Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Teases Brand New Game

The creator of Super Smash Bros., Masahiro Sakurai, has been running a channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games" where he reflects on his past work and career, while offering advice on game development. 

The channel has been running for the past two years, but today he published a final video called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games: Finale Special," where he announced that the channel would be ending. 

But this announcement wasn't the only thing Sakurai had planned, as he revealed that he had received a game development proposal back in July 2021 and that it would be announced “sooner or later.”

There was very little else the developer had to reveal at this stage, but it's been enough to get fans talking. "I’m sorry I can’t share more about this project," Sakurai said in the video, "but assuming we’re able to get it made, it should be announced sooner or later.”

Masahiro Sakurai's last game was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which received its final DLC fighter, Kingdom Hearts' Sora, in 2021. It's currently unclear exactly what type of game Sakurai has a hand in, and whether or not it will be a Smash Bros. successor or something entirely different. 

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launched for the Nintendo Switch in 2018, and has since expanded its roster of characters to 89. It takes character crossovers from a number of Nintendo and Third Party IPs, including Link from The Legend of Zelda, Cloud Strife and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII, and Isabelle from Animal Crossing.

You can watch Sakurai's final episode of Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games, down below: