Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has previously mentioned how he planned to wrap up his YouTube channel, and now he's shared another update about this on social media. According to a rough translation, he's now finished recording the final episode. Just don't expect to see it any time soon, as it will apparently be a while before it's released.
Until then, you can continue to enjoy his regular uploads like his most recent video focused on attack collision in games. Throughout his channel's lifespan, he's also shared plenty of other tips and insights about game design - covering areas such as sound, graphics, controls, animation, and various other interesting topics related to this subject.
He's also gone into the history of gaming from time to time, and even sharing plenty of details about the development of his own projects over the years. When he originally launched his YouTube channels back in 2022, he quickly surpassed multiple milestones and now has close to 600k subscribers on his English channel.
As for what's next for Masahiro Sakurai...well, he did mention in December last year he was still creating games...
Have you enjoyed watching Sakurai's channel? How do you feel about him wrapping it up? Let us know in the comments.
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He's said before that he would be done with the series if a video game project comes along. Time to get ready for the next Smash! Or at least Smash Ultimate DX. It's actually hard telling how they're going to go about it, but now I'm leaning toward Sakurai still being Smash Director. He just can't resist.
Since I'm still pining for a Kid Icarus Uprising remaster, I wonder how involved Sakurai would have to be with that? It seems like he would just be a mentor there.
@Croctopus If it boils down to a remaster (With most changes revolving around graphics and controls) some overseeing might be nice to have. That said, I think Nintendo is fully capable of porting the game over without needing to ask for Sakurai's assistance. The game itself was finished back on 3DS, it's really just a matter of Nintendo themselves figuring out how exactly to transfer the gameplay over to Switch. It might not be perfect, but I can see them taking a gyro-control approach similar to Splatoon. I'm curious how they'll handle the character portraits since there's no second screen to display them on.
Welp time to binge watch this series.
Sakurai-Man, to the rescue!
He's always so unsettling to look at to me. The 50 year old with a 14 year old beiber haircut thing is too much uncanny valley.
@babyThorman He looks normal. It's all in your head.
@babyThorman A lot of people in Japan have this hair style. What's fashionable in one country might not necessarily be a popular hair style in another. Most of the people in Nintendo Directs have, or at one time had, a very similar haircut, lol.
Back to the trenches I guess
Personally I would have liked Sakurai to take a rest after being done with his videos, oh well.
As for the new game project he mentioned before, obviously either Smash 6 or a KI Uprising remaster.
@Coolmusic I think it's fair to say the videos WERE the break
The plan was always to end it by the end of this year. This man's a machine. Working half a year into the future on his education channel and still busy with games and of course the guy also has hobbies and a private life. Kudos again to Sakurai^^
Was on board with his channel since launch but the guy’s such a dedicated worker I couldn’t watch as fast as he created. His work ethic is inspiring and I don’t think he’s wired to take breaks, just shift projects.
@N00BiSH : I kinda disagree, as making educational Youtube videos (in this case, the behind scenes within gaming development) generally involves hard work, but each to his own as people sometimes have different views and ways of taking breaks.
He mentioned that he was going to go into full production for his next project, hence why he was going to stop with this project. Smash Bros for Switch NG? Most likely.
@Edu23XWiiU I would love it to be something brand new. Only someone like Sakurai could herald in a brand new tentpole Nintendo IP, like he did with Kirby and then Smash. How exciting would that be for the Switch 2?
But of course, as everyone says, Occam's razor means it's probably Smash 😒 Not that that's a bad thing, just that it would be entirely predictable and expected.
this man is so based
Oh,here we go again.Call me pessimistic,but i have the strong feeling people are gonna be back to guessing which game he is working next.
@Randomname19
There is no need to guess when we know it will be the next Smash Bros.
@westman98 I believe he said Ultimate would be his last Smash bros. The next one will be made by a different team.
@babyThorman I have always thought that it appears to be a hairpiece. Unfortunately for us guys, our hair doesn’t stay that dark and thick at his age.
Still have to catch up on it, but all the episodes I've already watched were great and regardless, thank you Sakurai-sensei for your work on these videos and in general, looking forward to your next project(s)!
exciting knowing he could be starting work on his next game soon, other than sequels its honestly a wildcard what new IPs he could try next. ultimate deluxe is a safe choice for the next gen switch, it feels too valuable of a game to start from scratch rn
I wish I had the work ethic of this guy. If I did, I'd probably have finished my SNES game by now. As is, I've done very little.
@sanderev
Show me where/when he said that.
@sanderev "Super Smash Bro's Mega Ultimate Beyond Smash"
Features:
1000 characters
1000 Stages
1000 musical tracks
1000 gameplay modes
And that just the base game! Wait till DLC drops.
@8bit4Life He's only 53. Everyone's genes don't operate the same way. There's always outliers. His hair is still within the healthy range.
Not everyone's hair rapidly thins. There are men who can still maintain a reasonably healthy head of hair will into their 60's. Not every male goes bald in their lifetime.
@westman98 I guess I misremembered. But I can't find it anymore. Only talks about Nintendo not being able to continue the series without him.
https://www.dexerto.com/smash/sakurai-shares-update-on-next-super-smash-bros-game-after-retiring-2229370/
His YouTube channel is a master class in game design. The knowledge that he has/is sharing will be used for a long time after he calls it quits.
@sanderev
That is completely different from him saying that he is done working on Smash Bros.
@Ulysses a new IP? Could be, but, remember that, Sakurai is an independent worker. I don't think he'd relinquish a new IP to Nintendo, they'd like to own it for themselves. I think Sakurai, if he created a new IP, he'd like to own it and manage it as he sees fit. And besides, it'd be too much of a hassle for him, since he is a one man company, and prefers to work that way. He wants to continue working on Smash, the way he's doing it, so, everything should be fine.
@DripDropCop146 If by normal you mean makeup, botox (upper half of his face barely moves anymore) and plastic surgery (eyes), then yes, he looks normal.
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