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[themiiofalltime]

ROUND 1A: SATORU IWATA (Nintendo) vs MASAHIRO SAKURAI (Nintendo)

who gets full access to every nintendo product within the mii universe. i’m talking the 3ds and wii u inside of tomadachi life here

[paulthebukkit]

Sakurai becoming a youtuber was the best thing ever

[salamifuposey]

⭐️🌿🌷 have Kirby… and Bandana Waddle Dee 😭💕

[thantropy]

just a pink blob touching some grass

[fuckyeahmasahirosakurai]

Sigh

Source: (x)

[woodenplankstudios]

Curious cat (everyone is home)

[memingursa]

I want to be somewhat respectful for the guy responsible for smash on one hand but on the other This is such childish loser shit from a guy in his 50s who should know that literally every game has their cutscenes on youtube oh my god

[devileaterjaek]

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

We need to get rid of the public domain law so can reveal that your book series was canon to smash all along.

Me: *rips off mask to reveal I was Sakurai all along* WHO SAYS IT ISN'T ALREADY?! HAHAHAHAHAH- *i am immediately tranquilized and recaptured by Nintendo Ninjas*

[styxnstars]

And let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars... 🌌✨ /ly

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[nuclearmime]

Seeing the localized Game Center CX "Retro Game Master" logo again after so long legitimately triggered my fight-or-flight response.

[monstatart]

Sakurai I swear

[paulthebukkit]

The newest Sakurai video was crazy

[shinigami-striker]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Thursday, 12.07.2023

The best-selling fighting game of all time was released simultaneously worldwide on this day 5 years ago, and that is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, exclusively on Nintendo Switch!

[conkreetmonkey]

How does Sakurai keep aging backwards??

Watching the latest Masahiro Sakurai YouTube video and

how does this man keep aging backwards. He looks significantly younger now than he did when I was watching his Smash Ultimate reveal videos a few years ago. I'm actually comparing videos now and it's not just me misremembering what he looked like back then, he legitimately looked a decade older in his Smash for 3DS/Wii U videos compared to today. How does he do it?

Now, these example images are far from perfect, I wasn't planning on making this post so this is kind of a quickie. Still, am I crazy, or does Sakurai look far younger today than he did 4 years ago? (I'm aware the quality of the modern photo is far better than the first, but the hat's not on me there; the Smash Bros videos just had less resolution than is seen now on Sakurai's personal YT channel. Weird.)

I've noticed a few distinct ways in which he looks significantly better now:

His skin looks noticeably more youthful. His laugh lines seem to have all but vanished, and his face appears to have significantly more healthy colour to it. The difference appears slight in this photo comparison, but in some older videos from the 3DS/Wii U era it's much clearer. He looks significantly less pale now, and any lines that were present on his face have seemingly disappeared.

This one is more obvious: his eyebags are gone! He's clearly sleeping far better now. The difference is night and day.

Again, not too noticeable from the pictures given, but Sakurai's hair seems to be smoother, glossier and darker than it used to be. Perhaps he's dyed it or is using different products now, but it looks far healthier and youthful now, and that's not even to say it looked bad before. He's always had great hair (and has never been bad-looking in any field), but it's really shining nowadays.

idk why I'm even making this post. In all likelihood, he's just far less stressed nowadays without Smash Ultimate and Covid to worry about. Still, I think it was worth pointing out. Masahiro Sakurai looks phenomenal. Again, not to imply he's ever looked bad. He's always been, in my opinion at least, quite an attractive man. I also understand that this post may come across as creepy or obsessed, but I haven't watched any Sakurai content since high school, in which my friend group was heavily Smash-oriented and we kept up with the development and new character additions like other men do sports. In an unorthodox way, Masahiro Sakurai was a huge part of my teenage years. I idolized him back then, and I'd still consider him a man worth looking up to; his passion for his craft is damn near unmatched. If every big name gave developer cared as much about the art they were creating as Sakurai, the entire gaming scene would be so, so much better.

This is an appreciation post, I suppose, as well as just me being happy a guy I followed closely a few years ago now seems to be doing better than ever. I get that he was and still is a multimillionaire, but back in the day he was working himself to the bone. I mean, passing out at work, winding up in the hospital, and then going right back to work with a IV drip in his arm?? He's clearly worked extremely, unhealthily hard to gain his wealth. I'm glad he's visibly less stressed out nowadays, and austounded at how much better he looks. There's graceful aging, and then there's Masahiro Sakurai. He's 52, and works like a coked-out mule with a sick kid at home and a debt to the mob, yet despite all this I wouldn't think he's a day over 30. You fucking go, Sakurai.

[kirbysdx]

Sakurai shows off a damage pose idea he had in the design document for Kirby Super Star! Very cute.