he’s also been working full-time on a new game at his company Sora Ltd. Sakurai said that once he completed his work on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which culminated in the October 2021 release ...

There will be seven calendar years between the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2018 and Kirby Air Riders this year. However, Sora Ltd has not been working on Kirby Air Riders for seven years.