
Kirby and the Forgotten Land "revolutionized" the Kirby series, much like Breath of the Wild did for The Legend of Zelda series.
In an interview with IGN, Shinya Kumazaki and Tatsuya Kamiyama of developer HAL Laboratory were asked whether they believed Kirby and the Forgotten Land played a similar role to Breath of the Wild in terms of it reshaping its respective long-running series.