Welcome back to The Mason's Series with Sealed Inferno, the long awaited 4th installment! As seen in the Kirby Dream Display Trailer!

(count this post as my my Kirby 34th anniversary contribution for this year lol)

We've been keeping it hidden for a while, now its the time to show it off!

Now it may seem strange that we are still continuing this series, but the thing is....The 3rd game was the end of our Protagonist's story, things have just gotten started with Dedede!

Go through a journey through the afterlife in order to free a sealed god from ancient times in Purgatory and see if Dedede is able to be freed from the afterlife or face the consequences...even if something else caused him to end up here.......

But lets go over what you will be seeing in Sealed Inferno!

The Basics/Gameplay

Dedede will be residing in your hell chamber, having to deal with the familiar faces in there, but a certain someone who found Dedede has given him a flashlight and Locator Orb to make things better!

The Locator Orb will show Dedede a series of rooms where the threats can be tracked. Dedede's Trustworthy Flashlight is able to be shined in the 2 doors by you! And did he see that lever? Well originally it was meant to torment him, but now during his mission, he is able to use it on threats that are sensitive. By pulling it, a death whistle activates, but he has to be careful with it, as using it to much will cause it to crack holes that will make it unusable!

There will be more mechanics shown off as we show more of the game!

But wait, you might be asking. Why does Dedede look so different?

Dedede's Design

Great Question! As we've hinted, you are playing as Dedede in this game! We wanted to give him a more heroic design to fit the playable character aspect of the Kirby Series as well as for story reasons in the game! With the model of him used in this game, we are able to make him more expressional as you will be seeing him in cutscenes a lot.

And obvious to his state seen, you can tell he is ready to face of the many threats!

So What Inspired Us To Make Sealed Inferno?

For a long time, even back in mid 2024. I've thought of the idea of a non existent 4th game, before we gave the Mason's series its tone it has now. The first idea had our player exploring an abandoned ballroom building where Meta Knightmarion, only rebult with scraps is able to help the player and at the end face off with the god that created them. But that of course would never come to fruition. The second idea is closer to what we are going for now. But the ending woud've ended badly with Dedede realizing that the whole game's plot is a loop and has to go through it all over again. The third and last idea was mostly the same, but at the end Meta Knightmarion takes the path back to Earth, leaving Dedede stuck in hell for good.

As you can tell, most if not all of these ideas would be reused for this game. Mainly that its a game centered on Afterlife. Oh yea about that god....

The God

God Leben.... an wish granting god responsible for creating the souls of our characters who has been sealed for millions of years (Purgatory and Hell years only) due to fear of her potential danger when used for wrong. This is the god that Dedede will use once gathering all 4 Soul Crystals!

These crystals where used to seal Leben and can be used again to free her once they ae placed in the pillar that shatters the chamber!

But someone has kept them to themselves, lucky for Dedede, he met someone mysterious that is keeping them, by doing a favor for him. He returns to hell in the chamber you just saw in order to get them!

But that's enough of the story, lets get into the juice of this section:

Main Inspiration (other ones)

Sealed Inferno is heavily based of the story Dante's Divine Comedy, as evident with Sealed Inferno's story and theme. I mean, Dedede is in hell, then goes to purgatory where he sees Leben, then has to go back to hell in a chamber to get the crystals. Then see's if he is able to move back to Earth this time around. and obvious by the crystalized theme of the game, its also heavily takes inspiration from Kirby And The Forgotten Land Star Crossed World . And there are other inspirations seen in Sealed Inferno.

Characters and Rooms

As of now, we will keep most of the threats as surprises, but here is what we can show for now!

The Strangler

The stranger is a central part of this game's branding, he takes heavy inspiration from the pink snake like creature from The Garden of Earthy Delights, as well as the obvious demonization of snakes in general!

Birthed

Of course there wouldn't be a game without a melting toon!

And lets move on to the rooms!

The Insanity Room

This room has psychedelic images of cats all over to symbolize story elements!

The Dining Area

This one is a favorite of mine, what is meant to be a room where people could gather for nice moments has turned into a mad house.

The Flesh Room

(slight gore warning)

This is where creatures, created just to suffer reside. This room takes heavy inspiration from the freak like creatures seen in the Sci-Fi novel All Tomorrows.

and I think that's all for what there is to see, lets get into....

Content

As usual there is the usual, but changes in them are a first for the series!

-Story Mode Campaign (5 Nights with a Final Boss that changes the usual gameplay, and story cutscenes)

-Custom Night (+4 additional unlockable characters)

-Characters Menu (Extras does not fit with it anymore)

-New Challenges (3 in total)

-Final Challenge once everything is completed

-Commentary Mode where Dedede talks about his surroundings for extra fun

As of now then game is in a Early State, on top of that we need extra voice actors, both male and female since there will be a lot of taking in the game! Of curse Delta will be reprising his role as Dedede as most of you wanted more from him!

On top of that I have hired a new beta tester that is familiar with the series! I'm sure he is able to give feedback and help us make this game the best it can!

To end it off..Happy 34th Anniversary to the Kirby Series!

I am excited to see you guys invested in Dedede's adventure!

Who knows what will happen, only time will tell.....

....time will tell after time....time after time