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Want To Peak Inside Smash Bros. Creator’s New Office?
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier this year, Nintendo announced it was joining forces with Smash Bros. designer Masahiro Sakurai’s Sora Ltd. to found a new company, Project Sora. More »
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First Look At Smash Bros. Designer’s Newest Title (Made In Sakurai)
6:30PM Brian Ashcraft | While we’re extremely confident this isn’t the new title from Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai Nintendo announced this February, Sakurai does say it is the first game from his new Nintendo start up, Sora Ltd. More »
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Smash Bros. Creator And Nintendo Announce New Title, New Company
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Nintendo character Kirby and designer of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, is creating a new title for Nintendo the company announced today. More »
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Designer Checks Out The Wii Competition At TGS
12:00AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo may not represent at Tokyo Game Show — just wait for Spaceworld! — but a few key folks from within and closely associated with the House of Waggle were in Tokyo to play some games. After spying Miyamoto’s go-to translator Bill Trinen playing Let’s Tap! at Sega’s booth, we also spotted Super Smash Bros. Brawl producer Masahiro Sakurai give the cardboard boxes a go with an unidentified companion. Could Yuji Naka’s casual game make Sakurai crack a smile? Hit the jump for the shocking answer! More »Brawl Once ‘Had A Lot More Characters’
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | Smash Bros. Brawl has more characters than you can shake a lamb’s tail at. Too many, perhaps? Don’t dare suggest that, the series’ fans will string you up. Instead, suggest that the game doesn’t have enough characters. That’ll wash over well. With fans and the game’s creator Masahiro Sakurai, who says that earlier in the game’s development he “had a lot more characters”, but had to trim the numbers as they got closer to release. So which ones made the cut? Sakurai’s not telling, leaving you free to chime in with your own hair-brained speculation. Me, I was hoping for one of the Rito postmen to make an appearance… [Official Nintendo Magazine, via Wii Fanboy] More »
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Producer Pines For New Nintendo Characters
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | Nintendo fans may not be the only ones growing ever weary of Mario’s sports, kart and paper-based adventures. With almost nothing in the way of new franchise characters coming out of Nintendo in the past decade, it’s enough to make even the harden Nintendo devotee hope for something exciting and new. That includes Super Smash Bros. Brawl producer Masahiro Sakurai, who ends today’s Smash Bros. Dojo with an aside. He highlights the characters in Brawl’s All-Star mode, expressing what seems like frustration at Nintendo’s lack of new icons. When they’re all lined up like this, it becomes obvious that there is roughly 6-year blank before and after Pikmin. While there have been big series since then like “Animal Crossing,” “Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day,” and “Wii Sports” it does seem that coming up with a completely new character-driven series has gotten more difficult recently. More »
Sakurai Apologises for No Voice Chat
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Super Smash Bros. Brawl creator Masahiro Sakurai had the best intentions, really. Like, when he started making SSBB, he thought it would be great if the online battles between friends had voice chat and possibly even keyboard chat. Hey, that sounds pretty great! What the hell happened? But there are all sorts of rules and regulations regarding communication on the Wii platform and so it was apparent to me that it just wouldn’t come together, we weren’t going to be able to do it, so we decided to cancel that feature. I’m very sorry about that. But if you’re really desperate for it, you could set up Skype by your game station and go at it with a friend if you like. Eh? No, thanks. We’ll stick to talking loudly at the television. Sure, Nintendo has said in the past that it hopes to make online pleasant for those not used to it — meaning, they didn’t want people to get their feelings hurt. Fair, enough! But, why no online SSBB ranking? “It can also be kind of trying and painful for some people who want to be at the top and think that they’re really good at Smash and they look at their online ranking and they’re the one-hundred-thousandth best Smash Bros. player”, Sakurai says. Wow, just wow. After you’ve figured that one out, hit the jump for Sakurai’s say on future franchise installments: More »
Dojo Dump: Enter The Spoiler Era
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | This week has been a rocky road for those looking for an unspoiled Super Smash Bros. Brawl experience. Just prior to the game’s official release in Japan, the full details of Brawl’s roster, its bosses, its numerous stages were all revealed by those who got their hands on it early. Even on the official Brawl web site, the Smash Bros. Dojo, producer Masahiro Sakurai has begun to reveal the game’s hidden fighters. If you’re the least bit concerned about that, it’s time to move into the bunker. More »
