Kirby and the Forgotten Land

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 722 Ratings

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  1. Mat1009
    Mar 27, 2022
    10
    The game ia super Fun. Kirby is Nature on 3D. The Level design is perfect and The New mechanics super welcome.
  2. TSNintendogamer
    Apr 2, 2022
    10
    I just beat the game. It was great! I love how the game is in 3d. I truly believe that the developers put their heart ands soul into it. I mean yeah it may not be mario 64 3dish but honestly it didn't need to be. It was still a somewhat open game. with the levels giving you plenty of room to explore. I also like how most of the similar things they did do was based off whatI just beat the game. It was great! I love how the game is in 3d. I truly believe that the developers put their heart ands soul into it. I mean yeah it may not be mario 64 3dish but honestly it didn't need to be. It was still a somewhat open game. with the levels giving you plenty of room to explore. I also like how most of the similar things they did do was based off what planet robobot did rather than what star allies did. The bosses are fun too. However the final boss was something I didn't expect at all. Lastly I love how alive the woddle dee town is and the music is somewhat memorable.… Expand
  3. ElSmasher
    Apr 2, 2022
    8
    The Kirby saga passes a new course and is interested in depth. And it must be said! It's quite successful. Forgetten Land does not reinvent the genre but encompasses all of Nintendo's ideas so far, which makes him a level design genius. Despite an outdated technique on a lot of moments due to the 3 dimension, a difficulty that comes down to 100% and powers that are too optional in one go,The Kirby saga passes a new course and is interested in depth. And it must be said! It's quite successful. Forgetten Land does not reinvent the genre but encompasses all of Nintendo's ideas so far, which makes him a level design genius. Despite an outdated technique on a lot of moments due to the 3 dimension, a difficulty that comes down to 100% and powers that are too optional in one go, this switch opus has something to charm with an honorable lifespan compared to other episodes ; an artistic direction and an OST at the top!… Expand
  4. LordEcke
    Apr 2, 2022
    9
    The new 3D world is so creative and full of activities. This game was made with love.
  5. Jt0429
    Apr 2, 2022
    9
    Good-
    Looks incredibly stunning. Great soundtrack. The level design is amazing with a lot of secrets and collectibles. Their is a ridiculous amount of content in this game it is insane. The controls and movement are easy to master. New features like mouthful mode and Waddle Dee Village add variety and depth to the game. The production values are great. Just an overall fun and relaxing    Good-
    Looks incredibly stunning. Great soundtrack. The level design is amazing with a lot of secrets and collectibles. Their is a ridiculous amount of content in this game it is insane. The controls and movement are easy to master. New features like mouthful mode and Waddle Dee Village add variety and depth to the game. The production values are great. Just an overall fun and relaxing game to play

    Bad-
    Co-op is local only which is a real shame. The game is fairly short if you only stick to the main path

    Thoughts-
    When playing through Kirby and the Forgotten Land, there was one word that came to my mind repeatedly, over and over again – “delightful”. It might sound like a bit of a cliched refrain, but it really fits. Everything the game does just made me smile. Yes, there are a few minor unnecessary errors, but I honestly stopped trying to keep track of those, and went along for the ride. And what a delightful, joyous, smile inducing ride it has been. If happiness was distilled into a video game, it would be Kirby and the Forgotten Land.    … Expand
  6. Batty99
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    The game does absolutely everything right. The level design is great, the music is great, the story is great like just about everything is near perfect. I just wish that Mario also could do the same but a lot of his games suffers from basic game design and hopefully the next Kirby games will got me covered
  7. Skeptikalz
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    The pink puffball never misses. This has got to be one of the best switch games ever made. I had a total blast playing it for hours and hours. The gameplay is phenomenal and so is the story. I am very interested to see what the next installment has to offer!
  8. EightNineThree
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    What can I say other than that this game is an absolute masterpiece? You have to complete it to see it but man, I dropped playing Elden Ring for this and have not regretted a single second.

    I'm not even a fan of Kirby, (well I wasn't until now) not quite sure why the ratings are not alot higher. My only gripe would be the same problem Sekiro has, and that is it's replayability. Even so    What can I say other than that this game is an absolute masterpiece? You have to complete it to see it but man, I dropped playing Elden Ring for this and have not regretted a single second.

    I'm not even a fan of Kirby, (well I wasn't until now) not quite sure why the ratings are not alot higher.

    My only gripe would be the same problem Sekiro has, and that is it's replayability.

    Even so this game made me smile throughout and happy inside, something other games, with a few exceptions, fail to do, hence my full score despite the replayability.    … Expand
  9. Reniachii
    Apr 1, 2022
    3
    Very lacking, repetitive and the addition of dynamic music with really slow and unskippable scenes that you already watched 30 times already made me dislike this kirby a lot. Sure, you can argue past games has the same "unskippable cutscenes", but this one takes it to a whole nother level. For a casual playtrough main story only, that's okay but for someone that tries to go 100% it's veryVery lacking, repetitive and the addition of dynamic music with really slow and unskippable scenes that you already watched 30 times already made me dislike this kirby a lot. Sure, you can argue past games has the same "unskippable cutscenes", but this one takes it to a whole nother level. For a casual playtrough main story only, that's okay but for someone that tries to go 100% it's very annoying. The bosses are easier than ever, and overall the entire game feels like if I was in early game 24/7

    Nintendo was aware of this which is why they locked the true ending into re-visiting the entire 10 hours story all over again like same layout but a diferent palette + thougher enemies just to get the exact same ending as before with even more boring bossfights. Idk chief, I feel like I had enough already.    … Expand
  10. MilOor
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    O jogo está incrível! Essa foi a melhor transição do gênero 2D para o 3D que eu joguei desde Mario 64 e Ocarina of Time. Entretanto, caso alguém queira começar a jogar essa série, fique avisado que os jogos do Kirby são historicamente bem tranquilos, na verdade, o "desafio" maior fica para quem quer completar o jogo 100%. Contudo, não posso deixar de recomendar este jogo, as músicas estãoO jogo está incrível! Essa foi a melhor transição do gênero 2D para o 3D que eu joguei desde Mario 64 e Ocarina of Time. Entretanto, caso alguém queira começar a jogar essa série, fique avisado que os jogos do Kirby são historicamente bem tranquilos, na verdade, o "desafio" maior fica para quem quer completar o jogo 100%. Contudo, não posso deixar de recomendar este jogo, as músicas estão lindas, os gráficos são incríveis e o move ser do Kirby está muito variado e divertido. Este game foi uma grata surpresa e, com toda a certeza, vai movimentar bastante as listas de top 10 dos amantes da série.… Expand
  11. LuissDt
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    Kirby and the forgotten land is an amazing adventure that leaves us thinking that we played the best kirby game in history
  12. royalguy07
    Apr 1, 2022
    8
    Fun platformer as you would expect, it is exceedingly easy but the fun comes from exploring every nook and cranny of the areas for the unlockables, primarily for Waddle Dees to upgrade the hub city and find new blueprints for Kirby's transforms. My main enjoyment from this game comes from the soundtrack. I love the different variations on the same overarching theme song, I think the winterFun platformer as you would expect, it is exceedingly easy but the fun comes from exploring every nook and cranny of the areas for the unlockables, primarily for Waddle Dees to upgrade the hub city and find new blueprints for Kirby's transforms. My main enjoyment from this game comes from the soundtrack. I love the different variations on the same overarching theme song, I think the winter world was my favorite overall. Fun zones, decent gameplay, worthy play if maybe a little too pricey for the overall length the game takes. Beat it at around 8 hours total.… Expand
  13. YazidTerela
    Apr 1, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is a great game. It is so cute. It is so cool. It is cute when you are coming to say hi or kick someone in the village oh my god cuteeee!… Expand
  14. tunahan43
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    Çöp oyun..2010 yılında bile oynanmayacak oyunu 2022 yılında aaa etiketi altında çıkarıyorlar. fanboylarda bir güzel yiyor. far crya değişmiyor yaaa diyen tipler şu tip oyunları hep aynı şekilde çıkıp bir ses etmiyor.
  15. iMarco11
    Mar 31, 2022
    9
    Gioco stupendo! I miei bambini lo adorano. Molto facile e per niente stressante. Enigmi alla portata dei più piccoli! Un piccolo capolavoro per chi vuole un gioco divertente e colorato!
  16. KIRB
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
  17. notmethoytho
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    great. minigames, gameplay, just great. and its kirby, who dosent love kirby.
  18. yic191
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    Amazing game, the best of kirby, so funny and addictive. I recommend this game so hard to everyone.
  19. natgreystar
    Mar 31, 2022
    5
    Kirby is in it, it's mildly entertaining, but this just doesn't feel like a Kirby game. It feels like a Mario 3D Land game Kirby got shoed into with gimmicks to make you chuckle a couple times, rinse & repeat. Kirby is one of my top favorite game series and characters and everything that makes a Kirby game was missing here. Is it a 10? Ha no way. Why would you ever rate this 10? This couldKirby is in it, it's mildly entertaining, but this just doesn't feel like a Kirby game. It feels like a Mario 3D Land game Kirby got shoed into with gimmicks to make you chuckle a couple times, rinse & repeat. Kirby is one of my top favorite game series and characters and everything that makes a Kirby game was missing here. Is it a 10? Ha no way. Why would you ever rate this 10? This could have been released on the Wii it's so dated. In my book it's in the worst 5 games.

    It starts with the cut scenes, which lack any sound effects and just feel like they cheaply cut the budget. Was is a design decision? Probably, but it seems a very 3DS decision not a Switch decision. There was no practical reason to not have sound effects in the cut scenes and it just makes them feel broken or unfinished. The opening of the game has an anime like song and you lose track of what this game is supposed to be right away.

    This Kirby game the main focus is obviously two things, mouthful mode and the world. Which means the adventure, the music, and the characters all lack creativity. Take the easy going no challenge nature of every Kirby game you've played and turn it to max easy then make it so grandma will want to play the coop mode with you and you have your Kirby game.

    So let's talk about mouthful mode. It's cute, but boring. After the first time you encounter each of the modes you know exactly what to do and where to go for any secrets because it's always incredibly obvious. There's no interesting mechanics or unexpected creative things they did, it's just right in your face obvious. They repeat through a lot of levels and then bonus levels use them but after the cuteness of the first time they wear down and look like a gimmick. Other Kirby games up the weirdness or creativity of the powerups but this one just lays flat.

    Now onto the world. The graphics look sort of pretty but nothing ground breaking. Nothing Mario Odyssey level. In fact most levels have slowdown issues and framerate problems. The 3D of the world is more like an on rails 3D box like old school 3D games of long ago. It feels like if someone tried to remake Kirby Crystal Shards. It's like a 2.8D game and there's no openness or exploration. It feels very restricted and when you see things in the distance they don't run at full framerate.

    Still yet, the world gives you no plotline as you play. Why are you here? What is everything? Why is Kirby here? What's going on? Is this a different planet from other games? What is the point of the forgotten land? People talk about story, but there's no story it's just some cut scenes and text over the screen that barely explain anything. The story is disjointed and meaningless.

    The biggest failure of this game is the music. Kirby music is its own thing, a genre of itself. This was a desperate attempt to bring Kirby into the symphonic modern soundtrack like they did with Mario and it did not work. One main song plays over and over but with a slight difference depending on the world. It gets old fast. The music is boring and flat. It doesn't feel upbeat or wild like in every other Kirby game. I can name some of my favorite Kirby songs by their level and game but in this one the only good song was in some factory and it was like low key dubstep sort of. The only Kirby soundtrack I won't buy.

    It's fine if Kirby games are easy. Epic Yarn is one of my favorites and that was beyond easy but it was very Kirby and it was extra adorable. This one takes itself so serious and then stumbles out the door just to stare at a flower for a while. I beat this game in a few hours and while doing it finished most of the challenges leaving me with very little to do after one afternoon of play time. Wild mode is not wild at all. The only difficult thing is maybe one or two of the bosses but still, their patterns are very simple.

    I don't know what people love about this. It had a huge amount of potential and I was excited for an open world Kirby game which this wasn't at all. The controls are pretty unpolished and the game feels sluggish and has bad pacing. Bad forced perspective 3D makes it difficult to judge placement of characters and sometimes you can't even tell if you're in the air or on the ground. Each level is over so fast you wonder what you missed. That would be fine for a regular Kirby game but this doesn't beg exploration, it's a very linear progression with maybe a secret or two in a level.

    There's no Kirby canon, the dances are all the same thing, the power ups are the same we've seen, the upgrades are neat but nothing special, and I'm not going to rave about a game with dated concepts and tired ideas. At least they tried but there were better Kirby games on the DS & 3DS. Pick up an older Kirby game for half the price and have more fun.    … Expand
  20. uncharted4
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    story is little funny.. gameplay/combat is fun.. Kirby is so cool character. this game is damn solid ever i playing
  21. Wily
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    A beautiful mix of incredible music, creative design, gorgeous visuals and fun gameplay all wrapped up with a large amount of care
  22. Riven23
    Mar 31, 2022
    3
    Me a decepcionado mucho esperaba bastante mas de este juego................
  23. Ethan49
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    This was the best Kirby game that I ever played. And if your gonna buy it I highly recommend you to buy it 10/10
  24. Pilseneger
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    Me encantó. He crecido con Kirby. Por fin el 3D. Me gusta la música. Ese aire nuevo. Las nuevas habilidades. No esperes un reto tipo Souls. Disfruta de la aventura. A mi hija de 3 años le fascina. Sigan así Hal Nintendo
  25. YungZ_sHock
    Mar 27, 2022
    9
    This is my favorite Kirby game and I love it so much. I honestly think that no other Kirby game can compete with this one.
  26. Lumber_Jones
    Mar 30, 2022
    9
    Several of the Switch exclusive/Nintendo Staple games have been lacking since the Switches launch 5 years ago. Both Mario Parties, while decent, just don't capture the same kind of party game excitement as they did on systems liked the Game Cube or the Wii. Mario 3D world is incredible, but is just a port of a game from another system. And Bowsers Fury, also incredible, is very short livedSeveral of the Switch exclusive/Nintendo Staple games have been lacking since the Switches launch 5 years ago. Both Mario Parties, while decent, just don't capture the same kind of party game excitement as they did on systems liked the Game Cube or the Wii. Mario 3D world is incredible, but is just a port of a game from another system. And Bowsers Fury, also incredible, is very short lived and can be beaten in an hour and a half if you put your mind to it. Now we have Kirby. a game that genuinely thrills and excites the way that Nintendo games are supposed to. HAL Labs has done what Nintendo's first party devs seem unable to do, make a game that brings the player in without sacrificing what has always made the character successful.

    Kirby finds himself on a new planet and, in more ways then one, a new dimmension. The first for the series 3D adventure is visually stimulating and harkens back to Mario Odyssey levels of exploration in the search for the errant Waddle Dees and Gachapon balls. As the game progresses I get to feel as though I, as Kirby, am getting stronger thanks to the blueprints that you can easily find throughout the levels. The gameplay is smooth with some useful tricks hidden in dialogue for those who want to speedrun the game or just beat the time trial challenges along Treasure Road. No matter what you want to accomplish in Kirby and the Forgotten Land you are able to do it and you will most likely have fun the entire time. The only reason this game isn't a 10 for me is that I wish there were more post game content. the entire game can be beaten in a total of about 8 hours, and if you wanted to 100% the game you're only really looking at a total of 15 hours of gameplay, by conservative estimates. For $60 I would prefer there to be either more boss rush style stages in the arena, or even a new game plus mode where you can't get as many health items and the enemies are a bit tougher. Regardless maybe with some DLC or free updates this game will hit the 10 spot. but for now Kirby and the Forgotten Land will have a permanent spot on the list of games that are MUST PLAY for the Nintendo Switch.    … Expand
  27. V1ch0p08
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    What a great plataform game!! I just enjoyed every minute of this game with my little brother, it was such a good weekend
  28. Magic009
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    incredibly good, I thought it was boring at first, but you realize that it is one of the best games in the kirby series and one of the best platforms
  29. DroubGaming
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    This game, was a treat. Easily the best Kirby game we have gotten in a LONG time. Its the first ever attempt of HAL at making a FULL 3d Kirby, and it works fantastically.

    The graphics, are the best the switch has to offer, it looks gorgeous! The game itself is great too, i don't want to go into spoilers, but i whole heartly recommend checking out Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and i    This game, was a treat. Easily the best Kirby game we have gotten in a LONG time. Its the first ever attempt of HAL at making a FULL 3d Kirby, and it works fantastically.

    The graphics, are the best the switch has to offer, it looks gorgeous!
    The game itself is great too, i don't want to go into spoilers, but i whole heartly recommend checking out Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and i think its a must buy switch game.    … Expand
  30. Semaheiwa
    Mar 30, 2022
    10
    I had so much fun playing this game. First I love Kirby series and was so excited for the game to come out. When it did, it exceeds my expectation, it was extremely fun. The new system where the powers can be evolve makes it really fun.

    The only thing which I am disappointed is probably it is very obvious that Kirby gets much less funds to develop its game unlike Mario. I really hope    I had so much fun playing this game. First I love Kirby series and was so excited for the game to come out. When it did, it exceeds my expectation, it was extremely fun. The new system where the powers can be evolve makes it really fun.

    The only thing which I am disappointed is probably it is very obvious that Kirby gets much less funds to develop its game unlike Mario. I really hope Kirby can surpass Mario and make a game like Mario odyssey or breath of the wild. But I have to say even with limited budget (I assume), it is still bloody fun    … Expand
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#23 Best Switch Game of 2022
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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 135 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 127 out of 135
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 135
  3. Negative: 0 out of 135
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 29, 2024
    80
    The game obviously tries not to keep you needlessly long in a single level and is, as is traditional in the series, fairly accessible to players of all ages and abilities, so that it only asks for a challenge at specific moments. It's a shame that those great imaginative worlds and cool puzzles aren't used more. [Issue#319]
  2. KeenGamer
    Jan 17, 2023
    90
    Without a shadow of a doubt Kirby And The Forgotten Land is one of the best titles to have released in 2022. And one of the best on the Nintendo Switch. Offering bright, breezy, and downright fun gameplay all wrapped up with some brilliant and characterful levels and characters. However it may be too easy for the more hardcore gamer looking for a challenge.
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  3. GameMAG
    Dec 19, 2022
    90
    Kirby And The Forgotten Land is one of the most fun, polished and bright games this whole year, while also being a family-friendly title which is a big plus.
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