{"id":377359,"date":"2026-09-09T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377359"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:04:23","slug":"kirby-and-the-world-beyond-is-official-a-new-3d-adventure-for-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/kirby-and-the-world-beyond-is-official-a-new-3d-adventure-for-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby and The World Beyond is official: a new 3D adventure for Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo used its <strong>September 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct<\/strong> to unveil Kirby and The World Beyond, a new action-adventure for Nintendo Switch 2 starring everyone\u2019s favorite pink vacuum. It\u2019s a fully 3D game, and Nintendo says it\u2019s set to arrive in Spring 2027.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Nintendo Switch Online\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0d8aa053-f44a-4256-ab5f-47f15b065e51\/1529149301\/nintendo-switch-online-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Nintendo Switch Online<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nintendo-switch-online.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trailer fills in a little more than the announcement alone. Kirby gets pulled into a world beyond his own, King DeDeDe seems to be the one who helps kick the whole thing off, and Kirby isn\u2019t traveling alone this time. He\u2019s joined by a <strong>companion Nintendo<\/strong> still hasn\u2019t identified.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From what Nintendo showed, this is a <strong>much bigger<\/strong> follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/kirby-and-the-forgotten-land.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirby and the Forgotten Land<\/a>. The areas look wider and more layered, exploration seems a lot looser, and enough of it has that open-world feel that viewers were already calling it open-world-style before the Direct was even over. Copy abilities also look beefed up. One shot shows Kirby swinging an oversized sword that slices through enemies and even parts of the environment, opening hidden paths as he goes. In another quick moment, his silhouette looks a whole lot like Link from <a href=\"https:\/\/the-legend-of-zelda-dungeons-of-infinity.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Legend of Zelda<\/a>, though Nintendo hasn\u2019t said anything about a Zelda crossover.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you were waiting for a bigger swing from the series before <strong>Kirby\u2019s 35th anniversary<\/strong> rolls around in 2027, this looks like it might be it.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can\u2019t download Kirby and The World Beyond yet, but Nintendo has <strong>locked in a Spring 2027<\/strong> release for Nintendo Switch 2.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo used its September 9, 2026 Nintendo Direct to unveil Kirby and The World Beyond, a new action-adventure for Nintendo Switch 2 starring everyone\u2019s favorite pink vacuum. It\u2019s a fully 3D game, and Nintendo says it\u2019s set to arrive in Spring 2027. The trailer fills in a little more than the announcement alone. Kirby gets &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/kirby-and-the-world-beyond-is-official-a-new-3d-adventure-for-switch-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kirby and The World Beyond is official: a new 3D adventure for Switch 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":377358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-377359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377360,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377359\/revisions\/377360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377359"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=377359"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=377359"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=377359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}