30 years ago on 27th April 1992, Kirby’s Dream Land was released on the Game Boy in Japan, beginning the journey of everyone’s favorite pink puff to becoming one of Nintendo’s major icons.

Over on Twitter, Masahiro Sakurai, who created Kirby when he was still working at HAL Laboratory, shared a special post to commemorate his creation’s 30th anniversary. In this post, Sakurai shared a small tidbit about Kirby’s now iconic victory dance, and one of the challenges he faced animating it for the original game.

きょう『星のカービィ』が30歳ですと｡
これからも仲良くしてやってください!

初代カービィのクリアダンス｡
開発当時､サウンド担当にクリア音楽のフレーム数を聞いたところ｢わからない｣とのことで…
カセットテープに録音したクリア音楽を何度も巻き戻しつつ､音に合わせて作りました｡ pic.twitter.com/fZwaojWa3t

— 桜井 政博 / Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) April 26, 2022

Translated Via Google:

Today “Kirby of the Stars” is 30 years old.
Please continue to get along!

The first Kirby clear dance.
At the time of development, when I asked the person in charge of sound about the number of frames of clear music, he said, “I don’t know.”
I made it according to the sound while rewinding the clear music recorded on the cassette tape many times.

Alongside Sakurai’s post, the official Japanese Twitter account for the Kirby series also shared their own special message for the anniversary, which features a special artwork of Kirby and Elfilin enjoying a Kirby Car cake.

本日で「星のカービィ」は30周年！
カービィさんやエフィリンさんたちが記念に「くるまほおばりケーキ」を食べると聞いて、レポートにやってきました！
カービィさん、これからもいろんなものを、たくさんほおばっていってくださいね！
これからのご活躍も応援しています～っ！#星のカービィ30周年 pic.twitter.com/t5ShAQvgEt

— 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) April 26, 2022

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