KirbyandtheForgottenLand is the pink puffball's best adventure since his Nintendo 3DS days.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land MSRP $59.99 Score Details DT Recommended Product “Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a charming platformer filled with intuitive puzzles, a genuinely intriguing world, and hysterical transformations that always made me smile.” Pros Cons Is there any video game series as joyful as Kirby? The second I booted Kirby and the Forgotten Land up for the first time, I broke out into a cheerful grin.
As always, the game is built around Kirby’s insatiable appetite. He can suck up enemies to gain new powers, like fire breath, bombs, or the ability to take a long nap . Those can be used during linear platforming levels to solve puzzles that require using the right ability. See something tangled up in a vine? Grab a sword or cutter to chop it down. Each level is filled with intuitive micro-puzzles like that. They’re never hard to figure out, but always satisfying to execute.
Lost in the supermarket What makes Kirby and the Forgotten Land particularly stand out among a sea of platformers is its world. In something like a 2D Mario game, levels can feel a little random. They’re built around a gameplay motif first and foremost, so it rarely feels like you’re walking around an actual cohesive world. By contrast, the titular Forgotten Land actually feels like a sensical space with its own secret history.
In a high anxiety time where it feels like the Forgotten Land could become a preview of our own world, Kirby is the pink stress ball I need. Waddle Dee Town, the game’s hub world that expands as Kirby saves more Waddle Dee, adds some needed variety. While it’s small, it contains a handful of simple minigames to cut through the repetition. Kirby can fish, play a ball-rolling game that uses the Switch’s gyroscopic controls, and more. Most of the side activities are simple and can be fully “completed” in a few minutes, but it’s a nice excuse to relax in a quaint space and listen to some tunes.
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