Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Gets His Own (Unofficial) Amiibo

Official Amiibo are restricted to video game characters, but fan-made ones can be whatever the hell they want. Hence this incredible tribute to Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai

Based on a his buddy Sean Hicks’ 2D artwork, 3D artist George Crudo built a caricature model of the Nintendo legend, then had it 3D-printed and painted so it could blend in with actual Amiibo.

Here’s the progression:

Last year, we saw a similar effort when GandaKris made an Amiibo tribute to former Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata.

[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/12/heres-a-custom-satoru-iwata-amiibo/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-large/rjmmtdxwzwuslnq8yomp.jpg” title=”Here’s A Custom Satoru Iwata Amiibo” excerpt=”Amiibo artist GandaKris, kinda famous for her work customising Amiibo and turning them into cool and new figures Nintendo would never actually release, has set aside the fictional for a moment to commemorate Nintendo’s former President Satoru Iwata.”]