Kirby And The World Beyond Is A Free Roaming Kirby Game Coming Next Spring

Kirby is setting off on a new adventure on the Nintendo Switch 2. Kirby and the World Beyond is a new Kirby game, with a free-roaming exploration set-up and a lot of mysteries to uncover next spring.

This new Kirby game was revealed as the one-last-thing for today’s Nintendo Direct, targeting a spring 2027 launch on the Nintendo Switch 2. The trailer starts out with Kirby exploring a world, doing very Kirby things: swallowing enemies, gaining powers, and being adorable.

But a crack in the blue sky reveals a Truman Show situation is at play, and Kirby is joined by a strange new floating friend in a quest to figure out what lies beyond this strange shell.

As confirmed in the Direct, this is a free-exploration Kirby game. The degree of openness of the world can’t be fully gleaned from today’s trailer, but considering Nintendo’s track record of creating open-world experiences for its various mascots — Mario, Link, Donkey Kong, and Karts — it makes sense that Kirby would be up next, especially with the 35th series anniversary next year.

We’ll have to keep an eye out for more, but I’m certainly intrigued in some more adventures with Nintendo’s beloved pink orb. Kirby and the World Beyond is set for a spring 2027 window.