Sakurai in 2016: Okay, so there's an earthquake that's going to happen early in September 2018, and one of the many Kirby characters people have been requesting for: "Waddle Dee" has the ability to break the planet. What we'll do is wait for this earthquake to happen and then we'll announce Waddle Dee then.

Other guy: Wait how do you know there will be an earthquake in Japan?

Sakurai: …

I could see Sakurai being like a classic genie and granting fan's wishes in a horrifically ironic way.