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Sakurai Discusses the Amount of Work Required to Develop Smash Bros. Games

In the latest issue of popular gaming magazine Famitsu, Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai answered a few questions about the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions of the game. In his column, Sakurai also reflected on how much time, effort and dedication was required to make this game a reality.

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N4g_null3498d ago

Always like Sakurai. He brought back kid icuras. Which I think actually saved the 3ds. If smash boosts the wiiu sales up then I think he should run at least half of Nintendo beside miyamoto. There use to be a ton of guys like Sakurai in the industry. I wonder where they all went?

Metallox3498d ago

"He brought back kid icuras. Which I think actually saved the 3ds" You think? I thought it was a combination of the price cut, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land and Ocarina of Time 3D.

Theyellowflash303498d ago

Kid Icarus didn't save the 3DS.

The Price cut, Mario Kart 7, and Super Mario 3D Land did.

N4g_null3498d ago

You guys are right but looking back I feel kid icuras did so much more right. The game even did online right. I would love to see a wiiu sequel in Sakurai hands like the one they thought about doing for the old wii.

Yeah in my mind kid icuras was what truly got me hype about the system and even the add on stick. This guy makes my style of games and in many ways he surpass miyamoto.

Loadedklip3498d ago (Edited 3498d ago )

A sequel with dual analog controls would be great.

Everything about Kid Icarus is absolutely amazing with the exception of the controls.

As for Miyamoto vs Sakurai ... Miyamoto's contribution to gaming far exceeds anything Sakurai has done. No offense to Sakurai.

N4g_null3497d ago

You may be right but I see Sakurai as the right guy to keep nintendo going. It's safe to say they make a crazy good team though.

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3497d ago (Edited 3497d ago )

I find nothing wrong with the controls.
Kid Icarus Uprising isn't a typical rail
/third person shooter or action game.

The game rely on high precision, always moving and non-stop action online.

I am actually one the best players online. Probably the best in US. Had itsince day one.

Theyellowflash303497d ago

Adding the option for dual controls would only help the game.

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos7d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H97d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX7d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H96d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro6d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos5d ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger887d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk777d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos7d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris6d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno23d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.