Kirby And The Forgotten Land Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · April 5, 2022

For our Kirby And The Forgotten Land Review, we explore a mysterious new world, discover cool new Copy Abilities, and do battle with a bevy of beasts new and old in Kirby Land.

Kirby And The Forgotten Land Review Pros:

Beautiful graphics.
5.7GB download size.
Amiibo support. Random rewards and you can do 5 after every stage clear.
Action-platformer gameplay.
Collectible little statues are akin to the statues in the Super Smash Bros game.
Local co-op with drop-in and drop-out.
Two difficulties – wild and spring breeze.
Earn more stars in wild difficulty.
More health and easier enemies in spring breeze difficulty.
Can change the difficulty during play.
Overall game progress percentage.
Opening tutorial section.
Suck up enemies and take their ability like get a sword, throw ice or use a flamethrower.
Can replay levels.
Stars are like coins and they drop from enemies, can be found in levels, and are earned.
Gotcha machine to spend stars on random statue Collectibles.
Giant Overworld where you can freely fly around and select levels and maybe even find secret rewards.
Two-level types – main story stages and treasure stages are self-contained almost puzzle-like environments to get rare star pieces.
Star pieces and scrolls can be used to upgrade abilities when you collect them.
Every area of the map has a handful of stages along with a final boss fight.
Waddle Dees are little creatures you rescue not for just game completion but also to build up your Waddle Dee Town.
Waddle Dee Town is a hub where you can interact with characters, build shops to buy abilities, and upgrades, buy Collectibles, rewatch cutscenes and even get hints on rewards.
Health bar system in play, eat fruit to replenish.
Particular objects in the world can be sucked up and you become one, things like being a car or being a boat sailing, lockers, and more.
Can skip the cutscenes.
Each stage has a handful of optional objectives to earn more Waddle Dees and rewards. Sometimes the objective is unknown until triggered or at the end of the stage clear.
The stages have a lot of wiggle room allowing secret areas and routes to be found.
Simple combat.
Auto swallow on/off.
Two control layouts.
Destructible parts in the environment.
Gorgeous bright locations.
Easy to learn controls.
Full 3D.
Fast loading times.

Kirby And The Forgotten Land Review Cons:

No touchscreen support.
Basic tutorial.
The gotcha machine is a pain to use as it won’t load you pump a load of coins in and instead, has you doing it one at a time.
No camera control.
The camera can sometimes cause issues with aiming.
The stages do start to feel a bit samey, especially in their general layout.
Every time you inhale an ability you have to watch the short animation, this is crap when in boss fights.
Dropping abilities is not as quick as it needs to be.
Platforming is not its strongest point.