Planet GameCube have been working hard on translating Masahiro Sakurai's announcement that he recently made about quitting HAL Laboratory. To read the full announcement click here.

As of present, I have no intention of joining any company or organization as an employee and developer. For the meantime, I will take light jobs as a freelancer, and try to be flexible. First, there is some doubt of making games and receiving a set salary in any company that has a destiny of always striving to increase revenues. I also think that by participating on different projects, it can influence the way creators think about games.