Hidden Level Details in Kirby and the Forgotten Land

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[Juelz]

Duuude the wasteland being a dried up ocean went completely over my head

I remember being like “why is there coral in a desert my first playthrough” so this is crazy

[Toastbutcereal]

that’s why it’s called “the wastes where life began” because life began in the ocean and it’s a dried up ocean

[RHVGamer]

For how much I've played this game (too much) I'm surprised to just now learn how incredibly well it does the post-apocalypse theme.

[FileonKingkiki]

I noticed they are all apocalypse movie tropes a while ago, overgrown, flooded, animals take our place, freezing over, everything unaliving to make a desert, everything burns, and aliens invade

[flamingoodness]

According to the series’ lore, the science ancients reverse engineered fecto elfilis’s spacial teleportation abilities and used it to leave “the dwindling star” as the game calls it and crossed into planet popstar. Nothing catastrophic happened on the planet as far as we know. But it is implied to be thousands of years later, which adds up since that’s enough time for the landscape to drastically change.

[MelaStarrata]

Lab discovera:

The indomitable human spirit

[Jax_A_Lax]

Kirby probably wouldn't need a vault to protect him from a nuke, he'd probably eat it.

[TheFrenchFryGod]

Forgotten Land is just Kirby mixed with a little Fallout.

[Moneyboi]

I was always confused why the 2nd stage of Originull Wasteland was a villa and why the beginning of the 1st was so open, but knowing that the area is actually a dried-up ocean is really sick and makes a lot of sense.

[FedoraKirb]

To me, Winter Horns marks a tonal transition from the whimsy of the new world to contemplation of those who were here before. The worlds before felt bright and so full of life, but by Northeast Frost Street the dilapidation becomes way more apparent, the music is far more mellow and chill (pun entirely intended), and the season of winter holds a literary symbolic meaning as the season of death or endings. Of course, we know the ancients didn’t actually die here, but it still fits tonally and gets us to really reflect on this lost civilization.

[christopherc]

I always liked how it was possible to decode the language and use that to read signs and stuff

[_many_alts]

Kirby would most definitely let aliens invade us for a half eaten Popeyes chicken sandwhich.

[ShortMiao]

I really appreciated the world building in forgotten land tbh.

[Lilythetcccreference]

Dried up sea?

*kirby planet robobot intensifies*

[castform]

One other fun detail is that (like every other Kirby game after 2011) Using the first letter of each world will spell something out:
*N*atural Plains
*E*verbay Coast
*W*ondaria Remains
*W*inter Horns
*O*riginull Wasteland
*R*edgar Forbidden Lands
*L*ab
*D*iscovera
Yes I know Lab Discovera is cheating but it is very clear that this is intended. Also, ain't it kinda funny how the Forgotten Land, abandoned ages ago is commonly referred to as a "new world"? Well, I guess it's new to Popstar's residents.

[WyattLong-ijlt]

Imagine watching an apocalypse movie and it’s called Kirby and the forgotten land with a little gum all KILLING LITERAL GODS. Cute.

[catseatmeowmix]

A dried up ocean is such a cool world idea I'm glad that it's in this game

[SonicFan-fltu]

You can’t just put Sweet Mountain in the background and expect me to not notice it

[train]

Forgotten Land has an apocalypse for everyone! How thoughtful!

[diamondmemer]

No apocalypse happened, the people just left, that was the plot twist of the finale, nature just reclaimed those areas and the water masses shifted