Development Of New Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Could Be Impacted By Coronavirus

That sucks. But people’s health and lives are more important. Maybe this could force Sakurai to finally get some rest.

No one cares about new fighters Sakurai, get your butt to work on a new Kirby game.

@thesilverbrick Rest? No, Sakurai would get bored after 5 minutes and develop a cure himself so he can get back to work.

I imagine the impact will hit ALL game development, as it should. Do not care about upcoming games, safety and suppression of this crisis is #1

@AnnoyingFrenzy Nah, he's the Chuck Norris of the gaming world. He'll personally destroy it and develop the other fighters himself.

Don't forget, Sakurai is an elderly man, he is vulnerable to the virus.

Why not put Corona in the game so we can fight the virus?

Delays will definitely be a bummer, but at least Sakurai would get a break out of it. I doubt his known health issues make him any more susceptible to coronavirus, but I really hope he and the team can stay safe.

I get you need clicks and all that, but come on. This was incredibly obvious and we all know it, this just makes it look like you are making an article regarding the virus just for clicks. Which during these times is just low.

@NoTinderLife He’s only 49, but he is frequently sick. So he definitely should be prioritizing his health at the moment.

@TAndvig lol what? why read anything at all

@ryancraddock Really? It's not even confirmed and you wrote this article. Clearly you did this for clicks. Your statement clearly points to this. Corona virus + Popular game + negative impact = clicks,. Have some integrity.

Everything is being affected by this. It would be more surprising news if it wasn't being impacted by it.

I guess we have to be prepared for the whole gaming world to delay for about half a year. I wish that everyone at Nintendo (and everywhere) remains safe from the virus, and that the one NoA employee who has it has a speedy recovery!

Health and safety first (impulse purchase of FP2 on my part be damned).

@mesome713 Sakurai doesn't work on the Kirby franchise anymore, he left HAL years ago.

For me, this was interesting to hear that it could still impact development. I'd like to be a fly on the wall and find out how far along in FP2 they are (Daisy and Wario on the mural have been suspicious since Day One).

Yeap the Coronavirus had impacted tons of lives now, even I am now affected as I'm currently in quarantine for two weeks after one of our worker was tested positive for COVID-19 the other days. Now our workplace will be shutdown for 2 weeks until further notice. I hope the best for Mr. Sakurai as well.

Not surprising.

Don't forget, even if development of games isn't affected, manufacturing and shipping of physical games will likely be halted.

Animal Crossing, Doom Eternal and MAYBE Resident Evil 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Final Fantasy VII will be the last major releases unaffected by this plague, as they would likely already be printed and/or sitting in warehouses.

But honestly, video games are not important, none of this should be a concern at this time.

Protect yourself and your family from this awful disease and the social fallout; it could get A LOT worse from here on out.

The totalitarian Communist regime of China had to use exceedingly brutal methods to contain this mess they created, disregarding our concepts of human rights. (though, of course, we can't ever be certain they're telling the truth of the situation right now)

Are "democratic" Western nations willing to do the same, in order to halt this pandemic?

I am beyond ok with this. If they have to wait months or to the fall I am ok it’s it. People’s health is the most important thing right now. So if anyone here can work from home do that. Cause unless your job is real crucial too saving lives or running the services we need during this time but to be safe.

People’s heath first and foremost. That said. Work from home?

I see this year being a year of ports if this doesn't clear up soon. Not complaining though... There are a lot of ports from the Wii U that I'd happily buy again.

What so the four Fire Emblem characters won’t release on time? 😆

Call me crazy, but can Drawn to Life get a character or a spirit event? LOL humor me.

Note how it mentioned presentation to the publishers as in likely a pitch for a character to Nintendo or a third party company

@Crockin "I imagine the impact will hit ALL game development, as it should." You do realize people still have jobs right?

@BenAV Working from home exists

@BenAV I mean as important as the workers' safety still is, these workers still need to make money somehow. It's likely they could be asked to work at home

@Entrr_username yea duh. Working from home and slowed production time is a huge impact. I’m in a similar industry/role as game developers and in the same boat, but nobody should be in offices potentially spreading this.

@victordamazio Well hire help, it's ok.

@AnnoyingFrenzy
Hahah your comment made me laugh hard.

It's alright. Health comes first. Games are not the top priority in life. Fun, but not top priority.

@The-Chosen-one Thanks for the praise!

@BenAV Everything and everyone is impacted by the virus. In the coming months, and it can even take up to a year, we (society) will have to deal with a very hostile virus that is still spreading rapidly.
In the end it would come to a global effort to create a vaccin quick and safe to at least vaccinate the people who pose high fatality risk. But that might take up to summer of 2021.

@Entrr_username true, but you can't do everything from home.

@NoTinderLife hes like 40 how is that elderly lol

@NerdyBoutKirby You really have to ask that now? Now's not the time.
@PickledKong64 He's actually 49.

Just make the Coronavirus a playable fighter, duh!

@Entrr_username When should I have asked?

@NerdyBoutKirby When COVID isn't affecting development

@mesome713
Am I alone in believing Sakurai needs to helm Kirby's BOTW moment with a full-3D adventure?

@ryancraddock nah, for me it's some low level clickbait

@Damo I know what's clickbait. You're just desesperate for clicks lol