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'''''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''''' is a [[Kirby (series)|main-series ''Kirby'' game]] for the [[Nintendo Switch]], which released on March 25th, 2022. In this installment, [[Kirby]] is sent through a [[dimension]]al vortex to a [[New World|new world]] full of the crumbling ruins of a long-lost civilization, where he has to free [[Waddle Dee]]s who have been trapped by a new villainous force called the [[Beast Pack]]. Accompanied by a flying mouse-like creature named [[Elfilin]], Kirby uses his familiar [[Copy Ability]] along with [[Evolved Copy Ability|evolved enhancements]] to said abilities and a new power to [[Mouthful Mode|wrap himself around large objects]] to gain their properties.

The story of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' begins with [[Kirby]] taking a stroll through [[Dream Land]], and then taking a ride on his [[Warp Star]]. His carefree ride is interrupted, however, by a huge storm containing rifts to a different dimension. Kirby and many other residents of Dream Land (mostly [[Waddle Dee]]s) are sucked into the rifts, and while Kirby is tossed about in the confusion, his body contorts in strange shapes. Kirby later wakes up in a [[New World|new world]], washed ashore on a tropical beach. After coming to his senses, he explores his surroundings and finds the ruins of an ancient civilization, now overgrown with grass and moss. Along the way, he discovers that traveling through the rift has given him a [[Mouthful Mode|new ability]] that allows him to take on the shape and properties of large objects he tries to swallow, and by taking the form of a [[Car Mouth|car]], he travels along the roads until he sees his fellow Dream Landers (the Waddle Dees) being kidnapped by [[Clocker|birds with cages]]. Moving toward the source of the commotion, he finds the ruins of a village where more Waddle Dees are being captured. He also sees a strange flying blue sprite with giant ears being hounded by the animals and caged. Kirby steps in and defeats these beasts to free the sprite, who reveals his name to be [[Elfilin]]. Elfilin pleads with Kirby to help him rescue the captured Waddle Dees, and Kirby agrees, forming a partnership between the two. [[Bandana Waddle Dee]] also joins the group, having found his way to the village as well.

After a lengthy struggle, Kirby weakens Fecto Elfilis enough to allow him to retrieve Elfilin from their body, causing the creature to start to grow unstable again. With the last of their strength, Fecto Elfilis tries to punish Kirby by [[wikipedia:Roche limit|dragging his homeworld of Popstar into the New World so both will be destroyed]]. When all seems lost, a [[Big-Rig Mouth|big-rig truck]] appears for Kirby to utilize, and Elfilin powers it to allow Kirby to fly through the sky using the truck's engine. After one great push of energy on both sides, Kirby and Elfilin overpower Fecto Elfilis and destroy them for good. From here, Kirby and Elfilin wind up on Popstar, but the crash is still in progress. Elfilin uses the last of his power to stop the crash from happening, and nearly dies in the process, only being saved by [[Clawroline]], a repentant Beast Pack member. In the end, the Beast Pack and the Waddle Dees make amends and a stable connection between Popstar and the New World is established, but Leongar seems to be lost for good.

|Kirby wraps himself around a large truck, which he uses to stop [[Fecto Elfilis]] from causing [[Popstar]] and the [[New World]] to collide. Elfilin lends his power to propel Big-Rig-Mouth Kirby through the air for this [[Last Battle Ability|final encounter]].

|Kirby serves as the main protagonist of this game, when he is sucked through the vortex into the [[New World]] and subsequently gets involved saving Elfilin and the Waddle Dees from the Beast Pack's cages using his new [[Mouthful Mode]] ability along with his usual powers. In the process of doing this, Kirby eventually encounters and defeats the main villain of the story, saving both Popstar and the New World from destruction as well as making peace with the Beast Pack.

|A fractured cosmic life-form which was captured and kept as a test subject by the New World civilization after it had attempted to invade their world. Using its superb psychic power, it took control of Leongar and King Dedede and used them to try and gather labor and power to itself, as well as capture and recover its missing half: Elfilin. Near the end of the game, it succeeds at this task after a few setbacks, becoming its whole self again, but is shortly thereafter bested by Kirby and Elfilin freed. Later, Kirby and Elfilin venture into Forgo Dreams to prevent the soul of ID-F86 from possessing Leon's body, and the creature is absorbed into [[Morpho Knight]], who is later defeated.