Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

Today marks the two-year anniversary of my YouTube channel!
Time certainly does fly, but I’m glad I was able to keep making these videos for you all. Thank you for watching!



At this point, I’ve released over 240 videos. I prepared a special episode, “Development Secrets of the Original Kirby” to celebrate the 100th video, but I forgot to do the same for the 200th...



I’m planning to wrap up new episodes at some point this year—I’ll make an announcement once the date’s been set.

8 months ago | [YT] | 10,384



@sillysphinx2330

Thanks to the team who animates for these videos too! May they be well paid and appreciated

8 months ago | 564

@Noper12KSKx

We are the ones that thank you Sakurai! For being such an incredible person, dedicated and inspirational! Having this channel as an avenue into your work ethic and creativity helped and guided me through many choices I've made in my life already, so I wholeheartedly thank you and your work, not to mention for creating one of my favorite gaming franchises of all time!

8 months ago | 222

@janberentsen9890

I do not know whether Sakurai reads these comments, but if he does: Thank you. They're an incredible resource. They're especially great for ensuring that everyone knows at least a bit about every other aspect of game development, easing communications, or just giving inspiration for something to pursue. It's incredible that someone with so much experience is putting all this information out there for free (so you don't have to get a job in the industry to learn these things).

8 months ago | 133

@M64bros

Happy anniversary Sakurai

8 months ago | 113

@gumgumleobazooka

Thank you for all the inspiration and knowledge

8 months ago | 1

@MatthewSmart

I really appreciate your dedication to sharing your knowledge of games and just giving good life lessons in general, all without shaming other developers and studios. It's so refreshing, and you're leaving behind some timeless advice.

8 months ago | 85

@pierrecamilli8978

Having two videos a week from someone like you is a one in a life chance. You make a great work that certainly is valuable and will influence game developers for years to come! I'm so grateful you take your personal time and funds to build such a project that benefits to everyone!

8 months ago | 10

@kirbythedarkmind

its amazing to watch these wonderful videos from sakurai-sensei.

8 months ago | 0

@hmon661

Thanks Mr. Sakurai! Your insight has been a great inspiration to myself and many others who love games/game design.

8 months ago | 0

@VIDEO_199X

Thank you so much for all the work you and your team put into each video. Its become one of my favorite channels on youtube

8 months ago | 1

@davidalbertodiaz6312

Congratulations Thank you Sakurai

8 months ago | 44

@dariuscox3576

Whoa, it’s been two years already? That’s two whole years worth of video game knowledge! Thank you and your animation team, Sakurai!

8 months ago | 11

@TheHylianBatman

I'm grateful for these videos! I hope this series remains accessible for as long as possible! You've said the channel's wrapping this year, and I'm grateful it's lasted this long into the year! We might just make it to December!

8 months ago | 8

@Whistrash

It's been an amazing series. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Sakurai-san.

8 months ago | 3

@CyberDragon10K

Channel deserves to be archived for years to come. Thank you for all of this, Sakurai.

8 months ago | 6

@jacobm8624

Your videos have been extra helpful to me for my own game development. I've watched every video as soon as they were uploaded. Thank you for providing so many useful tips and stories throughout these 2 years!

8 months ago | 4

@Colopty

Happy anniversary, and thanks to everyone involved in making these videos. They've been an absolute gold mine.

8 months ago | 2

@owencmyk

Thank you Mr Sakurai. You've taught me so much about game design over the years, and I can't wait to see what you choose to work on next !

8 months ago | 1

@Cuprite1024

Cause I always forget to watch these, I basically have the entire series to binge later on. Lol. Definitely glad these exist though, I'm sure they've been super helpful for plenty of people. :)

8 months ago | 1

@lejoserex

Thanks again Mr. Sakurai, somehow Kirby was one of my first games I bought with my own money as a kid in the 90s. It was second hand with a few other games but still, one of my favorites. Thanks for not giving up on yourself, all these years!

8 months ago | 1