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Masahiro Sakurai's Creative Works

Stop for Big Moments! [Design Specifics]

Kirby's Dream Land [Game Concepts]]

Frame Rates [Planning & Game Design]

Risk and Reward [Game Essence]

Game Development Isn't a Game [Work Ethic]

Down with Lag! [Grab Bag]

Squeeze and Release [Game Essence]

Draw the Light, Not the Asset [Graphics]

Kirby's Adventure [Game Concepts]

Presentations Are All About Speed! [Work Ethic]

Game Awards [Grab Bag]

Assigning Animations [Animation]

Game Essence in Role-Playing Games [Game Essence]

Make It "Pop" [Effects]

Just Let Them Play! [Planning & Game Design]

Clarity vs. Style [UI]

Giving "Weight" to Buttons [Design Specifics]

Kirby Super Star [Game Concepts]

Try Telling That to the Player [Work Ethic]

Name Files Logically [Programming & Tech]

Keeping Rewards in Sight [Planning & Game Design]

Exercise While You Game! [Grab Bag]

Make the Tempo Match the Game [Audio]

Fun Beyond Game Essence [Game Essence]

Super Smash Bros. [Game Concepts]

Too Much is Just Right [Animation]

Spec Changes [Work Ethic]

Emphasize Objects with Collision [Graphics]

The Price of Games [Grab Bag]

Strike a Balance with Sound Effects [Audio]

Text Size [UI]

Making a Living Making Games [Planning & Game Design]

Let Your Characters Shine [Effects]

Breaking Down Attack Animations [Animation]

Jump Physics [Design Specifics]

Writing Game Proposals [Work Ethic]

My Feline Friend, Fukurashi [Grab Bag]

Super Smash Bros. Melee [Game Concepts]

The Fiend's Cauldron [Game Essence]

A Small Window Into the World [Planning & Game Design]

Sharing Info Within a Team [Team Management]

Distinguishing Between Major and Minor Elements [Graphics]

That Was Then, This Is Now [Grab Bag]

Making Your Game Easy to Tune [Programming & Tech]

Eight Hit Stop Techniques [Design Specifics]

Let Players Cheat the System [Game Essence]

Making Lead-ins Instant and Impactful [Animation]

Jobs in Game Development [Team Management]

The Potential of One Button [Planning & Game Design]

Prep Your Proposals Hot and Fast [Work Ethic]

Sora Ltd. [Grab Bag]

Listen in Various Environments [Audio]

Modern Quality of Life Features [UI]

Flash, Blast, and Smoke [Effects]

Deconstruct, Analyze, and Rebuild [Planning & Game Design]

Team Digital or Team Physical? [Grab Bag]

Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]

Don't Wait to Speak Your Mind [Team Management]

Don't Anchor Your Center Point [Design Specifics]

Attack Poses [Animation]

Get the Sense of Scale Right [Graphics]

Good Errands and Bad Errands [Planning & Game Design]

Falling Sells the Feeling of Flight [Game Essence]

Sora's Work-From-Home Strategies [Grab Bag]

You'll Forget the Hardship, But the Game Will Endure! [Work Ethic]

Put Parameters in Brackets [Programming & Tech]

Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio]

Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic]

Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence]

Competing with the Past [Grab Bag]

Say No to Slow! [Design Specifics]

Meteos [Game Concepts]

Consider Rewards First [Game Essence]

Learn to Count Frames! [Planning & Game Design]

Follow-Throughs Make the Impact [Animation]

Loading Screens [UI]

Visual Effects in Slow Motion [Effects]

Marketing is Multiplicative [Marketing]

Games and Eye Strain [Grab Bag]

Do Competitive Games Have to Be Complex? [Game Essence]

Just Do It Already! [Work Ethic]

Units of Speed [Design Specifics]

Making Tutorials Feel Natural [Planning & Game Design]

Game Essence in Falling-Block Puzzle Games [Game Essence]

Mastering Up [Grab Bag]

Ten People Can Produce Seven People's Work [Team Management]

Audio as Fiction and Non-Fiction [Audio]

Supervising Art Through Retouches [Graphics]

Exaggerate to Make Up for Information Loss [Animation]

Sodatete! Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking [Game Concepts]

Emphasizing Text [UI]

Using Tickets to Manage Tasks [Programming & Tech]

Praise the Player! [Planning & Game Design]

The Family Computer (and the NES) [Grab Bag]

Dying Comes as a Relief? [Game Essence]

How I Stuck With My Column [Work Ethic]

An Up-Close Look at Smash Bros. Stages [Graphics]

Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag]

Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development.

The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!

The Best Seasons of Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

The Best Seasons of Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

The Best Seasons of Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

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Season 3

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