According to the translations of an upcoming, leaked Famitsu article, Smash Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai said Fighters Pass Vol. 2 will the last DLC for the game, and that he is not sure about the future of the series, among other things.
Here are the main points of the article, according to Nintendo Everything, @bk2128, @PushDustIn, and Ryokutya2089.com:
- There won’t be any more fighters after the release of the newest characters in Fighters Pass Vol. 2, meaning the work on Smash Ultimate will be finished.
- Sakurai can’t choose who will be added into Smash Ultimate. Nintendo decided what characters will be included in this last DLC.
- He can accept requests from Nintendo’s proposals.
- Sakurai can refuse a character that doesn’t make sense, but doesn’t cancel one because he is stuck in game ideas.
- He can only work on the making of these fighters. In other words, he can’t work on anything else, not even on a new game he would direct by himself, but he is okay with that.
- Even though he doesn’t move according to his desires, such as wanting to make or direct a new game, Sakurai does want to keep working to make other people happy.
- Currently, Sakurai and Nintendo are not planning on any future Smash games for the series. Because of that, he doesn’t know what will happen to the series he created.
- Adding characters expands the game, so he’ll “give it his all for the last 6 fighters.”
“I can’t say that there is no possibility that the Smash Bros. series will continue,” Sakurai said. “I and the people in charge of Nintendo have no idea what the future will be.”
Mad respect for Sakurai-san, he's so very selflesshttps://t.co/n3bBDpVexT pic.twitter.com/rEIGCfGEon
— 黒凧 BlackKite (@bk2128) February 19, 2020
Famitsu Column for Sakurai has leaked.
Here are some takeaways:
6 additional fighters are being made for Smash Ultimate. After that, there are no other plans so Smash Ultimate is almost finished.
— PushDustIn
BitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
Nintendo decided the characters for the DLC. Sakurai did not.
(will translate additional details in an hour, gotta run)
— PushDustInBitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
While working on Smash Ultimate, Sakurai can't work on anything else. It's coming to a point where Sakurai won't be able to direct any new game idea. But Sakurai is okay with that. Sakurai wants to keep working to make other people happy.
— PushDustInBitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
Sakurai and Nintendo aren't planning any future entries in the Smash series right now. So he doesn't know what will happen.
Adding content to this game little by little extends Smash Ultimate's life. So Sakurai plans to give it his all for the last 6 fighters.
— PushDustInBitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
Here are some additional quotes from the leaked excerpt of Sakurai's upcoming column:
'I can't say for sure if the Smash series will continue. The people at Nintendo who are in charge of the series and I are not thinking about the future at all'
1/3
— PushDustInBitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
'It's not really good for the long term future (of the series) to just add new content (To Ultimate). But by putting out a little bit at a time, we can make (Ultimate) last longer.'
2/3
— PushDustInBitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
'So because of all that, these six fighters are really extra additions'
3/3
— PushDustInBitSummit (@PushDustIn) February 19, 2020
[Sources]: Nintendo Everything: Sakurai says Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2 will be the last DLC, works to make people happy, unsure about series’ future. Ryokutya2089.com: スマブラ桜井政博さん｢新DLC6体出し切ったらスマブラSPの仕事は終了｣. @PushDustIn (Twitter). @bk2128 (Twitter): Mad respect for Sakurai-san, he’s so very selfless.
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