Rumour: One Of Kirby's 3DS Titles Will Return Next Year, It's Claimed

I’m not a big Kirby fan-only ever played Forgotten Land. Only port I’m looking for is Woolly World

Dope. Never played it on the 3ds so it'll be cool to get another chance to.

Kirby Robobot is awesome. Kirby eeeewwwww!!!!

Is it bad that I get more excited over ports and remakes of some of my favorite games than I am hearing about new games, including titles coming exclusively to Switch 2 that I may or may not end up enjoying? 🤷🏼‍♂️

It would be a bit odd for back-to-back Kirby remakes to release without something original in between, though. I'm surprised we're not getting a new 3D Kirby game that reuses the engine and assets from Forgotten Land first; after all, Planet Robobot only came out a few years after Triple Deluxe, so the time frame for a new game would line up.

Speaking of, it'll be disappointing if we don't get a double-pack including both this game and Triple Deluxe. I'd be fine with both games just being basic upscaled ports for $60, instead of having just one game fully remade from the ground-up at that price. I didn't really like the character outlines in RTDL Deluxe, anyways.

Still waiting on Yoshi's Woolly World and Kid Icarus Uprising though, among others.

My #4 game of all time. Easily a must.

Oh, great.
More 3DS games ported to Switch is very welcome since I missed some 3DS 1st party games and if I can find those games, the price are already quite inflated. 🥴

The rumors are starting to get stupid and nonsensical again. Planet Robobot is one of my favorite Kirby games but it makes no sense for it to release this way as it has been rumored. It would be cool to play on Switch but it's not like it needs to be ported, it's perfectly fine on the 3DS. It also only makes sense to be released as a double pack with Triple Deluxe if it were to be ported to Switch. If anything, Rainbow Curse has been the much more logical choice of the Kirby games to get a Switch port because of the recent trademark renewal and the fact that it's stuck on the Wii U. Nate the Hate has a decent track record but he's not perfect.

Dude that's one of the best ones, I've played it multiple times before and I would love to play it again on the Switch

If they’re bringing 3ds games I feel like people would much rather like Tomadachi Life

This is what the final years of the 3DS looked like. Bunch of remakes and ports.

If this is true, I’m so happy. I never got to play the game. Worse, because of the way 3DS demos worked, letting you boot them no more than 30 times, I also had paralysis every time I went to try it. I didn’t want to waste those precious 30 plays… it’s stupid I know but that’s how my mind works sometimes.

I know it’s critically acclaimed and always seemed to fetch a high price on the used market.

I could see it

Would b interested in. However, I’ve only bought one Kirby game ever new (though I did get robobot/triple deluxe on switch) was Forgotten land…. So would I buy this? Ehhhhhh

Planet Robobot was peak, but I already have it on 3DS so I’ll probably be skipping this. Probably. Then again, I also double-dipped on Miitopia, and every Wii U game ever… sigh…

Fine by me...think I only beaten the game once besides the True Arena, almost beat that but screwed up at the very end and never went back. lol
(that final boss is a nightmare, one of the hardest True Arenas in the series)

I'm not gonna pretend I don't want it to be Extra Epic Yarn, which never should've been made for 3DS as it was already out the door.

How dare they put the words "filler" and "Kirby Planet Robobot" in the same sentence, this is a MANDATORY game

@Axecon What? Why is this rumor nonsensical exactly? Why would it make more sense for it to come to switch as a two pack with triple deluxe? Why would they choose Rainbow Curse of all things, nobody would play that game without touch controls, and Nintendo wouldn't release a first party game that you couldn't play on the tv.
Sorry for the barrage of questions but for someone who claimed this rumor article was "stupid and nonsensical", you sure made some interesting leaps of logic.

Kirby fans are always eatin' well.

@Axecon Rainbow Curse would be a difficult one to port - how would it work docked?

As for the 3DS version being fine, problem is that it's no longer for sale. eShop's gone.

They may as well salvage a few titles as filler ports to pad the Switch's final days. I could see this being picked as an easy one to port since they can recycle HD models and textures from other Switch Kirby titles.

Nice if true, I gifted my 3DS copy to someone else so this will be a definite get!

Never played it but if it's just a remastered port I'm nto paying a Switch price for a 3DS game. Should be a 2-pak at least, maybe a 3-pak.

Still wish they'd sell an optional top, or bottom, screen so they could port all the DS/3DS games. Switch DS just makes me smile. 😁

This is cool if true, but if they're going to bring Planet Robobot to Switch then Triple Deluxe should be added as well, release them both in one pack.

It just feels wrong to have one without the other imo.

Kid Icarus, please...

Ugh, the biggest annoyance I have with Kirby games on DS and 3DS is that A is used to jump and B is used to attack, without options to change them. If it gets a Switch port I hope there are more control customisation options.

Oh, a bit more filler for switch? Great...

So I skipped out on Kid Icurus Uprising because I was told like a year ago no way they don't port it and the 3DS controls are bad.

I would like it to happen please.

@PKDuckman I forget when exactly but there was a switch software update in maybe 2019ish that allows you to customize the button controls for any game

Is this harder than a traditional Kirby game, I like that nintendo has games for everyone but dang some Kirby games are way too easy without an option to ramp up difficulty

@rvcolem1

It's difficulty is on par with the other games in the series. As with most Kirby games, the option to ramp up the difficulty is in the post-game content.

@Not_Soos You're not the only one. Lately, I've been more excited for older games coming to Nintendo Switch compared to newer titles.

I watched RGT85 do a video on this, he seems quite confident that this will happen. It looks like the perfect filler title to go alongside Donkey Kong for next year. Perhaps a May/June release is on the cards 🤔

OOoh. I hope so!
I love Kirby but never had a DS/3DS so missed out on quite a few!

Perfect choice for the upcoming 3DSwitch.

I know people get upset about remakes, but one thing to remember is that YOU might have played it, but many many many many more people did not. Maybe they were not born, did not have the console at the time, could afford it, or just didn't fancy it back then.

This game sold 1.64 Million on the 3DS. Measured against the Switch user base, that is alot of potential people for this to be new and appealing to.

One of the best, if not THE best, of the series. A welcoming edition even though a new game would also suffice, but more people need to play Planet Robobot for sure!

@Samalik @Not_Soos @NFrealinkling
Or Link Between Worlds
Or Samus Returns
Or Rhythm Heaven Megamix

…but Kirby is also a good choice.

@rjejr See if you can find a used copy of the 3DS game, as it is one of the best Kirby games. I would even argue it is the very best one. It is well worth playing. 🙂

Kirby: Planet Robobot is my favorite Kirby game of all time. It's a lovely and unusual platformer. It is so good I completed it 100%.

Okay, but where's the Twilight Princess and Windwaker Ports Nate promised us?! Where's the Switch 2? Surely it was supposed to be revealed in Summer 2023- I mean Summer 2024!!!!!

This guy is a quack. Why do we still pretend he has anything relevant to say, or that anything he says is factual in the slightest?

if this is real then I'd be worth it just so they can add an option to put jump on B and attack on Y

@Axecon "this 3DS game doesn't need a port", "it only makes sense to release as a double pack with its predecessor"

Close enough, welcome back Luigi's Mansion 2 HD discourse

@Axecon as soon as any title is put in a double pack its value drops right off, from Nintendo's POV

Yes, as gamers we would like double packs, but Nintendo are very very careful with releasing any games in packs for this reason. Pikmin 1 and 2 is about the most recent set of games that fulfill the double pack criteria I think

Look at not including Mario galaxy 2 in 3d all stars.

Same reason we won't get any 3d Zeldas in a compilation... Most I could ever see is Zelda 1, 2 and link to the past as a Zelda collection

@PKDuckman If not, at least Switch lets you change button assignments in Settings.

@AnonyQ Plus, the Pikmin double pack is reasonable when the first game is so short. Wouldn’t cut it on a cart on its own, at least.

I don’t like Kirby games. I thought this game was awesome. That’s how good this game is.

@Diablo haha yeah, the golden age of short Nintendo games

Oh God, no, please no. Not another Kirby game.
Bring back Star Fox or any other IP that we haven't seen for ages.

@Coolmusic yes to the double release of TripDX and Robobot. Triple deluxe is the better game for me, but both are outstanding Kirby games at the top of the series. HD conversions would be very good to have

I was wondering how long after the podcast that this would be reported as news. Good thing Nate is back after a long hiatus!

Feels like I bought this just the other day. Good game but seems so recent didn’t sell to well on the 3ds so another chance to make lots of money on a big install base

Planet Robobot is my favorite Kirby game, that would be the dream!!! Return to Dream Land is my 2nd favorite, so you can guess I was so hype when it got remade on Switch! It was so fun playing it on handheld for the first time, so I would be excited to play Robobot on TV with a controller in hand for the first time. Don't get me wrong Triple Deluxe fans, it's a good game, just not in my top 10 Kirby games

Ah, Nate pulls another guess out of his arse and his delusional fans and games media parrot it everywhere like it has a some truth to it. Stop giving this grifter a platform

C'mon where are twilight princess HD and Wind Waker HD on switch? So many "insiders claimed they are ready to be released amd what did we get?..... nada, nothing, zero. We get all sorts of ports but not the ones that would sell like hotcakes, instead we got skyward sword which wasnt loved as much. I bet metroid prime 2 and 3 will also never see a switch release. The only hope I have is pikmin since I never expected 1 and 2 to get a switch release

I would love for this to be true. Planet Robobot is easily in my top five Kirby games and it's most likely my favorite 2D Kirby.

Since we didn't get the annual Kirby game this year, maybe they're giving themselves a little more time for something like this? HAL Lab wouldn't just copy and paste this game like Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. It'd have to be a remaster similar to Return to Dream Land Deluxe with new content.

@Joeynator3000 just play Dr. Kirby

I'm down, assuming its true. Game is one of my all-time favorites.

@missingno_fgc : Not everything has to "work" docked, which is part of the beauty of the Switch, though I suppose they could allow for pointer controls, if they are so inclined.

Brain Training didn't really have docked support except for a handful of throwaway multiplayer modes that most would get bored with in 5 minutes. The meat and bones of the software were completely unplayable outside of handheld mode.

Very happy if this is true - never got to play Robobot but heard it's in the top 5 Kirby games ever. Hopefully it's pretty decently priced as well - 35 quid would be the most I'd wanna pay at launch.

@Fighting_Game_Loser
exactly!
while i did also love triple deluxe kirby planet robobot is pretty much THE most wanted 3ds port for me (second would probably be bravely default/second)

I wonder if 'filler' implies the Switch 2 won't be released until the second half of the year?

I've been thinking about this recently and it makes sense.
Robobot is a great Kirby title, however, I would prefer Epic Yarn.

@NFrealinkling ds mouse attack is amazing.
Especially the ugraded 16 bit style.
Looked verry clean on a ds.

@obijuankanoobie I'd kill for an Uprising port or remaster, but I wouldn't hold my breath for it. Honestly if you're interested and own a 3DS you should just get the original.
The controls are different, not bad. You'll get accustomed to them by the time you finish the opening hours and everything feels pretty intuitive. It's one of the best games ever made.

I should dust off my 3DS sometime. It still has alot of great games I missed.

@Mgalens Agreed. If I had to choose only one to come over, its Robobot hands down. If I had to choose another game to come over, I would want the other Yo-Kai Watch games to come over (or they at least bring the version of 1 to the US), Ever Oasis since I think that deserves a second chance, and any of the Eshop games, but most likely the Pushmo games.

Please Nintendo, if you want money…

"Nate has been linked to various other Switch rumours this generation including Game Boy support for Switch Online and more recently its "successor" system supporting backwards compatibility."
As if neither of those sound like the safest assumptions one could have made about the Switch or its successor...

@Kingy man that is what I hear. K I'll stop holding off then! I've wanted it for a while regardless, so I'll just pick it up after the holidays. Thank you!

Please! I really need Kirby: Planet Robobot, I didn't have a 3DS and I loved playing it on other people's devices. It was the best Kirby I've ever played!

Lol, in the end Nintendo released more ports than original content.

@Fighting_Game_Loser
ah yes i forgot about yokai watch, would love to see 2 on the switch since that was a fave, it had such a cozy vibe, i loved the additional towns you visited such as the seaside one.

As an anti3DS fan I would be thankful if Nintendo ported as many games from that system as possible to the Switch.

We need Triple Deluxe first

Nate the Hate also said the Switch 2 would be announced in March 2024...

I'm not believing a word of this.

Isn’t it tradition that a Kirby game will arrive at the end of a Nintendo platform life span, probably sell poorly then be a holygrail game 10 years from now.
Day one.

@babybilly The reason why I picked Rainbow Curse was because that was the previous rumored game for Kirby to get a port. Nintendo seems to be pretty keen on porting over their full Wii U catalog and RC got a trademark renewal recently so there is something brewing for that game. RC can work perfectly fine on a single screen/tv and has good multiplayer options. And the controls are pretty easily modifiable, considering Nintendo's already been able to work around control issues with Metroid Prime & Skyward Sword.

I agree with the consensus that something older for Kirby is still on deck for Switch 1 as the first Kirby game for Switch 2 will be a brand new title in the series. But Kirby's mainline 3D outings feel incomplete by skipping out on Triple Deluxe (not that Nintendo needs to release it but it would be the next logical game to get the Switch treatment over Planet Robobot). A $60 port for only PR is such an ugly move for Nintendo (but sadly not unprecedented). Plus Kirby games have released in collections before (20th anniversary in 2012). Not gonna lie, before Return to Dreamland DX came out, I even thought there could be a possibility getting a 3-pack of RTDL, TD, & PR.

This both seems good and seems weird. It'd be cool if it happened, but why Planet Robobot in particular other than perhaps the rumor guy likes it? Why not Triple Deluxe? Why not both?

Great news if true. I still don't have this Kirby game on the 3DS yet.

@Axecon I'm sorry if you misunderstood, but RC is a touchscreen game. Not motion controlled. I don't see how the game is going to feel good playing when it's literally about drawing lines for attacking and platforming. Without a touchscreen (and while yes the switch has that) I still have serious doubt they would be able to make that work naturally docked on the switch. If your claim about RC getting trademark renewal​ means Nintendo was doing something new with it, I'd honestly expect a sequel to it rather than a port that would take quite a bit of effort to even attempt to capture what the og felt like. It feels like the kind of gameplay offered from it and its DS counterpart, Canvas Curse, are meant specifically as touchscreen experiences. Your examples being converted to switch aren't even really good examples, btw. Aonuma I believe went out of his way to mention that's why they charged a higher price for Skyward Sword than the Wii version, was the effort they had to put into porting. So... not "easily modifiable".
Also Metroid prime originally came out on GameCube, it shouldn't have been hard making that control scheme work lol. But since we're talking about it, MP remastered is hugely reworked with new models, textures, lighting, etc. It was not a low-effort ordeal. If you were talking about the port of MP1 and 2 to the Wii, that was only a simple transition due to the framework of MP3.
So... do you have any better examples? Or are you just guessing? It's not nice to spread rumors, right? Or is it just the stupid and nonsensical ones that are bad?
Also I don't think Nintendo will be releasing Kirby on switch as a multi-pack. They just released Return to Dreamland, a Wii remaster, for full price. $20 more than Metroid remastered. Pretending like you know better than any other rumor makes you look kinda silly. Why were you so convinced Nintendo would give people such a good deal with some of the highest revered games in the series?

Was that the bite of ‘87?

@Axecon trademark renewals mean absolutely nothing, there have been plenty of times where Nintendo renewed a trademark for an old game of theirs and nothing came out of those

@Lofoten agree 100% no clue how this game got an 81 on metacritic and no goty nominations it should definitely be at least 92 on Metacritic.

Fingers crossed Triple Deluxe doesn't get left behind but I'm looking forward to this.

Great game, happy to hear that it is potentially getting ported but... Can we please get a Kid icarus uprising port. Please Nintendo, that game is so good

@DonutPie the fact that Overwatch (a game you can't play anymore) got GOTY shows just how bad 2016 was for gaming. Outside of Planet Robobot and rereleases, the only good things that came out of that year were Doom 2016, Forza Horizon 3, and PvZ GW2 (which, BTW, was infinitely better than Overwatch in every way AND is still fully playable). It's a miracle we got a game as good as this in that dark period, and it's a shame no one gave it the respect it deserved.

My daughter and I love this game, and I would love to see if they add any extra content. It would be incredible if it launched as a 2 pack with Triple Deluxe (as someone already mentioned).

@batmanbud2 Many more great games came out in 2016. I wouldn't say it was a bad year for gaming. There was also Persona 5, Stardew Valley, Dark Souls 3, etc.

I love Kirby and this is surprising a 3DS remake that has taken my money written all over it! Definitely my favourite Kirby game which is saying something. Love to see Wooly World (this late in the day we're obviously not getting on Yoshing on Switch). Played Crafted World from start to finish with my wife and we really enjoyed it. Cute, charming and just fun.

At this point we have such a Switch backlog but very happy to add Kirby to it. I wonder if this could be one of the cross compatible 1 & 2 titles - although aside from 4k (maybe) I'm not sure how the S2 version would be better/boosted.

Maybe the likes of Wooly would be 30/60fps? Backwards compatibility though does give Ninty the advantage of a huge installed base to carry on releasing some of the overlooked 3DS/Wii gems which I can only see as good news.

@IceEarthGuard I thought P5 was 2017.

@batmanbud2 It's not. September 2016.

@yohn777 oh.

(Man, I need to play Royal eventually 😢).

@batmanbud2 It's great! Highly recommend, even the switch version is pretty good. I can't believe it took them so long to make that port.

@tourjeff Kirby gets constant support because it's HAL Laboratory's series to make. They created it, it's their biggest series (aside from Smash, but that effectively outgrew them), and their only other particularly major series has been finished for years now (Mother). HAL working on Kirby has no bearing on what Nintendo IPs remain dormant. About the only thing they've done that's remotely comparable to Star Fox in particular is, incidentally, the final boss of Planet Robobot. It's not like Retro Studios, where their hiatus and pivot to Metroid Prime 4 left Donkey Kong without a developer again

@VoidofLight @Simu001 Tons of insiders have been talking about those games for years. For what it's worth, in Episode 65 of Kit and Krysta's podcast, they did comment on the rumors of Nintendo sitting on rereleases of both games and said that there's good reason to believe that's the case even though they couldn't directly confirm it. And some Russian retailer randomly put up a Wind Waker HD Switch release just a bit ago before wiping it off their site, iirc. Worst comes to worst, I think they could be cross-gen releases next year since they've exhausted new 2D and 3D games for Switch 2's launch year lineup

@PikaPhantom I hope it isn't the case. They really need to remake Twilight Princess instead of having a lazy HD port.

How about Wind Waker HD for filler instead? It only makes sense. I’d snap up Twilight Princess HD as well.

@VoidofLight I think it'd be really nice to get reorchestrated soundtracks for both games. Feels like such an easy selling point for any remaster - would've killed to have David Wise get brought on for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD to give it a selling point beyond "it's the game in 60fps with 3DS controls and content"

@PikaPhantom I wish they'd orchestrate the OSTs. Twilight Princess was legitimately made for Orchestrated music.

@Quarth "see if you can find a used copy of the 3DS game"

Pretty sure I just moved it on my kids shelf when I rearranged their room. We have three 3DS - all original models - and I've tried playing a few games on them but I just can't. Well I suppose I can technically play them, like the Jets and Giants can technically play football. 😝

@Mana_Knight I don’t mind these per se, but it’s annoying that we haven’t had much major fresh content in over a year. Peach, Zelda game, Mario Party and Brothership are cool, but are mainly niche/secondary endeavors.

Planet Robobot was such a good platformer, popular in my household. That would be most welcome. Then there is Extra Epic Yarn 3DS which is a chill game but not a triple dip worthy game as the first iteration was on the Wii.

I wouldn't mind having it on Switch but there have been rumours about 'Kirby's Epic Yarn' coming to Switch for some time now and we are still yet to see that happen so I am not sure what to believe at the moment. I am personally hoping we get 'Kirby and the Forgotten Land 2' or a new 3D 'Kirby' game as one of the first titles on Nintendo Switch 'cause I loved 'Kirby and the Forgotten Land' and playing as Kirby in 3D was fun and worth the wait. 😀

I thought switch 2 backwards compatibility had been confirmed?? Am I mistaken?

dang I'm so Happy!