New screenshots and art have been released for Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Kirby franchise general director Shinya Kumazaki explains how Kirby and the Forgotten Land was transformative for Kirby, just as Breath of the Wild was for Zelda - but how it never would have happened without Kirby's Blowout Blast.
Woah, woah, woah. It was a step-up for sure, something akin to a Super Mario 3D World moment for Kirby, but I don't think it did anything so transformative as to be compared to something like BotW.
In regards to the formula Zelda had been following for years, I think we can agree that BotW was quite transformative in comparison.
Kirby from his games was not at that level of transformation in Forgotten Land. It was very linear, bite sized levels akin to 3D World. It was a change, it was an improvement, it was a 2D to 3D Mario kind of jump. I used to say I was hoping K:FL would be his Mario Odyssey moment, but it became clear it was more in line with 3D World.
VGChartz's Christian Evans: "Considering the storied history of the platform game, and how many of the big gaming mascots - Mario, Sonic, and Crash of course spring to mind - are indelibly linked with the genre, there was quite a dearth of pure platformers as potential nominees for the title of best in 2022. Though many of the biggest releases last year that are categorized elsewhere incorporated platforming elements, as seen in the likes of Elden Ring and Bayonetta 3, to emphasise the importance of the mechanics to the industry, it was left to a few old-school mascots with a new lick of 3D paint (and a handful of indie efforts) to fly the flag in this category."
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This game looks amazing. Gives me Super Mario Odyssey vibes except in Kirby’s world. Mouthful mode is also pretty awesome.