MASAHIRO SAKURAI'S THOUGHTS ON GAMES: FINAL VOLUME

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Masahiro Sakurai (桜井政博)

The Final Book Collection of Masahiro Sakurai’s Popular Column, Known for Kirby and Super Smash Bros.

The 10th book collecting Masahiro Sakurai’s Thoughts on Games, the hugely popular column from Weekly Famitsu, in which game designer Masahiro Sakurai writes about his thoughts and experiences while creating and playing games.

This volume includes columns published from the March 14, 2019 issue through the final installment in the November 18, 2021 issue, along with two special features and newly written original columns.

Special Feature: Kirby Air Riders Design Document Revealed!

Excerpts from the approximately 200-page design document for Kirby Air Riders, released on November 20, 2025. The material reveals how the game's overall vision had already been taking concrete shape during the planning stage in July 2021.

Special Feature: The Previously Unpublished Setting Materials “Road Trip Secrets” Fully Revealed!

For the first time, the setting materials for the “Road Trip” story mode of Kirby Air Riders are revealed. Secrets at the heart of the story are finally unveiled!

Original Columns Written for This Book

How Masahiro Sakurai Makes Games
Kirby Air Riders
Fukurashi Has Disappeared
What Is Fun, and What Kind of Flavor Should We Seek?

PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
Japanese	Paperback		9784040900162	2026	216

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