Kirby And The Forgotten Land Wins Best Kids Game At New York Game Awards

I’m a Toys R Us kid, so I’m not offended by this at all. Kirby was a blast and deserves the recognition!

I'm 40 and i liked it, so not just for kids

These Best Kids and Best Family Game awards need to stop as they are always utter nonsense. Tunic was nominated and that's hard as nails - show me the kid that complete that!

Solid list. Might have thrown in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 for the music award, but can’t argue with most of those choices.

3 Awards for Kirby and the Forgotten Land!! Awesome. The game really is amazing.

This must be so great for the devs at HAL. They had to be careful and develop 3D for Kirby, behind the scenes for years until they felt they had it. Even with the confidence growing to do it, they felt making a 3D game was a risk. Some at HAL didn't even think it possible. The directors were afraid if they messed it up they wouldn't be able to attempt 3D again soon after.

Do all this positive attention must be great. They succeeded!

Man, this game deserves this award and so many more awards in my opinion. Best Kirby game of all time, and one the best Switch games to date.

Playing it now. Just about finished with the 2nd location. 😊

Best.Kirby.Ever.

Congratulations!

This Kirby game is one of the best games ever made. I really liked.

@Bunkerneath I’m 51 (50 when the game came out) and I loved it too! We’re all kids at heart 🙂

NYGA also gave Psychonauts the GOTY last year, so I’d say the voting committee is pretty based.

@Ooccoo_Jr I agree, the definitions of "mature" and "childish" in video games are pathetic and need to change. I guess the "Mature" rating for violent games doesn't help this either.

As Warren Spector said: "In video games we define as mature the things that are most adolescent"

I always bristle at how people use the term "Kid's Game." Like- Barney's Hide and Seek for the Genesis was a Kid's Game. Kirby and many other Nintendo games are "Everyone's Game."

Kids game? They might wanna look at the lore…

Still, I’m really happy this game got an award! Absolutely deserves it!

Best kids' game, indeed. If I were a kid, "AND HERE WE ARE" would've given me nightmares. How is Kirby a kid's game? Do most kids just beat Dedede, let the credits roll, and call it a day?

...Seeing how the game can get super creepy/unsettling at the very end (Forgo Leon creepypasta phase, "And here we are!")...yeah. lol

Late 40’s and love the game and it’s great music.

Early 30s guy here who loved the game and is proud of it.

Glad Kirby got another award. But the guy had a boss that split itself in half screaming after beating it and another who got its' eye detached half way through the fight. I'm indifferent towards the whole age range. Kirby always starts off looking cute but towards the end there is some nightmare fuel. Forgotten Land makes sure of that. Admittedly more gross than creepy with that one fight before the finale if I'm being honest. It is another reason why I like the series though. Can't wait for Returns

I am glad that they showed an new 3D kirby adventure for switch it took pretty long them to realize that the crystal shards is the only 3D game .-. Anyways I love the Game

Pro TIP: if you wanna complete the car levels faster then normal just use the speed drink and use the turbo it allows you to complete the missions faster!