Smash Bros director says "it's fair to assume there will be another one," and he can't imagine anyone else making it
Smash Bros director says "it's fair to assume there will be another one," and he can't imagine anyone else making it
Who's going to direct the next Smash Bros?
I seem to remember Sakurai saying that this would be the last one. I guess he either doesn’t have much of a say or that it made too much money to pass up on another….
He said that before Ultimate too
Maybe my memory is faulty but I seem to recall every single sequel was going to be the last one. Them Nintendo saw the profits and cuts him a bonus so he turns around and says one more.
Sakurai's independent. Nintendo always goes to him first when it's time to make a new entry, but Sakurai's under no obligation to accept. Nevertheless, he keeps coming back to the table, so it's probably fair to assume that he enjoys directing this series.
Sakurai remembered that if he wasn’t making Smash games, he’d have too much time to sleep; SIX whole hours! Of SLEEP!
Maybe this is a hot take, but I really wish we could just let things die. Smash Ultimate works quite well as the finale the series deserves. I could see maybe 20 or 30 years down the line they do a ressurection with some sort of spiritual successor. But I'm against seeing another smash anytime soon. There are a lot of franchises that I think should adopt this mindset, it's not just smash.
Edit: I also think in the interim developers could work on long dead franchises like how Destiny is bringing back Marathon.
Idk that makes sense for like story driven games where things have a definite ending. For a fighting game I don't really care if they keep pumping them out since it's not like detracting from anything major. People just want to play as like slippy or geno or something. People will just keep playing the good ones, like how melee has survived.
Exactly, so I think it's fair to let the franchise get some air before it comes back into the ring so to speak. Let those games shine and be cherished, pick up a different lost franchise in the meantime. But I can definitely see how others would disagree.
I think it’s quite fair to argue melee or brawl being the finale.
New gamers start every day. They want to play these games. Especially something like ssb. 20-30 years is too long to wait for another game.
So let them play the older games. The point is to let the franchise die so that something else can be born in it's stead. Instead of rinse repeating the same game over and over again slightly tweaking the variables and considering that a significant change.
What are they going to call it? Ultimate is already final-sounding. Ultimate 2, Now With More Ultimatums?
New! Super Smash Bros.
It worked for Final Fantasy, they're all the way to 16!
R-Type Final 3
Super Smash Bros XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
Super Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 6.4 Final Melee Brawl HD ReMIX for Wii U
Ultimus Maximus
And they add ultramarine as playable character
They make a franchise reboot and call it Super Smash Bros. Origins
How do you even top ultimate, because if even one character or stage is cut it's already inferior to ultimate.
Just because a sequel has fewer characters doesn't make it an inferior game. By that logic, Mortal Kombat Armageddon was the best Mortal Kombat.
Make it available on a platform where ultimate isn't, such as a new console. Pokemon's already shown this works.
In 15 years the only way to play ultimate will be on Nintendo’s 4 year “New” premium plus subscription plan (streaming only).
One idea might be to leave Ultimate as the most comprehensive game in the series, but spin off a subseries with a different style or gimmick, in the same way that Tekken Tag Tournament didn't necessarily compete against the mainline Tekken games. Smash already has so many modes and so much customizability that I don't know what would make a good spinoff, though. You could change the game style instead, such as by focusing more on the kind of fast paced and technical gameplay that Melee players enjoyed, but I think they've decided that the current style of Ultimate has the most broad appeal, so any changes would probably mean intentionally making a more niche title, which I assume is not the goal.
I'm curious to know if they'll be able to bring the full cast back for another.
Just add Isaac and it becomes better than ultimate for me, lol
I'd love to see them keep supporting the current game with new characters and updated online support.
Give Sakurai a school. Let him rest and stop making joints. ♡