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Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Super Smash Bros series, has been working on a mysterious new game for two years

  • Sakurai's Work:

  • Developed Super Smash Bros titles from 1999 to 2018.

  • Semi-retired in 2023 but continues work on his YouTube channel.

  • Created content with a cost of $600,000 and over 520 episodes released since October 2022.

  • Project Details:

  • Worked on it from April 2022..

  • Currently in development but still no official announcement released by Sakurai.


What do you think the new game might be? Could it be a new Super Smash Bros title or perhaps something else entirely for the Switch 2?

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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm not entirely sure why this is news. Do people think he gets put into a test tube or something when when he's not needed?

He's a professional game developer, he's probably working on games constantly.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wasn't he constantly being hospitalized due to overwork?

[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Man, fuck the games industry.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Two years ago he was saying he felt Smash Bros Ultimate was his final smash bros game.

So if this ends up being a smash bros game, we'll forever know in the future that this guy is full of shit.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

people change their minds. its a healthy thing.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ok, but if two years ago he was saying Ultimate was his last smash bros, but also two years ago he was working on a future smash bros.....then he's full of shit.

[–] ShovelDad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's hoping he's full of shit. I'd be pretty happy to get another Smash Bros game haha

[–] SandLight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Well good news sorta. Rivals of Aether 2 just released and it's the best feeling plat fighter ever to be released (depending on what you want from the genre)

[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

A lot of times when translating articles, and going for click bait headlines, things get mangled. I was searching for where Sakurai may have said he was not making another smash game, and I can't find anything like that. On the contrary, I am seeing articles saying things like he can't see another smash game happening without his involvement: https://www.si.com/esports/fgc/new-super-smash-bros-game-sakurai

But regardless, it's easy to get burned out on something and feel like you never want to touch it again. Then a few years later your feelings on the matter change. It's happened to me. Doesn't mean someone "is full of shit".

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, Sakurai's said that about every Smash game since Melee.