Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai decided against Dolby Surround a few years ago in order to shorten the waiting time for the player.
Last weekend, Masahiro Sakurai, the inventor behind Kirby and the Smash Bros series, was part of a livestream to mark Arcade Archives’ tenth anniversary.
During a discussion, Sakurai explained that he would recommend Hamster Corporation to the developers behind the emulator to reduce the waiting time before launching the game.
He then drew a comparison to conventional arcade machines. So you would only have to insert a coin to start the game.
In Arcade Archives, however, in order to get into the game you select a logo and then wait for the title and various instruction screens. According to Sakurai, the total time that the player sits idle in front of the screen would be important.
He goes on to say that in 2003 he explicitly spoke out against Dolby Surround in the racing game Kirby Air Ride in order to shorten the waiting time before the game started.
The logo is displayed for a few seconds. The racer was originally supposed to be equipped with the sound system. However, the Kirby creator was sorry to keep players waiting, so Dolby Surround was promptly removed from the game.
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