On September 12 at Japan’s Game Awards, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate won an unprecedented five awards, with director Masahiro Sakurai taking the stage to receive the prizes. During the ceremony, he shared a few touching words about his inspiration to continue on with the project, as well as some views on character choices. [Thanks, naruki!]
Check the first part out below:
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日本ゲーム大賞2019 年間作品部門 大賞 #スマブラSP
桜井政博さん「あくまで手前個人の話で大変申し訳ないんですけれども言わせていただくと大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズをSwitchで作るというのは故・岩田社長…岩田さんが私に投げたさいごのミッションだったりするんですね」 pic.twitter.com/LW6QzNzg6H— naruki (@naetoru60) September 12, 2019
“I’m sorry for bringing this to a bit of a personal note, but making Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch was the last mission former president Iwata… Iwata-san gave me. I’m not going to say that he’s watching over us, and happy for us… For humans, if you pass away, then that’s it. However, what I learned from Iwata-san, to work on what you need to do as hard as you can, to put everything you’ve got into it, is a lesson I treasure greatly. And now that the DLC development has been extended, we’ve been given another chance to make new Fighters. For me, I’ll be working hard from now on as well, so I hope you will support me. Thank you very much.”
He also mentioned a bit on character choices:
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日本ゲーム大賞2019経済産業大臣賞 #スマブラSP プロジェクトチーム
桜井政博さん「俺の好きなアイアンマンはいつ出るんだとか俺の好きな悟空はいつ出るんだとかそういうことが海外からも色々飛んできてまして、でもやっぱり基本的にはゲームマターで出るものが基本ですから」 pic.twitter.com/Ex5MbgZj2v— naruki (@naetoru60) September 12, 2019
“”When is my favorite character, Iron Man, joining Smash Bros.?”, “When is Goku joining Smash?” are things I hear a lot from overseas, but in the end, Smash Bros. will basically be about video games.”
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate won in the following five categories:
- Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Award
- Japanese games – Global Award
- Bestseller Award
- Award for Excellency
- Grand Prize
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available on Nintendo Switch.
