HAL Laboratory Seeking Staff For New Project Based On The Kirby Series

Kirby Air Ride 2, finally

KIRBY MMO CONFIRMED, ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW

Ugh, how about a new Director? I haven't bought a Kirby game since RtDL burned me, and I miss this series.

I forgot Star Allies even existed.

Kirby Warriors produced in cooperation with Koei Tecmo.

@justin233 I don't blame you, it was pretty underwhelming. Not bad, just nothing special.

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Interviewer: 'Get out'

Did they hired new people for every Kirby games? I thought there's a team specialised in Kirby at HAL Lab?

Or maybe they fired the Kirby team for the failure of the last game?

Can we like get that 3D Kirby game made with the SM3DWorld engine?

I would love it if they took the engine they built for Star Allies and use it to make something on the level of Super Star or Robobot! The gameplay itself was solid, it just needed more... stuff.

It HAS to be better than the last game.

I'd love to see another traditional Kirby game, provided that it builds off of Star Allies for the most part while introducing new elements.

Then again, I'd be fine with a new one as well, if it's good.

Oh. E3 2020 maybe?

Planet Robobot is the greatest one

Please be Robobot 2

I’ll buy a bad Kirby game, I’d love to buy a great Kirby game but absolutely I’ll buy a bad one, I just can’t resist the pink puff

People say the last Kirby game was bad, but it was fantastic. It was mostly a fan service game, allowing up to play as a ton of characters from every other Kirby game in the series. It had fantastic post-game content, even adding a second story mode that added a much higher level of difficulty. Not to mention the gameplay itself was fantastic with them bringing back the ability to mix abilities, as well as having those abilities to effect the environment in levels. I really hope they build upon that game for the sequel.

3D Kirby please. Kirby is long overdue for a jump to 3D and they've been toying with 3D gameplay for a while now. It's high time Kirby goes full 3D.

I want Air Ride 2!

I know people are mixed on Star Allies but I feel like Star Allies was mostly aimed at long time fans and mostly churned out to have SOMETHING to celebrate the 25th anniversary year. All characters were in it, the lore really culminated to a dramatic point, and the ending hinted to some "new beginning" so it's a last love letter title I do appreciate in it's own way. The post game stuff was really good and it's got one of the most brutal Arena modes in the whole series lol. Though I do feel it's valid that people weren't as hot on it as Planet Robobot. Still I don't feel quite like it was the real NEXT title. I think now HAL is working on it and looks like the project may demand more help.

I know a lot of folks are thinking the next game is a 3D title and I'm thinking that might be where they could be going given experimentation with their spin off games like Blowout Blast and Battle Royale.

They just have the difficult task of translating powers and movesets over to 3D. They get that down and it'll be very awesome.

Open world Kirby, please.

An open world Kirby game would be cool.

@nintendolie People leave or get busy working on other things, and might need to be replaced; bigger projects need more people to finish in a reasonable time. Staffing up at the start of a new game is pretty common.
Unless you're assuming they fired the Zelda team after BotW.

I love Kirby Cannot wait

I'm currently playing Planet Robobot on the 3DS and it's actually better than i had anticipated. I was afraid of the whole "industrial theme" messing up the game, but it actually gave it a nice contrast against the usually cutesy, nature backdrop common to the series.

With that said, i think it's about time they branch out to 3D like Mario and Zelda or at least try a different approach to 2D like they did with Epic Yarn.

I always appreciate a good Kirby game, but i wish Nintendo (and second party devs) would surprise us with a dormant franchise or IP. Nothing feels truly surprising anymore, as every year I simply expect the newest same-series title over and over.

Great news! While I still really enjoyed Star Allies, I hope the new game meets the quality of the 3DS entries. There's also a chance it'll be a 3D game, which could be a nice twist on the Kirby formula.

Kirby's last game was Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn, but I get what you mean.

I want a nice open 3D Kirby please.Like Super Mario Odyssey but with the awesomeness of Kirby's music and copy abilities.

Kirby 64 remake.

A 3D Kirby game is a must. Planet Robobot was great but Star Allies was pretty poor (level-design wise, not character-wise). I think the series has done all it can for now in 2D, unless the formula is switched up a ton.

@KingBowser86 A New director would ruin the Lore continuity

@Heavyarms55 to me It was a blast
We finally got some answers of the Lore
And the Friends mechanic is Super interesting for me

@nintendolie failure?

@Kirby_Girl exactly