• ouigol@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I seem to remember Sakurai saying that this would be the last one. I guess he either doesn’t have much of a say or that it made too much money to pass up on another….

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        1 year ago

        Sakurai isn’t even old, he seems like the kind of guy who could go on making games for another 45 years haha

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          1 year ago

          The thing is it seemed like Sakurai wants to do other things, but has no choice but to work on smash 28/9.

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            1 year ago

            Yeah :( Then I wish he could retire from it. I’m fine with Ultimate being the last one, Smash will live on through the community.

            I can’t wait for people to make an emulated online mode like they did for Melee!

    • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Sakurai’s independent. Nintendo always goes to him first when it’s time to make a new entry, but Sakurai’s under no obligation to accept. Nevertheless, he keeps coming back to the table, so it’s probably fair to assume that he enjoys directing this series.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe my memory is faulty but I seem to recall every single sequel was going to be the last one. Them Nintendo saw the profits and cuts him a bonus so he turns around and says one more.

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      1 year ago

      Sakurai remembered that if he wasn’t making Smash games, he’d have too much time to sleep; SIX whole hours! Of SLEEP!