Elfilin or Not, Kirby and the Forgotten Land's Antagonist May Be Truly Monstrous
For months after its announcement Kirby and the Forgotten Landwas largely a mystery, but Nintendo has now unveiled a lot more details. Kirby fans know the game will offer new Copy Abilities like Drill and Ranger alongside plenty of Kirby's classic powers. The game will offer two-person multiplayer using Bandana Waddle Dee, and Waddle Dee Town will serve as a hub with stores and minigames. However, while Kirby and the Forgotten Land's Beast Pack will serve as Kirby's enemies, it's unclear who the game's main antagonist will be.
Many fans suspect that Kirby's fox-like companion Elfilin is a traitor in the making, but it's possible that the Beast Pack has a distant leader who will threaten him. There could be a third, unconnected force responsible for laying waste to the game's lost civilization, too. Nevertheless, signs suggest the game's villain could be one of the franchise's most frightening. Kirby and the Forgotten Land has a PEGI 7 rating, partially for "Fear," a label which the European video game content rating board has never given a Kirby game. Whoever the true threat awaiting Kirby may be, they could set a new standard for the franchise's long line of horrific foes.
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Every longtime Kirby fan knows the franchise has a habit of being cute and friendly up until the very end, when many of its true antagonists transform or unveil true forms. Zero-Two, the final boss of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, is known for its resemblance to an angel crying blood, while the traitorous Marx's boss forms are infamously unsettling. PEGI was invented after these bosses' appearances, but it notably passed on giving Fear ratings to other Kirby games with
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