With every new trailer,Kirby and the Forgotten Landlooks a little more exciting. Previous trailers have shown off co-op and 3D exploration, while the latestForgotten Landtrailer goes into detail about new upgrades for Copy Abilities, as well as Mouthful Mode, a sort of alternative to Copy Abilities where Kirby consumes objects in his environment. In certain ways, the newestKirbygame looks strange, butKirby and the Forgotten Landseems to embrace its strangeness and looks like a strong game as a result. Pushing the boundaries of Copy Abilities is the perfect way to figure out where elseKirbycan go afterForgotten Land.
In fact, the full extent of Nintendo’s Copy Ability experimentation may not have been revealed yet. Fans have seentons of classicKirbyCopy Abilitiesin the game’s trailers so far, ranging from Sword to Bomb to Needle, as well as some new abilities that ought to mix things up. However, there’s a chance that these are just one part of a long list of Copy Abilities that Kirby can obtain inForgotten Land.The Weapon Shop in Waddle Dee Town may imply thatKirby and the Forgotten Landis filled to the brim with Copy Abilities old and new.
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Clues in Waddle Dee’s Weapon Shop
InKirby and the Forgotten Land,Kirby can visitthe Weapon Shop in Waddle Dee Townto evolve his Copy Abilities, giving them new skills that diversify his fighting style. The newForgotten Landtrailer suggests that, if Kirby has used a Copy Ability before, it’ll be equipped on a mannequin in the Weapon Shop. Players can approach a mannequin to inspect the evolution they have equipped or to evolve that Copy Ability. Aside from its known function, however, the Weapon Shop strongly implies that Nintendo and HAL Laboratory still have quite a few Copy Abilities left to reveal.
The mannequins in the Weapon Shop are arranged on two long shelves to either side of the Waddle Dee, and the mannequins themselves are pretty small. There are only two Copy Abilities in the Weapon Shop in the trailer, and based on the way they’re spaced, the Weapon Shop’s shelves could fit a ton of mannequins standing shoulder to shoulder. It’s hard to say exactly how many Copy Abilities there will be without knowing how much space goes between each mannequin, but if they fit together snugly when the shelves are full, thenthe post-apocalyptic wastes ofForgotten Landcould hold at least a dozen more Copy Abilities that haven’t been seen yet.
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More Copy Ability Experimentation
If there really are more Copy Abilities inKirby and the Forgotten Landthan fans know, then that’s great news because of the ability evolution system. The more Copy Abilities there are inKirby and the Forgotten Land,the more possible evolutions HAL Laboratory could come up with, which will keep fans collecting resources and engaging withForgotten Land’s world. HAL could’ve only had a handful of Copy Abilities inForgotten Land,sparing its energy for Mouthful Modesand Copy Ability evolutions, but it seems to be going all out instead.
Including tons of Copy Abilities alongside the new evolution system and Mouthful Modes poses some risk, but it’s a risk worth taking.HAL saysKirbywill enter a new agewithForgotten Land,which means that it likely intends to be as experimental as possible so that it can learn a lot while decidingKirby’s future.Kirbycan only gain from experimenting with staples like the Sword, Bomb, and Cutter abilities;Forgotten Landdeserves to have unique evolutions for niche Copy Abilities like Poison, Doctor, Mirror, and more.Kirby and the Forgotten Landalready looks like a bold move from Nintendo and HAL, but if the Weapon Shop’s scale is a sign of things to come, then fans may only have seen the tip of the iceberg.
Kirby and the Forgotten Landreleases Jun 28, 2025 for Nintendo Switch.
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