What better way to start winding down from a busy week of Switch 2 news than with a look at the ever-adorable Kirby and the Forgotten Land, now strikingly remixed as part of an expanded edition coming to Nintendo’s new console later this year? ‘Go outside!’ you might suggest, or ‘Lie on my face and hum!’, but for the purposes of this story it’s Kirby, and we now have a clearer idea of what’s coming in his previously announced Switch 2 enhanced edition.
Nintendo’s calling its Switch 2 spruce-up Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World (let’s be thankful we aren’t getting tariffs on letters too), and it includes everything seen in the original Switch release – which we gave four stars to back in 2022 – alongside a bunch of new stuff. On the technical front, Kirby also gets a bump from 30fps to 60fps, and it’ll be play at 1080p in handheld mode and 1440p docked.
The real draw, though, is the new content, which takes the form of a remixed campaign known as Star-Crossed World. As revealed during Nintendo’s Treehouse livestream, this begins with a choice of difficulty – Wild Mode or Spring-Breeze Mode – with an on-screen message warning it’s “a bit wilder and more challenging” than the base game. On the plus side, it rewards more coins. And, it’s worth noting the new content is fully playable in co-op – one player taking on the role of Kirby, the other Bandana Waddle Dee – just like in the original version.
Star-Crossed World essentially play out across the base game’s map, albeit with each level apparently heavily remixed to suit the expansion’s ‘mysterious crystal comet comes crashing down causing havoc’ theme. Once again, for instance, Kirby’s adventure begins on the shore of a sandy cove, but now it’s littered with star-like crystals – and some these, crystal flowers, cause previously unseen pathways to form when struck.