Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai explains how creators have to compete with new releases as well as with countless works from the past

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=EhcitspNMuI Competing with the Past [Grab Bag] With all the subscription services available nowadays, consumers have a tremendous amount of media available at … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai explains how creators have to compete with new releases as well as with countless works from the past

Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai discusses whether we really need enemies in games

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=atqS7SImuBc Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence] Most games feature enemies that frequently appear to bar your progress. Some people might even … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai discusses whether we really need enemies in games

Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai talks about how game directors have so little in common

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=WXBS7hk0B7k Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic] What do all game directors have in common? Not much, it turns out. But the … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai talks about how game directors have so little in common

Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai talks about how the soundtrack has to fit the game experience

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=t_tRnBj9tqc Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio] Ever feel like the music in large-scale titles these days doesn't leave much of an impression? … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai talks about how the soundtrack has to fit the game experience

Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai talks about the Fiend’s Cauldron and Kid Icarus Uprising

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 videos below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai7pBxHAcvU The Fiend's Cauldron [Game Essence] The Fiend's Cauldron: a perfect fit for a topic in the Game Essence category. What is it, … Continue reading Video: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai talks about the Fiend’s Cauldron and Kid Icarus Uprising

Video: Masahiro Sakurai talks about how he came up with the ideas for Super Smash Bros. Melee

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 videos below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLRRNsAVl-8 Super Smash Bros. Melee [Game Concepts] In the Game Concepts category, I talk about how I came up with the ideas for … Continue reading Video: Masahiro Sakurai talks about how he came up with the ideas for Super Smash Bros. Melee