Masahiro Sakurai: From Kirby to Super Smash Bros Ultimate – Did You Know Gaming Ft. Furst

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In this episode, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at some facts, secrets, and history of one of gaming’s biggest figures, Masahiro Sakurai. In this video we cover everything in Sakurai’s carrier, from his beginning at HAL and the creation of Kirby, through his development of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros series including Super Smash Bros Melee, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Super Smash Bros on Wii U and 3DS, and of course Super Smash Bros Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch.

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Video Editing by Luis Illingworth @HeyRaguio and Forrest Lee

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【田中圭一連載：カービィ・スマブラ編】4歳でゲームに感動、バイト代で研究の日々…そしてカービィ誕生へ。永遠のゲーム少年・桜井政博が発見したゲームの方程式【若ゲのいたり】

Sakurai Answers 100 Questions from Fans

Timeline of Masahiro Sakurai’s Life

Game Store Staff: Masahiro Sakurai

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/aug/08/super-smash-bros-ultimate-masahiro-sakurai-35-years-gaming-history-nintendo

“School, Work, and Specialists” – Sakurai’s Famitsu Column, Vol. 33/34

“The Character Named Kirby” – Sakurai’s Famitsu Column, Vol. 17

Kirby’s Development Secrets

https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby%27s_Dream_Land

Kirby’s Development Secrets

http://shmuplations.com/kirbysadventure/https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/statuses/20914369156087809

Sakurai and Iwata interview with Shigesato Itoi on Smash 64 [Part 1]

Looking Back on “Super Smash Bros. Melee,” Sakurai’s Famitsu column vol. 360 (some old stuff previously translated from 1UP, and some new stuff)

“I’m Quitting Hal Laboratory!”

https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124712/http://www.project-sora.co.jp/

“I’m Making Smash”, Sakurai’s Famitsu Article on Brawl

Sakurai’s GDC 2008 Presentation Slides

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