Since the grand finale of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, its creator Masahiro Sakurai has been busy producing videos telling the behind-the-scenes stories of his past projects and his developer anecdotes. Two years and a few hundred videos later, the content of the channel Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games is coming to an end. An episode of over 40 minutes was posted on this occasion and viewers were able to discover some very important news. In addition to surprising statistics concerning the channel's production - such as the 547,000 euros that Sakurai spent out of his own pocket to fund this non-monetized content – the creator revealed the development of a new project.
Everyone imagined Masahiro Sakurai taking a well-deserved vacation after the release of Sora's DLC, but it seems that his creativity and motivation are limitless. It was at the end of 2021 that he received a request for a pitch for a new game that he specifies having “finished at lightning speed“. But it took until April 2022 before he managed to form a team and officially launch the project.
Since these six months of “pause” served to the organization of his future YouTube channel: suffice to say that Sakurai has not been idle. Unfortunately, we will have to make do with these few anecdotes concerning this mystery title. “I am sorry I cannot say more about this project, but if we manage to finish it, it should be announced sooner or later“ he declared in his video.
A sequel or a new license?
Despite the absence of more concrete information, it is already It is possible to establish some theories regarding this future game. Smash Bros fans are certainly hoping to discover a new opus for the Nintendo Switch 2, but that seems unlikely. In 2021, Masahiro Sakurai explained to The Verge that Super Smash Bros Ultimate had “reached the limit, at least in terms of content and characters” and that the future of the franchise could no longer rest solely on his own vision of things.
For others, the dream project would be a sequel to the excellent Kid Icarus: Uprising, released on Nintendo 3DS in 2012. “It would be really cool to be able to play Kid Icarus: Uprising on a home console. I wonder if anyone will develop a port one day?,” Sakurai said on his YouTube channel in November 2022. The remark did not go unnoticed, but there is no indication that it is a teaser in the strict sense.
Sakurai may also be working on a new Kirby, but the little pink ball has already received some very good titles on Switch. Nothing also excludes the development of a new license. In any case, Sakurai is a true legend of the Japanese video game industry and it is a safe bet that his next production will mark us just as much as the previous ones.
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