Masahiro Sakurai Thanks Fans For Playing The Super Smash Bros. Series Over The Past 20 Years

What an incredible 20 years it's been. Played each Smash game for hundreds of hours and Ultimate's quickly made it's way to my most played Switch game. Can't wait to see who the remaining DLC characters are!

Its been a great 20 years of smash thank you Sakurai

I never understood the series’ appeal, but I do try with every new game. I have SSBM, SSBW, and SSBU, but I’m just so bad at these games. I mostly buy them to play with friends. Maybe I’ll like SSBU better if I put in the time to get more skilled. Hmmm.

Smash for another 20 years!!!!

I’ve been there since day one! Love having all my favorites from Nintendo’s rich library of IPs in one place. Thank YOU, Sakurai!

Thank you, Sakurai, and everyone who worked on each game.

Also thank you for buffing my main Ike so much. Been playing the dude since Brawl.😎

Been playing Smash since the N64. Such a wonderful series. Smash Ultimate is such an incredible feat in gaming. Bringing so many characters across so many different series, across multiple companies... It's insane. Not only that, but each character is fun to play as and decently balanced across the board. Smash Ultimate is the best Smash Bros. game by a mile. I wouldn't even mind if they just ported this game to every console until the end of time. Maybe just add a few characters a year.

at local rental store
"What's with this import game? It's got everyone on it. Is it any good?"

Yes, 12-year-old self — it was good!

From 64 to 3DS/Wii U, and now Ultimate, I thank both Iwata (Iwata helped in Smash 64) and Sakurai for such an excellent franchise. It's sad that I couldn't play the Wii U version. All other Smashs have being part of my life. hopefully I will have a Wii U in the future.

You're welcome, Sakurai! I hope this series continues on until the end of time!

That said, how about some more Single Player Content for Super Smash Bros Ultimate?

I was wondering when someone would comment about the 20 years. What a fun ride it's been on this 20th anniversary edition. Thank you Sakurai.

@StephenYap3 I second that.
Edit: I removed "your" because of misspell 😅

reads Sub-headline Lmao I missed the comma at first

I've never been as into Smash as a lot of people are. But I did have a good bit of fun playing through it, unlocking all the characters. And it is fun to play with friends. Sakurai is truly a master at game development. I just hope that he is able to take a rest now that Ultimate is a finished product. All those stories about him working crazy hours and not seeing his friends and family are pretty brutal sounding.

You are so welcome ., Now how about another Kid Icarus sequel or an HD update of Uprising on Nintendo Switch would be very sweet .
My top three Smash
1. Smash Bros. Brawl
2. Smash Bros. Ultimate
3. Super Smash Bros. 3DS
Love every Smash game the series is phenomenal .

It’s amazing to think Smash Bros. started off as a low budget N64 game with a small cast of 12 Nintendo All Stars. The men in suits thought the game would bomb, a game that would’ve forever stayed a title stuck in Japan with no hope of a localization.
It’s now one of Nintendo’s most popular series worldwide while also being the best selling fighting game franchise of all time with with a large cast that consists of both Nintendo All Stars and third party characters who duke it out. Thank you Sakurai for 20 years of memories and keep making great games.

I remember that my brother and I got the first game for N64 when it was new and played it extremely much, beating Master Hand and unlocking new Fighters. Some of the characters we really didn't know that much about, but it made us curious to explore the Nintendo universe.

I also remember when I was in grade 7 to 9 (around 2000-2003) and during the breaks we always went over to a classmate who lived next to the school to play N64 games and the most popular was of course Smash (the others we used to play were Golden Eye and Perfect Dark). It was the perfect multiplayer game and usually we were around 7-8 guys taking turns.

Then I missed out on Smash for a lot of years (I've only played a small amount of Melee and I've never played Brawl). Got the fourth game for 3DS and while fun, it wasn't as magic as it was playing the original on N64 way back.

But I think some of that magic has returned with Ultimate. Especially as I'm in a couple of weeks are having my old classmate who lived next to school over (we live in different places now and have work and families, so can't meet that often). I'm looking forward to play some Smash against him!

Thanks Sakurai and everyone else that have been involved over the years.

Still remember thinking “what the heck is Pikachu doing in a Mario game?” when I first saw the box lol. I eventually learned who the other guys are too.

@BornInNorway81
I was in the same boat. Bought Brawl and didn't get it. Bought SSB for Wii U and kiiiind of got it, since the board game was fun to me.
Played it a lot with my boyfriend though we both sucked badly.
Then we found the Youtube channel of Jtails and discovered how to actually play Smash without falling off the ledge all the time.
I recommend the videos he did for Smash Wii U! Don't watch the Switch ones yet since they are less understandable. But the Wii U character tutorials opened my eyes and made the game far more interesting and fun to me. Though we still suck at playing Smash, but at least less than before .

I'm new to the series and enjoyed unlocking all the characters but the online section is incredibly poor. It's rare to get a lag free match (yes I'm using an Ethernet adapter and have NAT A) and on more than one occasion I've pressed the jump button and my fighter has attacked instead. Very disappointing considering the online section should be considered the main section. I've no one to play locally so I pretty much don't play it anymore. Pity.

christ, I'm old

Share my memories of Smash; purchasing every single Smash game since 1999, and wanting so BAD to like them as much as the likes of PowerStone, but just never being able to get "IT" and subsequently being really disappointed, until Ultimate released on the Switch...... now, after 20 years, I get it

@AlternateButtons and who is??? heehe #curiosityfeelings

@Tiefseemiez
Wow, you disliked Smash but liked the board game. Is this some alternate dimension im im right now?

@BornInNorway81 I haven't gotten into a Smash game since the original, just playing with friends, but Ultimate has me hooked.

The appeal is that it is fun at every level of play - often, it's even fun to lose. There is also unlimited depth. It is truly an 'analog' fighting game. It's knocked Street Fighter V off the podium as my go-to fighter this gen, and I'm having a blast learning techniques and characters, and applying my fighting game skills in much more creative and expressive ways.

No, Sakurai - thank you.

I remember playing the original at an eb games store when i was about 7 years old. I got confused because i couldnt go too the right like in mario platformers.

@AlternateButtons
This translation may not be 100% correct, but he wrote something like this:
”Today is the 20th anniversary of Super Smash. Bros! In 20 years no less, I’ve seen a lot of happy and intense playing of Smash in various homes, gatherings, conventions, offices of people in the same profession and so forth. The development was difficult, of course, but I feel very happy.
Thank you for playing. ”

Well, I thank him for curing my addiction ten years ago with Brawl.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH~~~~~~~~

@SamusLv7 No problem. Everybody makes mistakes.

@Romeo-75 My top 3 would be:

1) Melee
2) Smash 3DS/Wii U (tied)
3) Smash Wii U/3DS (tied)

I can't believe Nintendo didn't include and online element where I could play WITH my friends against random other players. Completely insane. Getting so tired of Nintendo!!!!

I currently own Melee and Sm4sh 3DS, although I haven't touched them in a long time. I'd like to download the N64 original to my Wii U. Also buy Brawl and Sm4sh Wii U to play them in their original and modded forms. I would've gotten Ultimate if the European-only Limited Edition bundle with GCN controller and adapter where available in the Americas.

Rant aside, the Smash series has never disappointed me, and many memories have been made through the years. I can't wait to play Ultimate in one way or another.

20 years, man. I’ve enjoyed every Smash Bros game that came out.