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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has started a new YouTube channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games." Check out the latest batch of uploaded content via the embedded video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o29OOOarPY Billboards [Effects] "Billboards" are flat objects that always face the camera. It might be hard to picture what they are if you … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai’s “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games” is planning a special crossover with another well-known YouTube channel

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has started a new YouTube channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games." Check out the latest batch of uploaded content via the embedded video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o29OOOarPY Billboards [Effects] "Billboards" are flat objects that always face the camera. It might be hard to picture what they are if you … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai breaks down billboards in game development

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has started a new YouTube channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games." Check out the latest batch of uploaded content via the embedded video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM-kH-j9_OQ Do Graphics Impact Fun? [Graphics] Do graphics affect how much fun a game is? I probably give the impression of a game-essence … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai explains why graphics are very important to how fun games are

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has started a new YouTube channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games." Check out the latest batch of uploaded content via the embedded video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFwamE6Hy04 The Perils of Interpolation [Animation] The poses look great, and the timing is perfect! And yet, the animations look slow... That's one … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai goes into one of the perils of interpolation

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has started a new YouTube channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games." Check out the latest batch of uploaded content via the embedded video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk8WsbCQXGc Show and Tell: Some Rare Belongings [Grab Bag] Given my history, I've accumuled a fair amount of game-related items over the years. … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai shares a few of the rare pieces from his collection of game-related items

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has started a new YouTube channel called "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games." Check out the latest batch of uploaded content via the embedded video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML5wdEWpTuA More Game Essence Means Less Broad Appeal [Game Essence] This is the 17th Game Essence video, but today, we'll dive into a … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai explains how deepening game essence can reduce broad appeal