Kirby & The Forgotten Land Devs Didn't Want It To Become a Horror Game
The developers of Kirby and the Forgotten Land have divulged details on how they created a post-apocalyptic game without it becoming a horror title. The Kirby series is known for its family-friendly gameplay with characters and worlds suitable for all ages, but Kirby and the Forgotten Land is darker in tone, even receiving a «Fear» warning from the PEGI ratings board.
Nintendo's plucky pink mascot Kirby has been enjoying his own mainline adventures since the early 1990s, but Kirby and the Forgotten Land marks his first foray into a full 3D platformer. While the title has been shown to be a bright, colorful, and family-suitable adventure in its charming trailers and free Nintendo Switch gameplay demo, the world itself is an interesting one. When the game was first revealed, its world design was compared to gritter and more horror-akin experiences like Naughty Dog's The Last of Us, with Kirby and the Forgotten Land's post-apocalyptic world being an empty land overrun by nature.
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In a new Nintendo interview, Kirby and the Forgotten Land developers Shinya Kumazaki and Tatsuya Kamiyama explored how they created a post-apocalyptic setting without the game branching into horror. According to the developers, the team at HAL Laboratory were careful in making the world, and regularly spoke with the designers to make sure the game's "new world didn't seem too scary." Kumazaki stated that Kirby and the Forgotten Land focuses on ruins that "show the prosperity and joy of what once was," rather than decaying ruins. Kamiyama explained:
"Abandoned ruins can make you feel like you're playing a horror game, so we had to be careful. In order to blend this setting with
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