We’ve been speaking about Masahiro Sakurai rather a lot not too long ago, have not we? The creator of Kirby and Smash Bros. has began up his personal YouTube channel, the place he is already amassed over 200,000 subscribers, and he is already launched one video about ‘hit stops’.

Sakurai has additionally began a miniseries on the channel referred to as ‘Game Concepts’, which is the place the sport designer will discuss in regards to the video games he labored on and the way he got here up with the ideas for each. His first video focuses on Kirby’s Dream Land — which is the primary recreation Sakurai directed.

The video is a beautiful look again at simply what impressed Sakurai to create the pink puffball, and he talks about why he made the sport simpler in an period the place video video games have been tougher, and the truth that he needed Kirby to ‘fly’ as a result of he thought it might be too harsh to lose a life for merely lacking a leap ( you, Castlevania).

But Sakurai drops one amusing tidbit early on within the video. Kirby’s most-recognisable talent is the flexibility to suck up enemies and tackle their powers. The latter half did not come till later, however in Kirby’s Dream Land, he may nonetheless suck up enemies and spit them out — and that is how he defended himself. But Sakurai admits that he initially needed Kirby to make use of his tongue to seize the enemies reasonably than by deeply inhaling.

Sakurai goes in depth in regards to the “danger and reward” facet of utilizing enemies to your benefit, evaluating the puffball to Mega Man — who would not use enemies per se however does get their skills. But the director needed there to be a better approach to make use of enemies reasonably than simply getting their expertise as rewards, and he needed Kirby to make use of his mouth:

“At first, I needed Kirby to make use of his tongue to seize foes, however ultimately, I made a decision to have him inhale them and spit them out. The tongue thought may make you consider Yoshi, however this was again earlier than Yoshi existed.”

Perhaps Yoshi has Kirby to thank for his adept tongue-grabbing expertise! And we assume that Sakurai is speaking in regards to the design and creation section of Kirby, as Yoshi would debut first in Super Mario World.

We’re unsure Kirby would nonetheless retain that adorableness if he grabbed enemies together with his tongue — not that consuming them by sucking them up is any much less terrifying or bizarre, but it surely’s synonymous with the little fella at this level. We could not think about Kirby another approach!

Kirby’s Dream Land only in the near past celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, together with the complete Kirby collection, so the timing of this video is ideal. You can watch Sakurai’s full video under, which is a brief and candy five-minute rundown of the philosophy behind the unique Game Boy recreation.

The subsequent video might be all about 1993’s Kirby’s Adventure, so we surprise what we would study in regards to the NES recreation when Sakurai decides to add the following chapter in his Game Concepts collection.

What did you consider the video? Are you stunned Sakurai needed Kirby to make use of his tongue? Float on all the way down to the feedback and tell us!