Kirby and the Forgotten Land has been a massive success for Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, with this being the franchise's transition into a full 3D adventure. It has been both a commercial and critical success, with many fans lauding the game for managing to take the series into a bold new direction, while retaining the aspects that made its formula a hit. Not only that, the storytelling for Kirby and the Forgotten Land has been highly praised as well, giving fans a grander cinematic adventure than ever before while maintaining the high stakes that appear at the climax.
This sense of a climactic finale is maintained in this newest Kirby game, with Kirby and the Forgotten Land's final boss in particular being one of the highest points of the adventure. It pits Nintendo's pink demon against another eldritch abomination that fans have come to expect in the endgame, with fans agreeing that the finale is one of the strongest in the franchise. One fan decided to mod the final boss into Shadow the Hedgehog, a different, albeit fitting choice in context. The following will contain endgame SPOILERS for Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
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In a video posted by Twitter user Miss_Katsune, she showed off her mod that changed the game's final boss from Fecto Elfilis to Shadow the Hedgehog. Fecto Elifilis is known as «The Ultimate Life Form» in the context of Forgotten Land, and is the completed fusion of Fecto Forgo and Elfilin. It has the ability to teleport, summon energy spears, use a giant spear weapon, and summon spatial rifts that can open gateways to other planets. These abilities and its title as «The Ultimate Life Form» make Shadow the Hedgehog a perfect fit as a
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