Masahiro Sakurai, chief developer behind Nintendo’s hugely-successful Super Smash Bros. series, has discussed the future of the franchise and his involvement in it.
Sakurai has previously discussed his possible exit from the series after working on it for much of the past two decades. In 2021, with DLC support for Smash Bros. Ultimate finally beginning to wind down, Sakurai even discussed the idea of retirement.
Now, however, Sakurai appears to have changed his mind.
“What happens next time?” Sakurai pondered in his latest YouTube video discussing game development. “I mean whatever comes after Smash Bros. Ultimate. One option would be to separate the series from the original creator. But for now, at least, I can’t really imagine a Smash Bros. title without me.