Nintendo's legendary Kirby designer Masahiro Sakurai weighs in on gen-AI, saying "it has yet to gain my trust" but not to reject it completely

By Sherif Saed · Eurogamer · Monday, 9 November 2026 at 14:35 (4h ago) · Original article ↗

Masahiro Sakurai, the designer behind many iconic Nintendo franchises such as Super Smash Bros. and several Kirby titles, has weighed in on the ongoing discussion of generative-AI use in game development.

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