Kirby’s creators on developing accessible games, and the darker horrors of the series
Kirby’s creators on developing accessible games, and the darker horrors of the series
Kirby’s creators on developing accessible games, and the darker horrors of the series
March 25, 2022
By Gene Park
Summary
The Washington Post had an exclusive U.S. interview through email with the creators and developers of Kirby to talk about the legacy of the series and the latest game.
Our direction for the story in Kirby and the Forgotten Land was to demonstrate that Kirby games can also have a lot more depth than people might expect.
In the Cone Mouth form, Kirby can pierce through cracks in the ground, but players wouldn't expect Kirby to be able to do this at the point Kirby inhales the traffic cone.
Players should be able to deduce that Kirby can pierce through cracks by seeing how Kirby attacks when in Cone Mouth form.
Ring Mouth allows Kirby to blow away enemies by exhaling strong gusts of wind, but Kirby can also use the wind to accelerate a boat.
Endo: As Mr. Kamiyama noted, we based our ideas on shapes that will significantly change the appearance of Kirby and are simple for him to transform into, yet still easy to imagine what Kirby can do in that form.
"Kirby Star Allies" was the first HD installment in the Kirby mainline games, and the graphic technology from this game was utilized in "Kirby and the Forgotten Land." "Kirby Star Allies" was a compilation of elements, and many of those elements, along with the things we learned from them, helped shape the subsequent games.
Reference
Park, G. (2022, March 25). Kirby's creators on developing accessible games, and the darker horrors of the series. Retrieved March 31, 2022, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/25/kirby-forgotten-land-features/