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  1. Masahiro Sakurai. Masahiro Sakurai (桜井 政博, Sakurai Masahiro, born August 3, 1970) is a Japanese video game director and game designer best known as the creator of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series. Apart from his work on those series, he also led the design of Meteos in 2005 and directed Kid Icarus: Uprising in 2012.

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    At Nintendo and HAL Laboratory

    One of Sakurai's earliest experiences in the video game industry began when he worked for HAL Laboratory, Inc. It is there that he created the character Kirby at the age of 19. He would soon direct his first title, Kirby's Dream Land. Sakurai first devised the concept for Smash in 1998, working on a prototype then known as Dragon King: The Fighting Game. At the time, the project featured no existing Nintendo properties, and Sakurai was focused on creating unique platform fighter mechanics to...

    Resignation from HAL Laboratory

    Sakurai resigned from his position at HAL Laboratory on August 5, 2003, shortly after the release of Kirby Air Ride. Sakurai said at the time that he believed it would be difficult for him to continue creating games if he stayed at HAL. He claimed that he had become tired of the gaming industry's growing focuses on sequels: 1. 1.1. "It was tough for me to see that every time I made a new game, people automatically assumed that a sequel was coming," said Masahiro Sakurai on August 26, 2003, in...

    Sora Ltd. and Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    On September 30, 2005, Sakurai announced that he had formed his own company, Sora Ltd. Despite the departure of Sakurai from HAL, former HAL Laboratory President and former President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata stated at E3 2005 that the Super Smash Bros. series would continue on Nintendo's newest console, the Wii, supporting online play. It was only after this announcement that Sakurai received an offer from Iwata to return to direct the new Smash, which he accepted. Sakurai revealed that he wo...

    Starting in 1999, Sakurai wrote and maintained Sumabura-Ken, a website which in its various incarnations detailed the content and gameplay of Smash 64, Melee, and Brawl. The Brawl website was the first to have Sakurai's updates translated from Japanese to other languages; the English version was known as the Smash Bros. DOJO!! Though a separate off...

    On August 23, 2022, Sakurai launched his own YouTube channel on game design for aspiring game creators. On this channel, Sakurai uploads 2-5 minute videos on various game design tips and mechanics, such as hitstop. To better help illustrate his points, Sakurai uses real gameplay footage from other games, among those games being the Super Smash Bros...

    Sakurai provided voice acting for King Dedede in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. 4, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
    Sakurai's wife, Michiko Sakurai (née Takahashi), worked on the user interface for many of his games, including Meteos, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and the Super Smash Bros. series, as well as other HAL L...
    Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games, Japanese channel
  2. Dec 8, 2021 · The game’s last major update came on December 1st. Three years and countless charming video presentations later, series creator Masahiro Sakurai — an infamous workaholic — seems to finally ...

  3. Concept and creation Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Kirby. Kirby was created by Masahiro Sakurai as the player character of the 1992 video game Kirby's Dream Land.Sakurai conceived the idea around May 1990 at the age of 19 while he was working at HAL Laboratory.

  4. Super Smash Bros. is a crossover platform fighting game series published by Nintendo.The series was created by Masahiro Sakurai, who has directed every game in the series.. The series is known for its unique gameplay objective which differs from that of traditional fighters, in that the aim is to increase damage counters and knock opponents off the stage instead of depleting life b

  5. Mar 24, 2022 · Masahiro Sakurai: I’m the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai. The Super Smash Bros. series is a project where we undertake collaborations you can’t see anywhere else.

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