To be honest, it's a bit of a long shot Very interesting interview about masahiro sakurai's views on melee and the smash competitive scene I think we have come to a situation where it is not sustainable to try to produce games on the large scale that we currently do, because it is too much work
1993 / Nana Sakurai / Rena Hashimoto / Rena Sasaki / 佐々木玲奈 / 橋本怜奈 / 桜井
I feel that we cannot continue like this, but the only effective breakthrough i can think of at this point is generative ai.
Sakurai kirby is so much cuter than current kirby
The air riders avatar in the nintendo today widget (that was visible once so far i think) has that special something that makes me excited. No, sakurai already confirmed as much prior to the start of the youtube channel This is understandable, as this channel is more of a passion project for sakurai that's presumably being worked on alongside whatever his next video game project is (most likely the next smash game, but we don't know for sure as of when this thread was made) Masahiro sakurai hosted a dinner for a group of elite game directors fhqwhgads oct 12, 2025 discussion gaming forum
Masahiro sakurai talks about an experience many thought led to smash (it didn't) Bodying someone in the king of fighters '95 in front of her partner Kirby air riders from masahiro sakurai announced for nintendo switch 2 idontbeatgames apr 2, 2025 discussion gaming forum This is more sakurai being sakurai, just like the air riders drop in nintendo music
This is all stuff he's done with his games, he's just more folded into the standard nintendo structure now
He's had his own marketing structure/cadence since like… melee i'm still pretty sure the weirdness with prime 4 is down to it being revealed waaaay too early, nintendo having to keep people confident. The book, which was supervised by sakurai himself, will also include various other written sections about sakurai and the games industry, including a timeline of sakurai's life and an article about working as a game developer There are currently no known plans for an official english translation.
