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Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai shared thoughts on the reception of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, how grateful he was that it didnāt leak, and more on the future in his column in this weekās issue of Famitsu magazine. [Thanks, Ryokutya2089.]
Here are some highlights from Sakuraiās column:
- āIn any case, the reception for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was amazing!ā
- āI think this is the first time I ever saw such a tremendous reception for just a game promo. The uproar was beyond encouraging.ā
- āTo be honest, Iām really glad that it didnāt leak. If it leaked that āall characters will be in it,ā then it wouldnāt have gotten the same reception.ā
- āI really wanted to avoid having the work of several years get smashed by someone who wanted his little moment to brag.ā
- āIt wouldāve been over for us had the words āall characters playableā made it out there.ā
- āIt was a top secret project that many at Nintendo didnāt even know about, and thatās why you saw cheers even from those involved with Nintendo.ā
- āIce Climbers, PokĆ©mon Trainer, and Wolf received unusually loud cheering not because theyāre popular characters but because they werenāt in the previous entry.ā
- āI question what weāll do with the next title, and I feel that having āall characters playableā (for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) may have been a Pandoraās Box that could ruin possibilities for whatās next in the series.ā
- āHowever, honestly speaking, Iām not thinking about whatās next!ā
- āIām just working hard on the best possible way to offer maximum satisfaction right now. Truth be told, Iām not getting any younger and I donāt think Iāll be able to keep up with such dense workload forever, but the now is more important than later!ā
- āI heard a lot of ādid you lose weight?ā ādid you get thinner?ā and āplease take care of yourselfā after the presentation, but donāt worry, I only lost about 6kgā¦ā
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches for Nintendo Switch on December 7, 2018.
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