Describing the state of the world as “dystopian” has become commonplace in the last half-decade or so (for good reason!). One place I never expected to apply it: a new Kirby game. And yet here we are.
Nearly all of Kirby and the Forgotten Land for the Nintendo Switch takes place in New World, a land that has been, well, forgotten. It is post-apocalyptic in an abstract sense; some force has torn its structures asunder, its inhabitants nowhere to be found. To make matters significantly worse, all of the Waddle Dees have been captured by a company of evil animals called the Beast Pack.
