{"id":155466,"date":"2023-04-14T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=155466"},"modified":"2023-04-14T18:31:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:31:04","slug":"kirbys-future-and-the-end-of-30th-anniversary-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/gaming\/kirbys-future-and-the-end-of-30th-anniversary-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby&#8217;s Future and the End of 30th Anniversary Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            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focus on adding new experiences to any potential remakes.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Balancing approachability and challenge in Kirby games remains a key focus for franchise director Shinya Kumazaki.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Nintendo officially ends Kirby's 30th-anniversary celebrations, with Kirby and the Forgotten Land winning 'Best Family Game' at BAFTA Game Awards.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirby director Shinya Kumazaki has hinted at the possibility of more unique 3D experiences for the beloved character.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking at the Game Developers Conference, Kumazaki explained that while he couldn&#8217;t share specific plans, the development team at HAL Laboratory aims to provide a new gameplay experience that doesn&#8217;t necessarily conform to existing genre boundaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Remakes and Ports on the Horizon?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Kirby fans have enjoyed a mix of new and old games, including Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby&#8217;s Dream Buffet, Kirby&#8217;s Dream Land 2, and the recent remake of Kirby&#8217;s Return to Dream Land: Deluxe, it remains unclear whether more remakes and ports will be released in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumazaki emphasized that developers would only remake Kirby games if they can add something new to the experience, such as the Merry Magolor theme park in Return to Dream Land Deluxe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Balancing Approachability and Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirby games have a reputation for being accessible to players of all skill levels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shinya Kumazaki, the franchise director, acknowledges the challenge in striking the right balance between approachability and difficulty, particularly in Kirby and the Forgotten Land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He admits that the final boss may have been slightly too challenging but expressed a desire to explore this aspect further to ensure a satisfying experience for all players.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>                        <!-- <div class=\"container-c\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"row justify-content-between\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"col-post-800\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- start html -->\r\n                        <div class=\"blockquote-wapper\">\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                <span class=\"text_quot\">\r\n                                    <p>While Kirby fans have enjoyed a mix of new and old games, including Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby&#8217;s Dream Buffet, Kirby&#8217;s Dream Land 2, and the recent remake of Kirby&#8217;s Return to Dream Land: Deluxe, it remains unclear whether more remakes and ports will be released in the future.<\/p>\n                                <\/span>\r\n\r\n                                <div class=\"quot_icon\">\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quot_tick\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot_tri.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <!-- end html -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                                    <\/h2>\n<h2><strong>End of Kirby&#8217;s 30th Anniversary Celebrations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nintendo has officially announced the end of Kirby&#8217;s 30th-anniversary celebrations, thanking fans for participating and encouraging them to continue enjoying Kirby&#8217;s adventures for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The past year has seen the release of several new and old Kirby games, with Kirby and the Forgotten Land winning the &#8216;Best Family Game&#8217; award at the BAFTA Game Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>BAFTA Game Awards Recognition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to Kirby&#8217;s win, Nintendo had a relatively light representation at the BAFTA Game Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Splatoon 3 was nominated for Best Multiplayer but lost to Elden Ring. Tunic, which debuted on Xbox before coming to Switch, won two awards, while Endling: Extinction is Forever took home the &#8216;Game Beyond Entertainment&#8217; award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest winner of the night was Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s God of War: Ragnarok, which secured six awards, including the audience-voted EE Game of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":155467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}