Smash Bros. Ultimate: Sakurai Stepping Away From Series, Not Sure What's Next

With the final update to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Masahiro Sakurai is taking a well-deserved breather. But as the chief creative force behind Smash for years, fans are already wondering what's next for him, and for the series. And he has answers. Kind of.

Sakurai spoke with Japanese magazine Famitsu (via Siliconera) about his current plans. He said he's not thinking about a sequel right now, but he "can't say with certainty" that Ultimate will be the last Smash Bros. game. For the time being he seems to want a break, though, saying "I need to think whether I must release a Smash game or not, even if I have to do something that would disappoint users." He also said he would need to seriously consider, and consult with Nintendo, on whether a future Smash would be successful.

Though he could simply step away and hand someone else the Smash Bros. reins, he sounds hesitant to do that. "I currently don’t see a path where Smash can be produced without myself," he said. "Honestly, we did actually try leaving it to someone else, but it didn't go well."

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