Mouthful Mode

Mouthful Mode Artwork of Kirby inhaling a car from Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Details Game(s) Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) Type Limited or unlimited use, depending on mode Obtained from Various objects Power(s) Wrapping around large objects and using their properties

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Mouthful Mode is the signature mechanic of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which entails Kirby contorting himself in order to inhale larger objects than he normally would not be able to. Instead of fully swallowing the objects, they get "stuck" in his mouth, and he instead conforms to the shape of the object in question, allowing him to utilize special abilities based on the thing he is wrapped around. Kirby gained this ability as he was being pulled through the vortex from Popstar into the New World, and he uses it in every regular stage in the game, as well as during the final encounter with Fecto Elfilis.

General characteristics

When Kirby finds a suitable object in a stage, he can use his inhale to wrap himself around it. This can be done regardless of whether or not he has a Copy Ability equipped, as he will be unable to use his ability while using a Mouthful Mode. For any mobile Mouthful Modes, Kirby is generally restricted to a single jump of typically-reduced height and can no longer guard, hover, or dodge. He also loses the ability to swim in most cases, sinking into bodies of water as if they were bottomless pits. Some Mouthful Modes give Kirby increased health while he is using them.

Most Mouthful Modes can be discarded by using Y to "spit". In some cases, such as Dome Mouth, Storage Mouth, Vending Mouth (when out of ammunition), and Water-Balloon Mouth, spitting the object after its use will destroy it. Other Mouthful Modes will restrict when Kirby can discard it, with particular examples including Arch Mouth, Coaster Mouth, and Big-Rig Mouth.

List of modes

Kirby's Mouthful Modes are as follows:

Mouthful Modes in Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Mode	Image	Obtained from	Description
Arch Mouth		An archway	Contorts Kirby into a paraglider shape, allowing him to glide long distances.
Car Mouth		A car	Allows Kirby to drive along the ground quickly and ram into enemies.
Coaster Mouth		The "Spaceship Wondaria"	Allows Kirby to follow a roller coaster track, and lean to the sides to collect items on the track as he goes.
Cone Mouth		A traffic cone or an ice cream cone.	Allows Kirby to pierce various objects by falling onto them upside-down.
Dome Mouth		A dome	Allows Kirby to open a dome.
Light-Bulb Mouth		A light bulb	Allows Kirby to illuminate dark areas while walking through them and power certain devices that are sensitive to light.
Pipe Mouth		A pipe	Allows Kirby to roll around at high speed in a fixed direction, similar to Friend Circle.
Ring Mouth		A large metal hoop	Allows Kirby to fire gusts of wind, which can be used to power watercrafts, defeat enemies, and cause fans to spin.
Scissor-Lift Mouth		A scissor lift	Allows Kirby to ascend up to certain otherwise inaccessible paths and hit switches on ceilings.
Stairs Mouth		Stairs	Allows Kirby to move stairs from one place to another and crush enemies.
Storage Mouth		Set of lockers	Allows Kirby to move a set of lockers out of the way.
Vending Mouth		A vending machine	Allows Kirby to spit food projectiles at his foe, similar to the Ice-Spark Power Combo from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
Water-Balloon Mouth		Water from a pipe	Fills Kirby with a large glob of water, which he can use to spray at enemies and clean up mud, lava, and toxic goo.
Big-Rig Mouth		A "big-rig" truck.	Kirby wraps himself around a large truck, which he uses to stop Fecto Elfilis from causing Popstar and the New World to collide. Elfilin lends his power to propel Big-Rig-Mouth Kirby through the air for this final encounter.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ほおばりヘンケイ Hōbari Henkei	Mouthful Transformation
Traditional Chinese	塞滿嘴變形 Sāimǎnzuǐ Biànxíng	Mouthful Transformation
Simplified Chinese	塞满嘴变形 Sāimǎnzuǐ Biànxíng
French	Transmorphisme	Portmanteau of "transformer" (transformation) and "métamorphose" (metamorphosis)
German	Vollstopf-Modus	Fully-Stuffed-Mode
Korean	머금기 변형 Meogeumgi Byeonhyeong	Mouthful Transformation
Spanish	Transmorfosis	Portmanteau of "transformación" (transformation) and "metamorfosis" (metamorphosis)