Tremendous Smash Bros. has cemented itself not simply in preventing recreation historical past, however the gaming pantheon as an entire. It’s not simply an all-star fighter; it additionally has a ton of coronary heart to it, and redefined simply how far crossovers might go within the business. Consequently, sequence boss Masahiro Sakurai feels a justifiable sense of possession of it, as evidenced by his many talks in latest months through his semi-new YouTube sequence.

The almighty query is: what occurs subsequent? Not even Sakurai is aware of for certain if his new video is any indication.

Sakurai talks in regards to the unsure way forward for Smash Bros.

In a brand new video posted to his official YouTube account titled “The Crew Behind Tremendous Smash Bros. Brawl [Grab Bag],” Sakurai talks at size about Brawl, and precisely the way it got here to be behind closed doorways. He remembers how then-president Satoru Iwata talked about that if Sakura was not concerned, the scope could be considerably smaller; as there have been “distinctive difficulties and challenges” behind growing the sport. Consequently, Sakurai joined up so it was carried out proper.

On the five-minute mark, Sakurai perks up and will get critical, in an try to reply “What occurs subsequent time?” As in, how one other Smash Bros. entry after Final would pan out.

Right here’s what he needed to say:

“One possibility could be to separate the sequence itself from the unique creator. However for now, a minimum of, I can’t actually think about a Smash Bros. title with out me. You would possibly suppose that’s a pure stance for somebody in my position, however I say so talking objectively. I really feel the identical approach President Iwata did after we shaped the group for Smash Bros. Brawl. At current, we don’t have somebody who can merely take the reins.”

Properly, that’s a reasonably complete reply! Sakurai follows up by noting that it’s a massively common sequence, “so it’s honest to imagine there will probably be one other one sooner or later.” He would “wish to preserve working with Nintendo nonetheless [he is] in a position.”