary

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