#SUPER SMASH BROS SORA SERIES#

This picture revealed Olimar for SSB4.įollowing the release of Brawl, Sakurai and Satoru Iwata formed a Nintendo subsidiary called Project Sora for the purpose of developing the first new entry in the Kid Icarus series in 21 years. Sakurai posting a 'pic of the day' on Miiverse.

Kid Icarus: Uprising and Super Smash Bros. It became one of the Wii's highest-selling games and received highly positive critical reception. Brawl in collaboration with Game Arts staff in late 2005, and the game was released in January 2008. officially began development of Super Smash Bros. Sakurai revealed that he would be serving as director and designer for the game in issue #885 of Famitsu Weekly. It was only after this announcement that Sakurai received an offer from Iwata to return to direct the new Smash, which he accepted. series would continue on Nintendo's newest console, the Wii, supporting online play. Despite the departure of Sakurai from HAL, former HAL Laboratory President and former President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata stated at E3 2005 that the Super Smash Bros. On September 30, 2005, Sakurai announced that he had formed his own company, Sora Ltd. Sakurai also became the author of a column for Famitsu Weekly, a Japanese gaming magazine. was unknown.Īfter his departure from HAL, Sakurai collaborated with Tetsuya Mizuguchi at Q Entertainment to create Meteos, a unique puzzle game released for Nintendo DS in March 2005. Sakurai later stated that he wished for HAL to continue working on the Kirby series, but the future of Super Smash Bros. franchises were in jeopardy following his resignation. The future of both the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. 'Even if it's a sequel, lots of people have to give their all to make a game, but some people think the sequel process happens naturally.' 'It was tough for me to see that every time I made a new game, people automatically assumed that a sequel was coming,' said Masahiro Sakurai on August 26, 2003, in an interview with Nintendo Dream, two weeks after his resignation from HAL Laboratory.

He claimed that he had become tired of the gaming industry's growing focuses on sequels: Sakurai said at the time that he believed it would be difficult for him to continue creating games if he stayed at HAL. Sakurai resigned from his position at HAL Laboratory on August 5, 2003, shortly after the release of Kirby Air Ride. Critical reception of the game was also positive, with some publications naming it among HAL Laboratory's finest works. Melee surpassed the popularity of its predecessor and eventually became the GameCube's highest-selling game of all time. The game was unveiled at E3 2001 and released shortly after in November 2001. He recalls living a 'destructive lifestyle' during the game's development period, with short weekends and no time off in 13 months of work. Melee, once again developed at HAL Laboratory. The final product, Super Smash Bros., was released in January 1999 (in Japan) and became an unexpected hit, eventually becoming one of the best-selling Nintendo 64 games.Īs the Nintendo GameCube neared release, Sakurai was named head of production for the development of Super Smash Bros. However, Sakurai decided that the inclusion of Nintendo characters would provide the game with more atmosphere, giving it a unique selling-point to set it apart from a sea of fighting games with generic characters. At the time, the project featured no existing Nintendo properties, and Sakurai was focused on creating unique platform fighter mechanics to differentiate the title from traditional fighting games. Sakurai first devised the concept for Smash in 1998, working on a prototype then known as Dragon King: The Fighting Game. He would soon direct his first title, Kirby's Dream Land. It is there that he created the character Kirby at the age of 19. One of Sakurai's earliest experiences in the video game industry began when he worked for HAL Laboratory, Inc. 4īiography At Nintendo and HAL Laboratory 1.4 Kid Icarus: Uprising and Super Smash Bros.

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