Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Join Kirby in an unforgettable journey through a mysterious world in a delightful 3D platforming adventure. Take control of the powerful pink puffball, Kirby, and move around freely in 3D stages as you…
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 25 March 2022 on Nintendo Switch. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Kirby and the Forgotten Land is
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2022. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kirby awakens, washed ashore in a strange and mysterious world, one where nature and civilization have become one. As he adventures through this forgotten land he finds and saves Waddle Dees, who rebuild their recently destroyed home town. While searching for more Waddle Dees Kirby finds the reason for the opening rift and fights to try to save the two planets colliding!
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Kirby series
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the 86th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. It arrived a year after Nintendo Hearts Fun Trivia Quiz. The next entry was Kirby's Dream Buffet in 2022. Its critic score of 88 is 10 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Kirby and the Forgotten Land holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 107 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs.
What it launched against
Kirby and the Forgotten Land launched on 25 March 2022, within three weeks of Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga and Gran Turismo 7. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Tunic, Ghostwire: Tokyo, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Gran Turismo 7.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kirby and the Forgotten Land yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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