Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Elden Ring are the same game [SPOILERS FOR BOTH]

You play as a foreigner in a strange land where society has collapsed and what little remains of the old factions vies desperately for a living in the post-apocalypse.

You can easily gain the abilities and weaponry of several of the enemies you see throughout the game, from mooks like Sir Kibble and Lordsworn Soldiers all the way up to weilding boss weapons.

You can upgrade these weapons throughout the game using the services of a lovable blacksmith character in the hub area.

Your companions for nearly the whole game, Elfilin and Melina, are characters who are directly connected to/actually a part of the final boss. They both are involved intimately with destroying the final boss (Fecto Elfilis) or an avatar of the final boss (The Erdtree). They both even leave your party for a bit in the middle, albeit for different reasons.

There is an incredible level of similarity between the two games' ending sequences too. Forgo Dedede is an identical boss to Godfrey/Hoarah Loux. Both start out as warriors weilding incredibly large-headed weapons and both enter a second phase where they cast aside those weapons and fight hand-to-hand in a bestial rage. After defeating both, they regard the protagonist with respect for the miniscule amount of screentime both have left.

The final boss is a two-part affair where you face off against the leader of the cabal you've been opposing the whole time. Both Leongar and Radagon are buff dudes with manes of firey red/orange hair, both see their plans as the only way their existance can continue.

Once they're defeated, the true final boss appears. An incredibly powerful being from outer space with a form that's wildly different from anything else in the game.

The boss similarities don't stop there however. There is a "secret" optional boss in both games that's way harder than the final boss; Morpho Knight and Malenia. Both are considered the greatest sword-wielding warriors in the realm and both have butterflies as their main iconography. Both have 2 phases where the second phase calls upon the power of an outer god. In Morpho's case, it's the same god as the final boss, in Malenia's it's the god of rot.

I mean just look at these bosses.

The final nail in the coffin that proves these two games are identical however, is that you can dodge roll in both of them.