TheKirbyseries is having its 30th anniversary this year, with HAL Laboratory doing plenty to capitalize on the momentous occasion.Kirby and the Forgotten Landwas released earlier this year to much acclaim, with the franchise taking on a fully 3D style of gameplay and open level design. The series more recently celebrated this milestone with a full concert known as theKirby30th Anniversary Music Fest, an online livestreamed concert with the series' songs performed in a “big-band style” made up of 35 musicians along with Kirby dancing around on a monitor.
This concert features plenty of songs from various games across the franchise, which takes place over three hours. Some of the songs present in the concert include a complete musical suite forKirby: Star Allies' final boss and even a full on cover of “Welcome to the New World” fromKirby and the Forgotten Land. To many fans' surprise and delight, Kirby’s longtime voice actor, Makiko Ohmoto, also made an appearance at the event.
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Ohmoto is a veteran voice actress who has many years of experience as various video game characters. This includes Lyn from theFire Emblemfranchise, Sayaka Maizono from theDanganronpaseries, and of course Kirby, just to name a few. She has voiced Kirby since the originalSuper Smash Bros.andKirby 64: The Crystal Shardsand has reprised her role in every subsequentKirbygame.
Fans were unsure up until the moment Ohmoto did Kirby’s classic voice lines, which instantly enamored fans to her and reminded them of why Kirby is a beloved character to this day. Ohmoto even participated in the concert itself, where she and Neichel sing “Welcome to the New World,“the credits theme fromKirby and the Forgotten Land, as a duet.
Fans who watched to the end of the concert heard her wave off to the audience and say goodbye to them, thanking for their participation as well. Not only that, poyo, a phrase typically associated with Kirby, was thrown in by Ohmoto there as well. Alongside this guest appearance, fans were treated to anew trailer ofKirby’s Dream Buffet, a multiplayer party game that is similar toFall Guys.
Kirby and the Forgotten Landis available now exclusively for Nintendo Switch.
