For some reason, the title of the game says that "Kirby forgot to land".... I can't disagree more: I think Kirby landed flawlessly.
Kirby's first jump to full-on 3D was surprisingly incredible. The core formula of the series made a solid jump, which lead to a gameplay that feels familiar, but also different thanks to a nerf of the air mobility and the momentum of the dodges.
The Forgotten Land itself is a giant chage of pace from Dreamland, and it's able to add a lot to Kirby's world and overall "lore". Not to mention that Kirby's main side characters had some great time to shine here... even tho I kinda wish one more classic character was involved into the story (ADO WAS PERFECT FOR THIS SETTING WHY IS SHE NOT HERE)
I don't think it is my favorite in the series. I feel the smaller roster of the Copy Abilities can be heavily felt: I get that most of them were hard to translate in 3D, and the upgrade system is an okay addition to enrich the ones that made the cut. Though it is weird for me to have a modern kirby game without Beam, Ninja or Fighting.
Another nitpick is that I kinda wish it had more "open levels": most of them follow a formula similar to stuff like Super Mario 3D World, which is fine... but I kinda wish more level led to open areas (similar to the first level of the Desert world, where you are able to explore a larger landscape and do different tasks as you want).
Regardless of these personal nitpicks, Kirby and the Forgotten Lenad is amazing. Definitely one of the best Switch platformers, that i feel can go toe to toe with super mario Odyssey. If you are not into Kirby, you will be after trying this!
Kirby's first jump to full-on 3D was surprisingly incredible. The core formula of the series made a solid jump, which lead to a gameplay that feels familiar, but also different thanks to a nerf of the air mobility and the momentum of the dodges.
The Forgotten Land itself is a giant chage of pace from Dreamland, and it's able to add a lot to Kirby's world and overall "lore". Not to mention that Kirby's main side characters had some great time to shine here... even tho I kinda wish one more classic character was involved into the story (ADO WAS PERFECT FOR THIS SETTING WHY IS SHE NOT HERE)
I don't think it is my favorite in the series. I feel the smaller roster of the Copy Abilities can be heavily felt: I get that most of them were hard to translate in 3D, and the upgrade system is an okay addition to enrich the ones that made the cut. Though it is weird for me to have a modern kirby game without Beam, Ninja or Fighting.
Another nitpick is that I kinda wish it had more "open levels": most of them follow a formula similar to stuff like Super Mario 3D World, which is fine... but I kinda wish more level led to open areas (similar to the first level of the Desert world, where you are able to explore a larger landscape and do different tasks as you want).
Regardless of these personal nitpicks, Kirby and the Forgotten Lenad is amazing. Definitely one of the best Switch platformers, that i feel can go toe to toe with super mario Odyssey. If you are not into Kirby, you will be after trying this!