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Kirby et le pays oublié has officially achieved the biggest launch in the franchise’s history in the UK.

Released on March 25th, the latest entry to the 30-year old series has outsold the previous record setter – Kirby Star Alliés – by more than double, bagging the number one spot in this week’s UK charts. Il est intéressant de noter, comme toujours, that this is purely boxed copies and doesn’t include digital sales.

In terms of overall sales, Kirby and the Forgotten Land is also now the fifth biggest game in the franchise, already outselling the likes of Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush, but just falling short of Kirby’s Adventure Wii.

Currently, the best selling entry to the series remains Le pays de rêve de Kirby, which sits at 5 million d'exemplaires à travers le monde. Kirby Star Alliés, meanwhile, has sold just under 3 million copies as of the end of 2020. It’s likely Kirby and the Forgotten Land will come somewhere in between, but we wouldn’t rule it out of eventually beating out the original Game Boy classic.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land joins Terreur Metroid with its remarkable sales achievement, the latter of which accomplishing its own when it released back in October 2021. Metroid Dread performed slightly better than Kirby, but considering the agonising wait between Fusion métroïde and its sequel, this isn’t entirely surprising.

We love Kirby and the Forgotten Land here at Nintendo Life, giving the game a solid 9/10 in pour Switch ramène les joueurs dans le temps. The game is currently sitting at 84 sur Métacritique.

Have you bought Kirby and the Forgotten Land for Switch? Do you think it deserves to land the franchise’s biggest launch in the UK? Faites le nous savoir!