Speaking to IGN at the Game Developers Conference, Kirby director Shinya Kumazaki told us that while he couldn’t share any concrete plans for the future of Kirby, HAL Laboratory’s goal is always to “provide a new gameplay experience. It's really a 3D game that really utilizes, kind of inherits the playfulness and the ease of play of 2D Kirby games. ”Kirby and the Forgotten Land was a “Breath of the Wild moment” for the Kirby franchise, as well as whether or not the final boss of Forgotten Land was too challenging (or not challenging enough) for players given Kirby’s approachable nature