Masahiro Sakurai
"Kirby's Dream Land" was designed by Masahiro Sakurai, who intended it to be a simple game that could be easy to pick up and play by those unfamiliar with action games. For more advanced players, he offered additional optional challenges such as an unlockable hard mode and the ability to edit Kirby's maximum HP and starting number of lives. "Kirby's Dream Land" was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console in 2011 and is also one of the games included in the compilation game "Kirby's Dream Collection" for the Wii, released to celebrate Kirby's 20th anniversary.