Kirby and The Forgotten Land (Patreon)

Ahhh here we go, that's more like it. 

Back in the saddle and with Kirby no less. Yes, it had to be done, Kirby and the Forgotten Land. I previously mentioned I'd been living/playing vicariously through a good friend and thoroughly enjoyed watching the game get played. (Elden ring was my big game purchase of the year haha!). 

Truly is wonderful the team who worked on the game got to bring Kirby into full on three, 3D, three dee dee dee, if you know what I mean. I believe this as a concept dated back to either the Gamecube era, or the N64 era and they had to switch to the 2.5D style the games used on more powerful systems. Which makes sense as it's the good ol' tried and true 2D Kirby platforming action with 3D models. 

But with this in  mind I did think that that sense of depth and the proverbial Z axis was something I should try and replicate and landing on a beat em up/belt scroller type deal was what I think worked best. But fret not, I did a mock up of what Forgotten Land would look like if in the style of Dreamland 1 or 2! (Which I jokingly regret doing because of how much I prefer it haha...;D)

Also imagine a world where Forgotten Land was created to test out the tilt sensor for Kirbys tilt n tumble. Or is it a more accurate thought to think in that world they had left over sensors from tilt n tumble and decided to throw it into this fictional Forgotten land game...food for thought! :D.