Masahiro Sakurai has gained a reputation as the go-to man for some of Nintendo's key franchises that don't necessarily have Mario in the title. As a young employee at Nintendo he created Kirby, and has also masterminded the three entries in the Super Smash Bros. series, while also taking on the upcoming Wii U and 3DS title in partnership with Namco Bandai. His most recent release has been the critically-acclaimed Kid Icarus: Uprising on 3DS, so it's easy to see why he's earned the role of keynote speaker in his homeland.
The CEDEC event (Computer Entertainment Developers Conference) in Japan is, it must be said, a business-focused industry gathering. It's unlikely that Sakurai will reveal any footage or teasers about his current work, but is likely to talk more generally about his processes and development philosophy. With that in mind, it may be worth keeping an eye out for details when he gives his speech on 20th August.
[source andriasang.com]
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well too bad thats a ways away:(
I'm pretty sure he'll find a way to talk about his cat.
I'm starting to find it creepy how youthful Sakurai still looks like... Isn't he like 35+ or something?
The guys a genius! Not as much as Miyamoto but still man, give the guy some respect!In turn he should listen to my idea of including Simon Belmont in SSB-U!
@expa0 He is 41.
even though miyamoto gets a lot of praise and is well known across the video games industry, the likes of sakurai and his efforts go unnoticed by many.
of all the nintendo creators at the moment, he's my favourite ahead of miyamoto, sakamoto and aonouma.
Hope they make a perfect Smash Bros. U !!
I want the fountain of youth that Sakurai drank from.
My gosh, this guy looks like he's 18! How does he do it?
mmmmmh interesting, mabey a little teaser on the new smash, or at least some new tidbits
However, now with namcos involvement, I honestly have to say I am a little worried, however, if he fixed the floaty physics (and remove tripping, while adding Lcanselling) and makes it more mele style im down!
Sakurai looks so youthful as he is a god. A god among game developers.
A good choice for this with all the great work he's done for Nintendo and he really does look very youthful for his age.
It's dem genes.. And I'm afraid I'll be looking youthful at his age as well at the rate I'm going. But we both look fab
Anyhow, looking forward to him speak. I remember he did speak for some conference a week or so before Brawl's launch where he discussed his development philosophy and showed some gameplay of Brawl (focus on character choices and Sonic).
Man behind two of my Top-5 all time favourite games, SSB Melee and Brawl.
Is that a guy or a girl?
both
He gets younger every year. Hopefully he'll reveal his secret at this.
He looks so young...
I do think it has to do something with their diets, the sushi and other uncooked fish in perticular
I have to admit my respect for Sakurai multiplied tenfold after playing through Kid Icarus Uprising, and I played the hell out of Brawl. I even borrowed the underrated Kirby Air Ride and found a very interesting game and a possible precursor for Excitebots' crazy courses.
I also love how he gives his all on each of his games, instead of retaining some things for a sequel or DLC. HIs views on the Uprising Iwata Asks were pretty interesting too, so this could be an interesting speech, if we are able to read it.
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