The Dawn of a Spectacular New 3D Era of Kirby: Kirby and the Forgotten Land

[@heydude4193]

My main complaint was I had no idea a dodge button EXISTED. They really should have done a tutorial somewhere…

[@derecktaylor6310]

I can never hear the phrase “And here we are” the same ever again after this game

[@inorexablechaos1139]

Hearing the "And here we are!" at 0:37 made me feel a jolt of genuine terror.

[@shadowdahuman]

Same.

[@frizz5200]

me too i don't know if that was purposeful or not 😭😭

[@TheRpgMonger]

:)

[@TheKrisMaster4]

Yeah he knew EXACTLY what he was doing with that!

[@ravenebony2267]

Yeah. They really knew how to ramp up the intensity

[@lory3771]

My rankings (with explanations, of course) Base abilities: 12: Crash. Never used the base form, I don’t like the vulnerability if you don’t one shot the enemy. 11: Needle. It looks too naked, and I guess I haven’t recovered from its uselessness in other games. 10: Sleep. I mean, it does heal, but so does food. 9: Ice. Very underwhelming, takes too long to deal damage, and I didn’t discover it could glide over lava and mud until I upgraded it. 8: Bomb. The hat looks so awkward, and it’s a little lacking for damage. 7: Tornado. Does little damage and is kinda hard to control. 6: Cutter. Vastly improved over other games, but mostly here because I like the other ones more. 5: Sword. Classic, but it gets so much better. It’s kinda basic right now, so I usually opted for other abilities. 4: Drill. Once I learned about the circle thing, I was abusing undergroundness for bosses like nobody’s business. 3: Fire. I wish it had an aerial attack, but it’s just fun. 2: Ranger. Gun is funni, but it’s not quite as satisfying to use as its evolutions. 1: Hammer. whack. What can I say 2nd tier: 12: Pencil Drill. It feels so weak! Have you ever tried to stab something with a pencil? 11: Toy Hammer. It’s supposed to be powerful, and it just doesn’t feel like it. 10: Frosty Ice. Yeah, it’s cute, but it’s just disappointing. Those Frosty snowmen just clutter up the screen. 9: Volcano Fire. It’s just mid. I never used it when I could avoid it. 8: Gigant Sword. Slow, can’t roll, just not my thing. 7: Fleur Tornado. Felt weak, and still hard to control. Looks good, though. 6: Clutter Needle. Honestly, I’m surprised how high up this is. I didn’t use it much, but it was inoffensive when I did. 5: Chakram Cutter. Wonderful chaos, and it’ll only go up from here. 4: Chain Bomb. DAMAGE. So much better than regular bomb. 3: Noble Ranger. Guns got good and me like. Was my go to before I had tier 3. 2: Deep Sleep. he. has. a. bed. It’s adorable. Also, he doesn’t immediately fall asleep, heals to full, and gets buffs. Nice! 1: Time Crash. Definitely the most satisfying one to use, and he’s wearing a top hat. I love steampunk top hats. This is catering to me. Tier 3 (and 4) 12: Wild Hammer. Slow, and didn’t do enough damage to make up for it. 11: Homing Bomb. Great for staying far away and focusing on dodging, but makes boss fights long and tedious. Also, the moving bombs make the chain break so easily. 10: Crystal Needle. Definitely the best Needle, but I didn’t use it too much because there were just better abilities. 9: Meta Knight Sword. I KNOW, I know. It’s down here because the fact that it has crescent beams when at full heart makes me place an unreasonable emphasis on staying at full health, and I’m just sad when I can’t camp with it. 8: Space Ranger. Great ability, but the aiming is slow. Mostly just here because I like all the other stuff. 7: Storm Tornado. Felt powerful, and by this point in the game I’d learned to control it. Great ability. 6: Buzz Saw Cutter. Definitely felt powerful. The screen pause when it ricochets is amazing. I just didn’t use it much. 5: Dragon Fire. First tier 3, so it has a special place in my heart. I love burning enemies alive and then it still doing damage after you have to stop actively breathing fire on them. And the flying? Amazing. 4: Twin Drill. Used it for so many bosses. It felt powerful, and the only real downside is there are places in the game where it’s practically useless because of metal. 3: Dedede Hammer. It’s DUAL WIELDING HAMMERS. There is nothing cooler than that, full stop. Definitely felt the most powerful of any ability, and does actually disgusting damage. What did I expect from a tier 4 though? It’s so much better than Wild Hammer, and the fire tornados are a great touch. 2: Blizzard Ice. You might be surprised to see this so high up on the list. The reason it’s here is because it’s what I used to beat Morpho Knight. I was holding R like nobody’s business. I understand why other people don’t like it, but I am a huge fan of being a fricking tank and just *existing* during a huge, powerful attack, and then being right close by to get in a freeze. Felt great, loved the block so much that I didn’t even notice it couldn’t dodge roll until after I’d 100%ed the game. 1: Morpho Knight Sword. What else could be here? It’s the perfect ability. Crescent beams at full health? Check. Two completely unique attacks with inputs exclusive to this ability? Check (that Fecto Forgo ghost attack is great for camping, btw). Perfect mixture of regular Sword and Gigant Sword? Check. Unreasonable damage output? Check. Fricking teleportation? Check. LIFESTEAL? WHY NOT? This ability is absurd and overpowered and I love it. And somehow I still managed to lose to Chaos Elfilis twice. It even looks great (Morpho Knight has the best design of any of the Knights (Meta, Dark Meta, Galacta, etc.), I’ll fight you). And to top it all off, I didn’t play Star Allies, so I’m not traumatized from Morpho Knight’s first appearance-I have the benefit of only hearing his FL theme, which is a fricking banger. Great fight, great ability, great game, and I’m done. Edit: I lied. The place I learned mixing was in this game was The Beast Pack’s Final Stand. I inhaled a tornado guy and a needle hedgehog (don’t know their names, ik, I’m ashamed) and got…Time Crash. Amazing.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

I love how canonically the Forgotten Land is abandoned because its residents just. Left.

[@Cabalex]

Perhaps they just had Forgotten about their Land?

[@mastermarkus5307]

Reminds me of Rain World.

[@hasoc2023]

51:05 Another thing about the Morpho Sword is that it has more attacks that are kinda hidden because no other hability has something similar. While you are blocking, holding the attack button on the ground will spawn two Fecto ilusions that orbit arround Kirby and home in on enemies. Doing the same in the air results in the shockwave attack that flips your screen.

[@dashyburd]

I really hope that the next time they make a 3D Kirby game they make all the abilities as complex as Morpho Knight Sword, or at least close.

[@leedlelel2373]

Also while people like to hate on fleur tornado, it has a secret move that none of the other tornado evolutions have or any other ability in general, you can spin with the joystick and kirby will go into a state where you can move around while spinning and can walk through lava and poison freely Edit: nvm ive been lied to, it does nothing but make you move around while spinning with a shiny effect, thats literally it from what ive tried

[@waluigiwah5724]

Yeah, that's why the pause screen info should've stayed, they could've put that in there.

[@danielarputharaj9918]

@@leedlelel2373 that's why I love this game so much, this game has no many secrets that you could go the entire game and not pick up, so there's always something to discover

[@sinteleon]

@@leedlelel2373 Though it techncially also does a very small hit around you when you end it. Still basically useless, but it's still something. :P Also for some reason people never talk about needle having 3 different moves, rather than the two most associate with (attack, moving attack, and jumping while holding attack. The jump actually does a multi-hit spin which makes it functionally different, even if it's still mostly useless compared to just spamming attack button). And ice also has a quirk where exiting from guard also does a small hit. And is actually relevant since ice is now being incorporated into speedruns because that extra hit makes guard->attack spam freeze bosses very fast.

[@Multigameguy35]

51:50 This retry system was very much needed. The flaw of the True Arena type modes was especially apparent to me in Star Allies as your made to fight bosses you haven't seen before and you only have one chance per try to learn their moveset before being sent 10/15/20 mins back to the start of the mode. I appreciate this retry system very much. And for those with pride who don't wanna use it, the choice is all up to you, so everyone wins

[@susiehaltmann3342]

I just realized this is technically the first Kirby game where Waddle Dees aren’t enemies in-game

[@chrisdiegobaines1250]

Waddle dees really were never enemies. they were just innocent casualties

[@susiehaltmann3342]

@@chrisdiegobaines1250 well yeah but this is the first game i think where they can be spared

[@chrisdiegobaines1250]

@@susiehaltmann3342 but they could always be spared

[@susiehaltmann3342]

@@chrisdiegobaines1250 i mean like as gameplay “enemies” when in games it makes no sense like in Triple Deluxe especially.

[@chrisdiegobaines1250]

@@susiehaltmann3342 Its been two months....Thank you for making me chuckle reminding me of this,

[@rhettspaget6142]

25:54 when I entered that room and saw all the sleep abilities on the collapsing bridge it put a big dumb smile on my face and I will never forget that

[@lyru]

16:21 " or if you've achieved maximum kirby brainrot " bestie why'd you call me out like that 🤧

[@JanusHoW]

I just thought about this now - Forgotten Land's setting is the inverse of Planet Robobot's! It consists of nature overtaking civilization, rather than civilization overtaking nature. You see almost every structure being overgrown with lush greenery (except for the desert and volcano areas, obviously) and even flowers are blooming in many places. In fact, it's almost a constant struggle for us to maintain our gray, stolid cities, as nature is constantly working to wear it down in one fashion or another. It reminds me that if all humans were to disappear from the world right now, the forces of nature would obliterate all traces of our existence and find equilibrium again in about ten thousand years, which is the evolutionary and geological blink of an eye. It would not be the equilibrium it had before, but it would be a balance. And I honestly find that rather comforting.

[@ytk2508]

11:27 kirby forces

[@pizzaggio]

43:39 yo that was sick af

[@DjPrimeVideos]

I don't know which finisher is better Giga Drill Breaker Or MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE

[@nobleskysisters9244]

38:57 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! THE DEMON BUTTERFLY!😱

[@belo77o]

45:54 "Kirby and Elfelin utilize the power of TRUCK to obliterate the space twink. " LINE OF THE DECADE, THANK YOU

[@djangostar3736]

53:50 don't worry, you're DEFINITELY not alone

[@ryanheemann3819]

Kirby with Bayonetta’s legs at 5:22 is perfect, thank you.

[@auggie4269]

Just watched a video of someone losing their mind at your Kirby Lore video, perfect time for this to pop up in my feed!

[@vgamer4993]

Ayo, same. Amazing timing, huh?

[@gamesandluigifan7152]

What was the video if you don't mind me asking?

[@auggie4269]

@@gamesandluigifan7152 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXexiquhjZeIb7s this video by NicoB

[@dallama2616]

was it nicoB?

[@ClubbingSealCub]

Tip for the boat: The controls don't change at all. If you press up, the boat will go up - not forward. Left and right don't swerve, they make the boat go left and right.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Oh good! I was worried there was going to be axis swapping irritation like with Mario.

[@gavinli1368]

I’ve seen a lot of people struggling with that one cause it’s what they might expect. Would’ve been interesting if they threw in a switch controls option like they did for the glider mouth to invert the y axis

[@icarue993]

My first insctinct was to guess they changed. It took me like 2-3 boats to get it

[@ClubbingSealCub]

@@icarue993 I played it on release - I don't think they change it

[@icarue993]

@@ClubbingSealCub as in what the up do changed, like what Monger thinks. It took me 2-3 tries to understand how it actually works. Not saying the devs changed it.

[@dalphin4820]

0:39 “and here we are!” Me: *heavy breathing*

[@StafyFan]

9:13: Kirby's return to Dreamland Deluxe: Am I a joke to you?

[@Multigameguy35]

39:20 Ganon in Ocarina of Time, anyone? Not only had D3 taken a more porky appearance, but he starts the fight dual-wielding hammers. Wouldn't be the first time Kiby's takne inspo from Link

[@varenemerald]

I played this entirely on hard mode and it’s still extremely easy.

[@SGrailadventure2004]

This game is the first in the series to have 'Forgotten' exist as the Kirby title for the lands

[@Gerik75]

It's funny because for me, when I see this butterfly, I says "Yes! Drop the saxo! Let's rock!"

[@FrostyTheNightmare]

38:59 Oh god the butterfly is back...

[@gunsandroses896]

Blizzard Ice is actually really good. It packs a surprising amount of punch.

[@Multigameguy35]

24:00 Love that you included the Drum Dash hints cuz that's exactly what I thought of here

[@kellenbrewer2798]

36:45 nice to see someone take notice of that song

[@lukebytes5366]

i want to give special props to morpho knights theme in this game, for not only being a great remix on the original theme but for having a seamless transition from that to the main theme. Every pseudo final boss theme generally has an "oh shit" feeling. That's certainly an accurate reaction to have, but this one in particular, despite the fact it's not the true final boss nor is it the most complex theme in the game, makes it feel like you ARE fighting a final boss. i hope future themes of alike bosses are like this.

[@TheDuckyDino]

29:08 the real shocking part was that you placed it so high tbh

[@aboredprophet8128]

"can't wait until the next kirby game is set in an active warzone" ok but hear me out- 2 Interplanetary forces with some obscure rivalry clash, Pop Star becomes their battleground, kirby and co trying to break it up and keep their land in tact. Could involve fun double fights with bosses, fighting enemies from both sides at once, return the arena similar to Forgotten Land's, and drop a Meta Knight+Dedede tag team fight to fit the rest of the games bosses as a side-boss to test Kirby's skill to stop the ongoing war.

[@mintymakes2396]

fun fact: The final boss theme is actually called "Two Planets approach the Roche limit"

[@JiggsMain]

0:39 you knew what you were doing

[@Pownchao]

53:55 You're not alone. I felt really stupid when I missed that cue as well.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

40:33 Wait *_WHAT?!!_* He voiced *_THESE_** GUYS?!!*

[@TearofOblivion]

I think it is funny that it turned out to not be a post apocalyptic game but and abandoned world.

[@poyothepoyo9944]

this was too fucking smooth at 45:24 omg

[@aidanwalker8142]

“Kirby utilizes the power of truck to obliterate the space twink.” Greatest quote in the video

[@gerryjr6490]

😁 It's so great to see Fecto Elfilis gets run over by Truckby

[@RoseAltro]

And the fact it's said so straight faced kills me as well.

[@Nate2010]

"However the one thing I never accounted for was truck" is also a good quote

[@catchara1496]

@@Nate2010 Just like, how do you account for that though

[@Nate2010]

@@catchara1496 there's this quote that I always remember. Let's me always account for truck "Youve been hit by, you've been struck by, t r u c k"

[@3MB3Rx134]

Ah yes, the power of ✨truck ✨🚚

[@skel3tron]

The soundtrack is definitely what really sold this game for me. I wasnt expecting much when I entered a level just called "Northeast Frost Street", but oh man when the full orchestra came in half way through the song, I genuinely had to stop and listen through the whole thing before I contiued through the level. I also love Pitch-Black Horror for some reason, it just kinda goes hard out of nowhere lol.

[@Monolich0]

45:56 E-Excuse me? Space twink, I mean you're not wrong but you didn't need to say it

[@Multigameguy35]

gotta praise the editing in this vid. reference visuals were easy to understand and the images thrown around were funny

[@cookiepuka9300]

The way that you said “ and here we are” is some pretty good foreshadowing

[@TheCain91]

The last Tornado it's really good even without the usual invulnerability. If you cancel the attack after suck some enemies or objects, they will fly like homing missiles to the nearby enemies. This applies to the stars for bosses. Also when you stop the spin, the attack finish with a AoE that not appear if you simple wait the end of the spin.

[@tovi3280]

Adding witch time made kirby officially the first brick at stonewall

[@theimmortalhipster]

“That part makes me feel things” DUDE THIS GAME MADE ME FEEL THINGS WDYM XD

[@GherkinGarboi]

8:25 oh don't worry! I already 100% completed it.

[@daedalus6796]

5:23 Kirby got some cake

[@lunatic0verlord10]

33:13 Wait. So you're telling me that the Grape Garden remix from Return to Dream Land was composed by the one who ORIGINALLY composed it in Adventure?!

[@LoneAlchemist]

this game makes me glad i been a kirby fan since 93

[@semaj35]

0:39 HOW COULD YOU

[@KirbyTG]

19:20 I know exactly what place you’re talking about, I’ve been there like 3 times. Much fun, and I got the same vibe too!

[@meikuanao7158]

The semi trunk Kirby theme is so fricking good I mean it’s theme is mixed with the invincibility theme

[@buttercupkat]

0:38 Not even a minute in and you've already thrown in a reference to the final boss? Impressive!

[@alexmachan3255]

Best detail I found when replaying the final fight with some friends. Bandana Waddle Dee rides on top of the truck and can throw spears in that last scene. Its hilarious.

[@hotcofi2969]

“Lived in Orlando my whole life” I’m sorry

[@uprising4c19]

"I'll take to the streets if Kirby doesn't win best soundtrack!" Sadly, it wasn't nominated for that, but it did win for best family game, so it got that.

[@leahleah3512]

“Kirby and Elfilin use the power of truck to obliterate the space twink”

[@HyperfixationWizard]

Meta Knight really took everything he learned in Brawl and went ham in this fight when the 3rd dimension was introduced huh?

[@extremeotakugamer]

It's still surprises me that Kirby is one of the most powerful characters of all time.

[@CinnaBox]

54:02 well luckily you aren't because I didn't know that either until a little bit later

[@namaween5469]

Fat Dedede = Perfect Fit Dedede = Infefior Truer words have never been spoken

[@pencilsharpenerwithgooglye7382]

The fact that his picture for ranger is just kerby with a gun

[@brokenwings2931]

a legend says that while making this game shigeru miyamoto heard Satoru Iwata in a dream, talking about how he wanted a JoJo's reference in one of the Kirby games. The legend refers to the dream's background music as "Il mare eterno nella mia anima".

[@Nate2010]

"Funky fetus who has been controlling him" "However the one thing I never accounted for was truck." "Can't wait for the next kirby game to take place in an active war zone!"

[@tinyetoile5503]

Kirby wearing his hat in mouthful mode was cute, but while using the Meta Sword, it made it look like he was wearing Meta Knight's disembodied face on his head...

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Whats awesome about Kirby is that literally every game in the franchise is great like seriously not a single bad game, even Star Allies can still be great at times

[@santajohnsduraorduraclause4678]

This is the first kirby 3D game. Kirby 64: Hey I tried

[@lunatic0verlord10]

17:03 You and me both.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

8:36 I've already got 100%.

[@SamwellWK]

Huh. Wasn't expecting to see one of my screenshots in this video. I'm the one who took the screenshot of Leongar shown at 40:31.

[@shinyeeveelution789]

Elfilin's a good boy. ( :

[@a26lolhart]

I like the triple deluxe/robobot dedede design best. New one is weird to me

[@AuraChanneler]

One thing I noticed is that the transition between 2D and 3D as a player is actually really easy, even going back to the 2D games isn’t hard. It also made me much better at the shooter part of Void Termina, which is neat.

[@icarue993]

one thing that makes it easier, I feel, was the lack of camera controls. Generally, you have to worry about so, but not HAL. Its is still a 3d games, but thanks to giving up camera control to the devs, we get really really chaotic fights, where the camera shifts crazyly, but not enough to make you dizzy.

[@dek4714]

If you get hit by morpho knights screen moving attack, turn your switch on its side. This make it look upright

[@disko567]

54:03 you arent! had to retry the cup twice because of that.. learned how to dodge it through my friends months later lmao

[@nipodil]

i only learned that the bonus time scores in the treasure roads were NOT needed for 100%... after doing them all. it was painful.

[@Funkiotologist]

I found you from your comment on the final boss ost 😂 will def be staying 🤙

[@kirbikomeiji]

Video game reviewers when they start the Forgotten Land video: "And here we are!"

[@olympusgolemoflight7198]

45:18 I believe you mean Optimus Prime Kirby. 53:56 I did the same thing.

[@KingOfMumbles485...]

All I can think of is the theme song to Perfect Strangers played during the climax of the game.

[@avej99]

Whoever decided to make the invincibility music a rock remix deserves a huge raise

[@dresseuse_de_johto]

Everyone at HAL Laboratory deserves a huge raise for making this game. And this guy who decided to make that remix deserves another huge raise.

[@StarBeam500]

Honestly it's so much better that I've forgotten what the normal one sounds like.

[@catchara1496]

@@StarBeam500 same thing but like, sine wave notes I think

[@StarBeam500]

The 2 best parts are that the text works and that the each deedly dees will stop playing if their instrument isn't on, and how the speed changes mid song. True dedication.

[@RoseAltro]

"However the one thing I never accounted for was truck." God this one line being spoken with a straight sounding tone cracks me up.

[@tysondennis1016]

"Having watched a certain show" JOJO?

[@Nova-_-]

This game having only 12 copy abilities (10 + Crash and Sleep) was a good move IMO. I think it'll be reasonable to expect more in the next one, but 12 is a ton for polishing abilities for your first 3D game EDIT: oh you went into it in more detail than I was expecting EDIT 2: oh yeah the variety of items they used for some mouthful mode forms (most notably the clock for ring mouth) was also awesome You really can tell how much fun the devs were able to have making this game. It shows.

[@jordanbluett1308]

I picked up that "and here we are!" In the begining lol

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Can we just appreciate how HAL managed to make a huge risk and make a mainline 3D game. Like after 30 years and with only one game in 2.5D. It was about time to leap into 3D. But how would they nail it though? Simple, its Kirby. Kirby is perfect man

[@stovetoast]

45:53 THE WHAT NOW?????

[@Murr248]

Can we talk about how while they knew 3D would sell more (The First Trailer and the one for Mouthful Mode got more views than Bayonetta 3’s and Xenoblade 3’s trailers respectively) they didn’t just stop there? They could’ve just yelled “3D Kirby. That’s the gimmick” and called it a day. Yet they did pretty much everything in their power to make this game feel grand. The whole setting of the game is an abandon civilization. They fully followed into that, because The Level design feels natural rather than there being magic floating platforms for challenge. These feel like real places people could inhabit rather than obstacle courses specifically designed for the player. And the level designs are actually quite unique. Like Originull Wasteland being a dried up ocean, complete with Beach resorts and windmills, while the actual Beach world: Everbay Coast is a Power Plant/Hotel that got flooded. All of the characters in this game are so expressive. The neat touch of Waddle Dees waving back to the player if you waved to them was a neat touch but the Beast Pack really shines in terms of detail just due to how accurate most of them are to their real life counterparts. The music is some of the best the series has had so far. Almost all of the level themes are amazing to listen to and perfectly fit the mood. Dedede’s theme gets the most praise, but in my opinion, the first two themes in World One, that appear constantly throughout the soundtrack deserve just as much. Welcome to the New World pretty much puts Jump Up, Superstar to shame. They also knew they couldn’t fit in as many abilities in as previous games, so not only did we get mouthful mode, but Upgrading Abilities is so much fun. The Challenge Roads also d a great job at testing your skills If this kind of passion is included in future 3D games, Kirby is going to have a very bright future. Happy 30th Anniversary

[@oobtty]

I honestly love the music. “Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-Our-Our” is probably the first Nintendo soundtrack to actually give me chills.

[@brotbrotsen1100]

I was very surprised how well they nailed their first 3D Kirby, it just feels complete and well thought out through and through. I can't imagine how you could have a better transition into 3D

[@NuiYabuko]

Kirby having more views than Bayo3 and XC3 should be obvious.

[@Mal-go5dl]

Idk, feel like you're overselling it a bit. The level designs were pretty basic for the most part and the combat isn't that deep even with the upgrades. This honestly just feels like a 2D Kirby but in 3D.

[@personita2.733]

"Kirby and elfilin utilize the power of truck to euthanize the space Twink" -therpgmonger 2022

[@merge9585]

This is a giant ad, and it's working

[@Hugonche29]

And here we are!

[@Multigameguy35]

40:40 *ahem* Pyroar used Hyper Beam!

[@susiehaltmann3342]

Despite the huge jump risking putting put favorite POYO into a 3D game, HAL still made this game one of if not the best in the franchise

[@SynHaptX]

i almost went through the entire game without dodging

[@starlumpy]

I didn’t even realize you could dodge until my boyfriend was playing and he did it… I was already on world 5

[@gerryjr6490]

@@starlumpy 😯 Your man is in world five in Kirby and the Forgotten Land?! Good for him 👍

[@sydneysleeper9642]

AND HERE WE ARE

[@franciscotapia9682]

2;52 the day monger said bad words