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For Kirby’s 35th anniversary, he’s going to a world beyond
HAL Laboratory’s venerable heroic pink puff Kirby will soon embark on a new adventure on Nintendo Switch 2 with the release of Kirby and the World Beyond next year — his second outing on Nintendo’s current-generation console. In September, Nintendo’s Yoshiaki Koizumi announced Kirby’s next adventure during a Nintendo Direct showcase, revealing an expansive new world for the adorable hero to explore.
Kirby and the World Beyond is described as a new 3D adventure for the character, in which players will “freely explore an expansive world and put Kirby’s Copy Abilities to creative use,” Nintendo said in an announcement.
Kirby’s most recent adventure game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, was released in 2022, and fans have been itching for a new Kirby 3D adventure since — especially after last year’s intense racing game Kirby Air Riders. They can soon get back into it with the launch of Kirby and the World Beyond. This appears to be the adorable pink ball’s biggest open-world adventure yet. As shown in the trailer, Kirby smashes through a crack in the sky to uncover a huge world beyond his own.
Kirby and the World Beyond is slated for release on Nintendo Switch 2 sometime during spring 2027.
2027 marks Kirby’s 35th anniversary, so players can probably expect more exciting Kirby announcements before then.