Masahiro Sakurai
is a fictional character in Nintendo's "Kirby" video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. Dedede first appeared in the 1992 video game "Kirby's Dream Land" as the main antagonist and has returned for all other games of the series except "Kirby &amp; the Amazing Mirror" (2004) and "Kirby and the Rainbow Curse" (2015). He has also appeared in several "Kirby" comic books, the 2001 anime series "" and the "Super Smash Bros." video game series (specifically "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" and all subsequent installments).