Kirby: Now in 3D!
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a main-series Kirby game for the Nintendo Switch, which released on March 25th, 2022. In this installment, Kirby is sent through a dimensional vortex to a new world full of the crumbling ruins of a long-lost civilization, where he has to free Waddle Dees who have been trapped by a new villainous force called the Beast Pack. Accompanied by a flying chinchilla-like creature named Elfilin, Kirby uses his familiar Copy Ability along with evolved enhancements to said abilities and a new power to wrap himself around large objects to gain their properties.
Kirby and the Forgotten Landis the first main-series title to take place in a full 3D environment rather than a side-scrolling 2D space, though still maintaining the largely-linear level and stage format. The game was announced in a Nintendo Direct on September 23rd, 2021, with its proper release date being given in a separate video on January 12th, 2022. A playable demo for the game was released on March 3rd, 2022. Since its release, Kirby and the Forgotten Land has enjoyed the strongest sales of any game in the Kirby series; with 7.52 million copies sold as of March 2024, it is the best-selling Kirby game of all time, surpassing the original Kirby's Dream Land's 5.13 million copies sold. On top of this, Kirby and the Forgotten Land won the award for "best family" game of the year at The Game Awards 2022.