Formerly of HAL Laboratory. Kirby
Only professional posts that the person has made public are listed.
Newest first, as of 2026-08-14. Titles only; the contents are not summarised.
Records of the person's own remarks and testimony left in Wikipedia articles. Quoted verbatim.
Masahiro Sakurai has said that when he joined the company he saw a senior colleague playing Shadow Dragon, and bought it at once after seeing a pirate swing an axe with a blank look on his face.
According to director and designer Masahiro Sakurai, the swimming action that appeared for the first time in this game was, at the planning stage, to be implemented as a copy ability called "Sensui".
Masahiro Sakurai, who has worked on the Kirby series and the Super Smash Bros. series, has said of this game, comparing it with Kirby's Dream Land, released the same year, that "(Kirby's Dream Land) lost perfectly".
Press a title to open its page. The evidence for each role can be read in the source.
Press a title to open its page. The evidence for each role can be read in the source.