Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Director Believes Series Can’t Go On Without Him

The director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Masahiro Sakurai, believes that the long-running Nintendo crossover can’t continue without his involvement. Sakurai has been the director of the series since the original Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64, and has continued to hold that position all the way to the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Switch. He once stated that Ultimate‘s launch was one of the last wishes of the late Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata. With Ultimate complete, Sakurai’s focus has been on his YouTube channel, “Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games.”