Update [Thu 27th Mar 2025, 1:10pm]: Following the fervent interest in Mr. Sakurai's innocuous tweet, he's posted again, this time quoting Automaton Japan's coverage of the fan speculation.

We had a feeling that the legendary Masahiro Sakurai would make a cameo in today's Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, and that he did! Kirby Air Ride is back, baby, this time in the form of Kirby Air ...

creator Masahiro Sakurai retweeted Nintendo’s announcement. Sakurai’s comment seems to have been lost in translation since, according to X’s auto translate feature, all he wrote was the word ...

mastermind Masahiro Sakurai is serving as the project's director. You can see the Kirby Air Riders reveal trailer below. Nintendo released its original Kirby Air Ride spinoff for GameCube players ...

The ancient Japanese art of brewing a fragrant alcoholic drink from rice is being reinterpreted by Atsuo Sakurai in an unlikely setting By Richard Grant Photographs by Pete McBride In the old ...

Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai says he gave away all his trade secrets for free because he wanted to help other developers ‘buff’ players’ lives. Sakurai was recently awarded a lifetime ...

Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai is back in the news after his recent Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize win and his comments ...

This weekend Japan is coming to the heart of the nations capital the annual Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival. The festival is a two day celebration of authentic Japanese culture featuring ...

Here's every game that Smash Bros. creator and YouTuber Masahiro Sakurai has directed or designed in his 30-plus year career.