Weirdness: Siri Thinks Masahiro Sakurai Is Called 'Mashed Potato Samurai'

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Great news

"Mashed Potato Samurai" does sound like a Kirby character.

"we wouldn't mind seeing a Mashed Potato Samurai in Super Smash Bros. for Switch."

If this doesn't happen I'm not even buying the game.

Mashed potatoes samurai should now be smash bros cannon

Mashed Potato Samurai needs to be an indie game on switch.

Just make a sixteen bit Takamaru game. Where you’re made of potato.

This is the hard-hitting journalism I come to Nintendo Life to read!

I just did it and can also confirm it works, now I'm laughing a bunch

Mashed Potato Samurai for Smash 2018

That's the kind of news i came here for!

You, Alex Olney, are a genius! Lovely photoshopping!

Sound like a character from Fighting Foodon (Thinking Fried Ricer).

Guess Siri was baked answering that question

Do you know where the name Kirby came from? It’s the name of Nintendo’s lawyer: John Kirby. He defended Nintendo from Universal Studio’s lawsuit in the early 80s, if not for him Nintendo would have lost their first game Donkey Kong.

Also, Mario is the name of their warehouse owner in New York. Mario accused Nintendo of not paying the warehouse rent: He is a short, fat and bad-tempered Italian with a moustache. Nintendo used his name for the villain in Donkey Kong 2… It’s only later that Mario became the good guy.

End of Nintendo history lesson.

I hope Mash Potatoe Samurai is the new villain in Smash Bros for a new story mode. Also, as an edible amiibo.

I feel like some may say that this is racist😬

People who work too much tend to look slightly like mashed potatoes. Even the super talented ones. That’s just how the world works. I thought everyone else knew this.
Don’t get me wrong, I love mashed potatoes!

It's a sad time when the last great source for Nintendo news and reviews has begun to deteriorate into clickbait Kotaku-ism. Pointed political articles and desperate attempts at humour are what destroy a venerable gaming community.

Some days are average, some days are downright dull.......this is one of those days.

Tomorrow. Siri thinks Aonuma is called "I knew Ma".
Thursday. Siri thinks Koizumi is called "Koi sue me".
Friday. Siri thinks Miyamoto is called "Me a Motor".

This is the only important news we need today.

Better Than Direct/10

insert angry comment about this not being news

(does anyone here have a sense of humour though?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE - Woah man, I don't think we'd be able to handle such news.

@gloom Potato is not a race.

@Gauchorino I would say kotaku is worse. Nintendolife likes to post memes every now and then but its not kotaku levels of talking about overwatch every 2 seconds, endless cosplay articles, and sex related posts every other day

Sakurai's 70's shirts tho...

Heh, needed the laugh. XD

And while this is, theoretically, clickbait, I will remind some of the complainers that much, much worse can be found out on the internet. At least the article's title directly states the intentions of the content and isn't like one of those "Do these five things to trim belly fat!" links.

Welcome to the future of games journalism, written by a generation not brought up on classic Nintendo, but on Internet memes.

@Nincompoop and now they have deals with Universal about movies & theme parks :/

Lucky you, English speakers! Russian Siri says that she can't help me with "mass of hit of sakura"

That's because Apple sucks.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE: I appreciate your humor. I think others here do, too. Keep it up. On the serious side of thing, you do make good points, sometimes.

@Everyone_Else: There's nothing wrong with a little fun. We must have NSAF(Non-Specific-Action-Figure), & Mashed-Potato-Samurai in the newest Smash! I also demand Diskun as an assist trophy, who loads a new disk, and changes the entire stage! ...Oh, and playable Master Hand, as the ultimate final unlockable.

Dear Alex,
I forgot my samurai sword and feel like a right potato! Can you photo shop this photograph so I don't look stupid?
Thanks
Masahiro Sakurai

Dear Masahiro,
No problem.
Regards
Alex

@RazumikhinPG I should have thought of that before I preordered...

His date of birth is 1. He is the firstborn ever?

Just another example of how broken Apple's recent OS offerings are. Glad I'm moving out of Appleland.

Also another example of how horribly dysfunctional Google is. Everyone switch to DuckDuckGo.

But I digress. I shall save this article and keep it forever.

@Capt_N I was only thinking about Non-Specific Action Figure this morning in relation to Smash Bros. I think he was used as more a test than that he'll ever be used in a game.

@FinalFrog I apologise unreservedly for my comments and to any members of the potato community who may have taken offence.

LMAO I think I just found a new game nickname.

@kocazerzei They already made a Mario movie with Universal in the 90s. I think it's because of the lawsuit that they get to know each other... they probably shake hands and moved on. Did you know that, at one of the lawsuit meeting Steven Spielberg was there with the Universal executives? (He was making ET at the time)

I believe said image comes up in the google search because someone jokingly posted it on his twitter.

Or he posted it because he found it on google searching his name. I don't know what came first.

Maybe Sakurai should block NintendoLife on Twitter for this article like Kamiya temporarily did after that other article a week ago.

Oh.

@Gauchorino Oh chill out

@sauce Your pic tho

I remember when Siri used to be very sassy... this kinda brought me back.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE: Probably so. That'd be interesting if the character did appear in the future, though. By the way, Sorry for the late response.

Cool!