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Review Information Time played: 20+ hours Platform: Switch Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a joyful family platformer for those who like gawking at cute, cuddly characters. It’s the children’s ball pit of Nintendo games, with every sharp corner padded over and every surface painted the colors of the rainbow. But that adorability is matched by its ambition. This is the boldest Kirby game yet, pushing the pink puffball into all manner of new dimensions and contorted shapes. For the most part, it works fabulously.  Kirby’s come to us, here in the real world, for his latest outing – an interdimensional vortex has hoovered up the residents of Planet Popstar and spat them out on an abandoned version of Earth. That leaves you to saunter across the vibrant remains of human civilization to collect Kirby’s missing Waddle Dee chums, while squaring off against the villainous Beast Pack who claim ownership of the planet. Most of that involves doing what Kirby does best – inhaling en...