Masahiro Sakurai

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 3 Comments

Masahiro Sakurai is being recorded regularly while developing the new Smash Bros. games. A camera typically captures his words when he talks about editing and changes at work.

This may seem like a biazzare thing to do from an outside perspective. However, it’s all done in order to retain the accuracy of his orders.

Sakurai wrote in his weekly Famitsu column:

“It remains as an accurate recording. The people under supervision can check over and pick up things that would become blurred in something like a written memo.”

“Everything I say or talk about is recorded as is, but to be honest, it doesn’t feel very good. You know how most people don’t really like listening to [a recording of] their own voice?”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 2 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

The characters’ thick outlines are only available in the 3DS version. Only the external outline is thickened and won’t appear in instances like when the hands or feet are overlapping. It’s got a softness to it and is not just black.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 2 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

The Villager’s bug catching net that was shown in the movie is actually a grapple move. It is sort of like Link’s Clawshot and Samus’s Grapple Beam.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 1 Comment

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

Marth’s sword has a powerful tip! So we gave his sword slashes a sharp look with an emphasis on its edge.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Screenshots | 15 Comments

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Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

Here are the familiar capsules–these guys deserve a prize for being in every single game. We gave them a cute redesign by shortening their length a bit.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 4 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

We gave Marth a full makeover, giving him design elements from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and newer games.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Nintendo has announced the next character addition for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS. Marth, returning from Melee and Brawl, will be appearing in the new games. You can find the first screenshots of Marth in action above.

Thanks to Josh L for the tip.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

Link’s downward strike was designed to change to a Meteor Smash when the tip of the sword is aligned just right at the start. However, it will be removed if it’s deemed too powerful overall after some multiplayer play tests.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 3 Comments

Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:

Plant it, water it, and then timber! It’s high maintenance but totally worth the effort! It needs tactics like never before.

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