Kirby And The Forgotten Land Review - Kirby's Best Adventure Yet

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The prospect of Kirby in 3D is something that fans have been wanting for as long as the pink puffball has been around. That wish has finally been granted on his 30th anniversary with Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which gives the beloved character the ability to do more than just move from left to right and finally changes up the formula.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land proves that all those years of wishing for a 3D Kirby game wasn’t just hot air - although this isn’t a reinvention of the series, smart additions to the formula like blueprint upgrades and mouthful mode make this the best Kirby has been in years.

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Although the Forgotten Land starts in much the same way as other games in the series with Kirby finding himself in a new land with a suspiciously cute sidekick at his side, the big hook here is that the world resembles a post-apocalyptic Earth, similar to something out of Nier: Automata.

Don’t go in expecting a deep narrative to go along with that concept, but it keeps things interesting and lets the levels take place in areas like abandoned offices, arcades, and shopping centres. It still follows Nintendo’s tried and true formula of grass world, island world, desert world, but similarly to Super Mario 3D World and its occasional carnival level, it mixes things up just enough to keep it interesting.

Kirby’s first proper foray into 3D works remarkably well considering the character has only ever dipped his toe into the concept with Kirby Air Ride and Blowout Blast. The result is a near-flawless transition that feels exactly how you'd expect Kirby in 3D to feel. Series staples like floating are retooled to work in the new environments,