A Kirby and the Forgotten Land Sequel Could Take Cues From Super Mario Odyssey

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Kirby and the Forgotten Land is already a smash hit on the Switch only a few weeks after its release. The game quickly broke sales records in Japan, moving hundreds of thousands of copies in its first week in that region alone. Not only is it selling well, but reviews for Kirby and the Forgotten Land are solid too, with praise heaped on its experiments with Copy Abilities, upgrades to combat, bonus challenges, and more. All in all, Kirby and the Forgotten Land seems to be a standout game even for the Kirby franchise, meaning it deserves the honor of a proper sequel.

The Kirby franchise doesn't often have direct sequels to individual games, perhaps thanks to the Kirby franchise's unstructured timeline, but Kirby and the Forgotten Land's innovations make it worthy of an exception. While the game's plot wraps itself up nicely, HAL Laboratory could derive an idea for a sequel by studying Nintendo's work on Super Mario Odyssey. Its journey through many highly diverse worlds, as well as the new abilities Mario gained with Cappy's help, seem like prime concepts to adapt into a Forgotten Land sequel. Kirby and the Forgotten Land is already an ambitious game, but a sequel could go even further.

How Kirby and the Forgotten Land Emphasizes Environmental Storytelling

Kirby and the Forgotten Land's various levels are already quite diverse. Not only does Kirby move through a long list of different biomes, but he visits different types of ruins as well, ranging from amusement parks to industrial districts. A sequel could go even further by traveling between lots of different worlds, however. Forgotten Land's Elfilin possesses remarkable powers over portals and interplanetary travel, meaning he could serve as a gateway to worlds,