Translation of the Kirby 30th Anniversary interview from the June 2023 edition of Nintendo Dream

This is a translation of the 2 page interview with Shinya Kumazaki, regarding the 30th anniversary of the Kirby series, featured in the June 2023 edition of the Nintendo Dream magazine. Many thanks to Falco_Lau for providing scans of this interview, I wouldn't have been able to translate it at first without said scans, although …

Translation of the Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe interview from the June 2023 edition of Nintendo Dream

First of all, I want to apologize for the delay in this translation. I lost a lot of motivation when this interview was posted online on Nintendo Dream's official website and thus my hours spent transcribing it felt wasted, and people started to simply machine translate text and thus I kinda felt the translation wasn't …

Translation of the Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe interview from the May 2023 edition of Nintendo Dream

This is a translation of the 8 page interview featured in the May 2023 edition of the Nintendo Dream magazine. Many thanks to Falco_Lau for providing scans of this interview, I wouldn't have been able to translate it without said scans. Do know that I'm simply a passionate Kirby fan that is learning Japanese due …

Jun Ishikawa Interview from the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Pamphlet

This is my translation of the one page interview with Jun Ishikawa present in the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Pamphlet. Keep in mind that this is from 2017, and is focused on the 25th anniversary of the Kirby series and the orchestra concert that happened to celebrate it; the latest Kirby game covered in …

Translation of the Kirby and the Forgotten Land interview from the June 2022 edition of Nintendo Dream

This is a translation of the 8 page interview featured in the June 2022 edition of the Nintendo Dream magazine. Many thanks to Falco_Lau's friend for scanning these and making them available, I wouldn't have been able to translate it without said scans. Do know that I'm simply a passionate Kirby fan that is learning …

Short translation regarding the singer from Welcome to the New World! of Kirby and the Forgotten Land

So, sadly, a lot of things regarding the development and some tidbits of Kirby games are still exclusively revealed through the Nintendo Dream magazine. Recently the site of the magazine even started to block non-Japanese IPs, so you need to use a VPN located in Japan or be in Japan to access its site. So …

Shinya Kumazaki Interview from the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Pamphlet

This is my translation of the two page interview with Shinya Kumazaki present in the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Pamphlet. Keep in mind that this is from 2017, and is focused on the 25th anniversary of the Kirby series and the orchestra concert that happened to celebrate it; the latest Kirby game covered in …

Masahiro Sakurai Interview from the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Pamphlet

This is my translation of the two page interview with Masahiro Sakurai present in the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert Pamphlet. Keep in mind that this is from 2017, and is focused on the 25th anniversary of the Kirby series and the orchestra concert that happened to celebrate it. Click here to see more translations …

Kirby Star Allies Vol. 4 Interview The Ultimate Part 2 (from the July 2018 issue)

[EDIT 05/05/2022 - The "Void making Kirby's face" question was retranslated from scratch to be more accurate and clearer, without relying on machine translations. Since my translation kept getting referenced really often, I felt this was the least I can do now that I know more Japanese.] DISCLAIMER This the fourth and last of four …

Kirby Star Allies Vol. 3 Interview The Ultimate Part 1 (from the July 2018 issue)

DISCLAIMER This the third of four English translations of the four “Nintendo Dream” interviews with staff from HAL Laboratory about various topics related to “Kirby Star Allies” that are available on the magazine’s site. All these translations were primarily done with the DeepL Translator tool, with some tweaks and small translations from my part to …