The first Kirby game in the main series canon to use 3D spaces.
The thirteenth Kirby game in the main series canon and first one of the 2020s.
Third main series Kirby game to inspire concepts of cancelled games in the series slated to be released as games for the Nintendo GameCube after Kirby's Return to Dreamland (2011) and Kirby Star Allies (2018).
The first Kirby game in the main series canon since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) in which waddle dees do not appear as enemies of Kirby.
The first Kirby game in the main series canon since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) in which King Dedede uses his design that first appeared in Kirby's Dreamland 3 (1997).