Masahiro Sakurai

Development for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate concluded this year, a landmark achievement in video games, crossover and hype generation — but people are (somehow) already speculating about what’s next. Beloved Director Masahiro Sakurai doesn’t seem to have any particular idea at the moment, not committing to no more Smash games ever while also making it clear that there isn’t one in the pipeline. Heck, he doesn’t even seem sure about his general future in video game development. So, in translated direct words, he’s stated that “Doing anything else is going to take some time, so it’s probably best to forget about me for a while.”

4gamer has published their annual game creator comment compilation for 2021, which features an entry from none other than Masahiro Sakurai. This year’s compilation marks the first time Masahiro Sakurai has participated, having declined offers in previous years to avoid fueling speculation about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In line with most other creator comments, Sakurai discussed the games, people, and other non-game franchises that left the greatest impression on him for the year.

Masahiro Sakurai appeared at the 2021 edition of 4Gamer‘s game creator comment compilation. The Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator joined the end-of-year coverage for the first time after declining the offer in previous years. As Super Smash Bros. Ultimate‘s content additions had already ended, he noted no longer has to worry about speculations for new Smash content whenever he mentioned a specific title.

It Takes Two was undoubtedly the big story of The Game Awards last week, scooping up Best Family Game (which is an interesting take on that category, for sure) but more importantly the lucrative Game of the Year award. It's an extremely stylish, fun and cleverly designed game, but also has to be played in co-op or not at all.

Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai has said that Nintendo currently has no plans for a sequel to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Speaking to IGN, the long-time Smash Bros. creative said that “it would be best not to assume that there will always be another one.”. “I can’t...

Super Smash Bros. series creator and director Masahiro Sakurai in an interview with The Verge was asked what it would take to convince him to come back and create another entry in the series. Sakurai believes the team has reached the limit when it comes to the amount of fighters...

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is finally complete. After launching in 2018 with a roster that included every single character from the series’ long history, it has since been steadily updated with new fighters, culminating in the addition of Sora from Kingdom Hearts in October. The game’s last major update came on December 1st.