Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a new take on the typical Kirby adventure. First off, have you ever thought, "Man Kirby would be super cool looking as a car, or a cone, no wait A VENDING MACHINE! YES THAT IS WHAT WE NEED!" Well, with Kirby and the Forgotten Land, that is EXACTLY what happens (among other things of course.) If you are wondering what in the actual world I am talking about or if I am legit high on something, then I suggest you YouTube this games trailers and find out. Because yes, that and more happens in this edition of Kirby. This game has sold nearly 6.5 million copies worldwide, making it the highest selling Kirby game ever, and won the Best Family Game award at the 2022 Game Awards. What do I like about this game? What do I think needs to be improved on future Kirby games? All that and more below.
Positives:
1. Different molds of Kirby: It's essentially what I said above, as Kirby takes form into a car, a cone, a flight of stairs, a vending machine and others as well. The fact that they were ambitious enough to go with this many forms of Kirby speaks to the work the development team did to make a great game. That in itself warrants a lot of praise but the main sticking point here is that all of these forms or molds of Kirby play a specific and important role in the levels you go through.
2. Graphics/Music: Let's be fair, this was always going to be two things that were great about this game. They manage very well on the Switch, which also lets be fair has been not the most powerful system in the history of the world. Kirby does get the most of everything though and while ambitious on the graphics, doesn't really have much in the way of flaws.
3. Level design: It's short, but there's a lot to them. This works. The worst is a game like Crash 4 where there is a lot to do but its a lot of the same monotony to it (Yes I will get to a Crash 4 review some day.) However with Kirby, there's a lot packed into a lot of these levels. The ones where there isn't much are pretty much just starter levels anyway before you dive deep into a place.
4. Action: There's a lot to the levels but the main thing that keeps them going is the action in every level. Most everything has something that you need to do to progress through the story, and it's important for that cause. I appreciated everything Kirby brought to this game.
Negatives:
1. Difficulty: I am aware that this is a major kids game for the most part. However I feel even as a kid this would be too easy. I liked the last boss but even then I thought a lot of this game was just far too easy to deal with which while made it a short game, one that I felt not much of a challenge. I suspect that is due to the kid factor and family factor to make a game fun for kids rather than a casual person.
Reaction/Rating:
To be honest those are the main positive and only major negative of this game. It's a terrific game overall and well deserving of the Best Family Game in 2022 and it has a terrific record of selling well and playing well as well. I think you can overlook the games easy difficulty and focus on how good it is overall in many other facets. It's outstanding graphics, level design and action play a big role here. However the ability to have Kirby put on many roles that are so important overall is a terrific thing for this game. Overall I would rate Kirby and the Forgotten Land a 8.8 out of 10.
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