{"id":30133,"date":"2024-04-25T18:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=30133"},"modified":"2024-04-25T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:55:53","slug":"masahiro-sakurai-eats-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-eats-kirby\/","title":{"rendered":"Masahiro Sakurai eats Kirby\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Veteran game developer Masahiro Sakurai\u2019s recent post on X has gone viral- amassing over 8600 retweets. On the afternoon of April 24, the Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator shared a stylishly presented photo of his snack. This turned out to be an almost too cute to eat sweet featuring Kirby\u2019s likeness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3055\u3042\uff64\u304a\u3084\u3064\u306e\u6642\u9593\u3060\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dI6eziz1iS\">pic.twitter.com\/dI6eziz1iS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1783014257149284543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post translation: <\/strong><em>Time for a snack&#8230;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post prompted a range of comments spanning from \u201cIt looks delicious\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s cute\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UltimaShadowX\/status\/1783018024926061053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mock-horror reactions<\/a> at the thought of Sakurai eating his beloved creation. Sakurai added fuel to the fire by posting this follow up snap of Kirby about to meet his demise. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/N_Shiokaze40733\/status\/1783060389481341125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Many commenters<\/a> asked him to stop because they were dying of laughter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u307b \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 \u3042 ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhbaI6HY0h\">pic.twitter.com\/yhbaI6HY0h<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1783022356660908346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong><em> Hoaaaaaaaaa! <\/em><br><em>(*the battle cry of someone stabbing Kirby with a fork or possibly <em>Kirby&#8217;s scream of pain<\/em>&#8230;)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Sakurai\u2019s posts don\u2019t state where he got this adorable treat from, a little detective work reveals that series of pink Kirby-themed sweets is currently on sale nationwide in branches of Japan\u2019s Family Mart convenience store. Called Manmaruyaki, the pink-colored dough contains a milk flavored center. Each Kirby sweet comes with a round sticker, of which there are eight different designs to collect (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202404\/2964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu<\/a>). They have been on sale since April 23 to mark Kirby\u2019s birthday- which falls on April 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240425-30133-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Kirby Manmaruyaki sweets Family Mart\" class=\"wp-image-30142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240425-30133-001.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240425-30133-001-380x253.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240425-30133-001-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240425-30133-001-700x466.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240425-30133-001-600x400.jpeg 600w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>The Manmaruyaki sweets come in six different Kirby designs, with one of eight random stickers (image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202404\/2964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Famitsu\/Nintendo<\/a>).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anime and game themed food and drink-related collaborations are common in Japan, and are usually only available for a limited time. Sometimes there are some surprising advertisement tie-ins too, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240228-27820\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fox-eared Sephiroth commercial<\/a> for an instant noodle brand that aired around the time of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth\u2019s release.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran game developer and creator of Super Smash Bros. and Kirby, Masahiro Sakurai, shocks and amuses netizens with X post revelation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":30141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33],"class_list":["post-30133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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