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Masahiro sakurai

Masahiro Sakurai

Masahiro Sakurai was born on August 3rd 1970 in Tokyo, Japan.

Work for Nintendo[]

Sakurai is currently the Director of Software Development for Project Sora. At one point in his life he worked for HAL Laboratory, another affiliate of Nintendo. Sakurai was a major figure in the development of the Kirby franchise and the Super Smash Bros. franchise for Nintendo's home consoles. His most current project is Kid Icarus: Uprising which will be released worldwide for 3DS during March 2012. Following the release of the new portable Kid Icarus, Sakurai plans on beginning development for a new Super Smash Bros. game for 3DS and Wii U.

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