Trivia / Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

• Doing It for the Art:
  • Sakurai emphasizes on the first episode that the series is completely non-profit, and that he's actually losing money as a result of it due to having to pay translators and editors, but it doesn't faze him since the purpose of the series is to educate both fans of games and aspiring game developers, and he wants to reach a wider audience than just a small conference room.
  • For the crossover with Retro Game Master/GameCenter CX, Sakurai mentioned that it was only set to be available in Japanese. However, the folks at 8-4, who translated the channel into English, insisted on localizing the channel's crossover episodes as well.
• Milestone Celebration: To celebrate 100 videos (and the release anniversary of Kirby's Dream Land), Sakurai shared a presentation he created for his appearances at the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert series, showcasing various behind-the-scenes details and factoids regarding Dream Land's development.

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