Kirby and Elden Ring are polar opposites in tone, but when the two franchises are combined, they work together pretty well. One fan artist took the opportunity to combine Kirby and Elden Ring in a creative and adorable piece of fan art.
Since its release, Kirby and the Forgotten Land's new 3D style of gameplay has been revolutionary for the series. While the gameplay may not prompt many comparisons to Elden Ring, some of the boss battles seen in the Nintendo title do involve similar strategies.
Reddit user an artist heybinsu posted an image of their fan art, with the piece combining Kirby and some memorable Elden Ring armor sets. The piece depicts the pink puffball wearing three sets of armor from Elden Ring. These are the Raging Wolf set, Raya Lucarian armor set, and the General Radahn set, respectively, all keeping with the features and imagery from Elden Ring. For example, Radahn's set has his double swords and the Raya Lucarian armor has a staff, weapons that the artist made sure to include.
The way these sets are drawn on Kirby is reminiscent of copy abilities in the Kirby games. With Kirby and the Forgotten Land's upgrade feature for copy abilities, this combination seems to work very well. The General Radahn set looks a little similar to the upgraded sword ability, and the Raya Lucarian armor is similar to the beam copy ability, which seems to work very well in this crossover.
This combination is very interesting due to the way that the artist interpreted Kirby in Elden Ring armor, especially with the few similarities between the games aesthetically. Kirby and the Forgotten Land 's boss battles involve a lot of avoiding moves in a 3D environment, though, which players of Dark Souls and Elden Ring could find familiar. Still, the games are very different beyond that. Kirby and the Forgotten Land's low difficulty, even in Wild Mode, is nothing compared to Elden Ring, but the intent with the crossover in this fan art is admirable.
In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby is swept off into another world, and this is what he would look if he needed to survive in the Land Between. It's true that the thought of combining Kirby with Elden Ring might feel like a match of polar opposites due to the difference in tone, but they work very well when put together like in this piece of fan art. Combined in this way, the armor sets look almost cute in the style of the Kirby games.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is available on Nintendo Switch.