Kirby and the Forgotten Land: A Horror Game in Disguise

This game gets alarmingly dark and Kirby lore is terrifying. But we've worked hard regardless to condense my entire playthrough of the game into a single video! This took a huge amount of work from myself and my editor Cloé, and I hope yous enjoy it. You can watch more long playthroughs of games videos we've made here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0o8_SE_U98&list=PLliBvQE3gg9d-g8PAC-Vy3Cy4pO6gL33e

love how in Star Allies the final boss was killed with the power of friendship and here it was the power of vehicular manslaughter

Kirby beating a cosmic entity with an eight-wheeler has the same energy as beating Cthulhu by breaking a folding chair over his head

You need to understand that somehow "Kirby Overthows Dictator Monarch to Liberate Starving Population", the plot of the first game, is the tamest Kirby has ever been

The “RTGame plays a game that seems cute at first but actually has incredibly terrifying lore” trilogy consists of: -Turnip Boy: Commits Tax Evasion -Bugsnax -Kirby and the Forgotten Land

I love how in the other Kirby games, the last power is like “Kirby becomes a black hole” or “Kirby uses the power of friendship and also the entire galaxy” but this one it’s just “Kirby becomes a fucking 18 wheeler lmao”

My favorite genre of content is people unfamiliar with Kirby lore finding out what Kirby lore actually is

Friendly reminder that Fecto Elfilis is so ungodly strong that even when physically falling apart due to losing Elfilin, it had the strength to wrest a massive planet from its orbit and hurl it towards another one, AFTER HAVING OPENED A PORTAL BIG ENOUGH FOR PLANET POPSTAR TO FIT THROUGH. And the original inhabitants of the Forgotten Land beat this thing and contained it. Kirby lore is unhinged.

1:29:37 Fun Fact; this track is titled "Two planets approach the roche limit". the Roche Limit, is the proximity a mass can be in orbit of a larger mass before it is torn apart into a ring; for example, Saturn's rings are rings and nit a moon because they are within the roche limit of saturn, and so the gravity conflicting with the orbit tear any rocks too large apart, leaving the small rocks of saturn's rings. Two planets the size of earth in orbit of each other are DEFINITELY in each other's roche limit. Fecto Elfilis is RIPPING EARTH AND POPSTAR APART

"You wake up, it's a Monday. Your friends have all been kidnapped by furries. God must be defeated. Welcome to another Kirby game." - Failboat

"You shouldn't have upset the Space-time Continuum, Kirby." No, Daniel, you have that backwards. The Space-time Continuum shouldn't have upset Kirby. "It's just a butterfly, right?" I AM CACKLING THIS IS SO MUCH FUN-

1:46:02 You know it's his first reaction is "it's a butterfly" instead of pure despair

I love that Kirby games have 2 kinds of players, people who know what a clusterfuck the lore is and people who don't. Like I think we were genuinely surprised when Elfilis didn't turn out to be an outright eldritch god with nefarious intent. Fair he was half of one but still

Kirby is literally "what if a cosmic horror likes sweets, naptime, and friendship" and I love that. Kirby sees some truly messed up stuff and is like "lol ok" and is only ever visibly upset when his snacks or his friends are taken away. It so cute.

This game teaches us a valuable lesson, which is, no matter how much of an ultimate life form unkillable God you are, you're never safe from vehicular manslaughter.

"There was like lovecraft-esque horror in a kirby game!" Get ready boys He's ready for initiation

1:44:50 Not gunna lie, I adore that little bit of animation there. Seeing Leon just stare at him initially almost menacingly, then curiously following him, then that really subtle little blink as his head starts bobbing right before he joins in? They didn't have to add every little detail in those steps, they could've just shortcut him from skeptical to funny, but they really committed to the small things and made that five second sequence incredibly endearing. 🥺

the butterfly is basically the meme of "those who don't know" "those who know" mr incredible meme

RT: Is that a butterfly? Kirby fans: Nuclear sirens

Jokes aside, this game has some really touching story moments. Like Dedede sacrificing himself for one of his Waddle Dees, showing he acts like a parent to them. Or Elf closing the vortex where Kirby almost feels like he won’t see Elf again before a light appears behind him. It’s touching, for a game about cake and nap time.