Friday, 18 February 2022 00:54

Kirby and the Forgotten Land's Mouthful Mode May Be a One-Hit Wonder

Written by Stan Hogeweg
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s Mouthful Mode makes clever use of the game’s environment, but it may not be a lasting Kirby mechanic.

It's no secret that HAL Laboratory is trying a lot of new things in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. The platforming series' shift to 3D is already dramatic after 30 years of sidescrolling play, but it's also shaking up Copy Abilities by introducing a shop where players can upgrade Kirby's skills. Neither of these is the strangest new feature of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, though. That credit most certainly goes to Mouthful Mode. When Kirby inhales certain oversized objects in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, he doesn't swallow them completely, but instead stretches his mouth over them and gains a new set of abilities.

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