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Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [video]

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If you're not watching Sakurai's YouTube channel, you're missing out. We need more top tier creative people producing behind the scenes stuff like this. It's better than most game development books you can buy, and it's free.

My only problem with the videos—which is 100% not Sakurai's fault—is I find it very difficult to read the english subtitles while also focusing on the visuals. I have no trouble following subtitled movies, but for some reason they're problematic in this format.

I almost wish someone could create dubs...

You can create your own dubs with the voice and characteristics of the speaker with elevenlabs now.

Plug in the YouTube video here and select your language https://elevenlabs.io/dubbing

“At the time, we made fertilizer…”

Cool, but still needs some work.

Yeah the subtitles move around and scream for attention. Very annoying.

The main programmer of Kirby's Dreamland was Satoru Iwata (credited under the pseudonym Sunday Rain in the game) the later president and CEO of Nintendo.

Apparently Hiroshi Yamauchi the original Nintendo CEO saw promise in Iwata and insisted he'd be made president of HAL (and later his successor at Nintendo).

Indeed, when HAL Labs was facing bankruptcy, Yamauchi injected capital under the condition that Iwata becomes the president of HAL.

I've always heard "scarcity breeds innovation" but nothing embodies it like making Z80 games. Everything before gameboy is far before my time, but I have dipped into gameboy rom hacks briefly and it is a real trip. The tiling techniques talked about here feel so elegant even though I'm sure they felt like necessary hacks at the time.

I can hear the theme music now. Great game.

It's not the vacuum, guys! Still super interesting. Thanks for sharing!

i was actually prepared to watch a video on the Kirby and its Harley-Davidson developed transmission.

We are probably either at or approaching the point at which the general population would be more familiar with the videogame character than the vacuum cleaner.

Kirby's Dream Land on the Nintendo Game Boy

Kirby's Dream land is for Game Boy; the sequel, Kirby's Adventure is a very late release on NES/FC

Oh played Kirby’s Adventure so much with my cousin on the NES growing up. Fond memories.

He is 53 and looks like he's 28.

I wouldn’t have believed him if he told me his age. Kept his spirit.

I'm so old, I thought this video was going to be about a vacuum cleaner.

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