In a few hours, the long-awaited presentation of the Nintendo Switch 2 will take place, an event that promises to attract the attention of fans and the industry in general. According to the information provided by Nintendo, the presentation will last approximately 60 minutes, similar to that of the original Switch reveal in January 2017. This duration has even surprised Masahiro Sakurai, creator of the Super Smash Bros series, who in a recent tweet expressed his astonishment and clarified that he has no information about the content that will be announced. Sakurai is a bit tired of […]
In a few hours, the long-awaited presentation of the Nintendo Switch 2 will take place, an event that promises to attract the attention of fans and the industry in general. According to the information provided by Nintendo, the presentation will last approximately 60 minutes, similar to the reveal of the original Switch in January 2017. This duration has even surprised Masahiro Sakurai, creator of the Super Smash Bros series, who in a recent tweet expressed his astonishment and clarified that he has no information about the content that will be announced.
Sakurai is a little tired of us taking for granted that he knows things
Despite not having details about what is to come, Sakurai recalled that he received a commission in 2021 to develop a video game proposal, and fans have been speculating about the possibility of a new project related to him being announced in the near future. Sakurai apologized for not being able to share more details, but hinted that if the game were to materialize, its announcement would be inevitable.
The anticipation for the presentation is high, and many fans are eagerly awaiting the news that Nintendo could reveal today. For weeks, an atmosphere of anticipation has been generated around the Switch 2 and its possible features and launch titles. Although Sakurai has indicated that he is not involved in Nintendo’s official announcements, his interest in the presentation reflects a sentiment shared by many in the gaming community.
Rumors about the Switch 2 have been circulating, and although specific details have not been confirmed, many are hoping that the presentation will shed light on new games and features that will expand Nintendo’s ecosystem. In the meantime, all eyes will be on the live stream, hoping to discover what surprises the Japanese company has in store.
Masahiro Sakurai is one of the great creators in the video game industry. His name might not be as immediately recognizable as Hideo Kojima or Shigeru Miyamoto, but his importance is no less than those big names. Sakurai is the father of Kirby. He is the creator of Super Smash Bros. In addition to being one of the most brilliant minds in the industry, as he has demonstrated over the past two and a half years on his YouTube channel. In April 2022, Sakurai launched the YouTube channel Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games. A channel where he has periodically uploaded, twice […]
Masahiro Sakurai is one of the great creators in the video game industry. His name might not be as immediately recognizable as Hideo Kojima or Shigeru Miyamoto, but his importance is no less than that of those big names. Sakurai is the father of Kirby. He is the creator of Super Smash Bros. In addition to being one of the brightest minds in the industry, as he has demonstrated over the past two and a half years on his YouTube channel.
In April 2022, Sakurai launched on YouTube the channel Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games. A channel where he has periodically uploaded, twice a week, short videos explaining the reality of video game creation at all levels. From design and art to corporate or marketing aspects. Being the largest or best existing source today for learning everything related to the creation and development of video games, Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games is an essential source of knowledge. But not infinite. Since he uploaded his final episode yesterday, October 22, 2024.
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This latest video served for Sakurai to explain how producing the channel has been during this time, giving us some valuable information about it. Explaining how much it has cost to make all his content, the fact that he hasn’t earned any money from it, that he recorded almost all the content before starting to publish anything, and how the experience has been, it is a perfect closure. Especially because he had no problem explaining what he has been doing in the meantime: preparing his next video game.
Although he has not clarified what it is about, according to Sakurai himself, his proposal for a new video game was approved around October 2021, although he could not start development until April 2022. This means that its development should take approximately two and a half years. This would mean that it is on the verge not of release, but of being announced, if it is a normal development for Nintendo, or an average Japanese studio, of three or four years.
Could it be a new installment of Super Smash Bros. for the yet-to-be-announced Nintendo Switch 2? It’s something we shouldn’t rule out. That said, Sakurai himself stated in the past that Ultimate was his last Smash Bros and that he preferred to leave the franchise in the hands of the rest of the team, so it doesn’t seem the most likely. Perhaps a remaster or port of the Kid Icarus from Nintendo 3DS, which he has said numerous times he would love to see on home consoles, would be a possibility. Although it doesn’t seem like the kind of work that would normally be assigned to a director with a profile as high as Sakurai’s. It seems more logical to think that whatever he is working on is a new title of some kind.
To know more, we will probably have to wait until the announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2. If not longer. But what seems clear is that we won’t have to worry about the retirement of one of the most valuable and selfless directors in the video game industry anytime soon.
