It has been my distinct pleasure and honor to have been a dedicated viewer of the “Creating Games” YouTube channel that Masahiro Sakurai made. He is the man behind numerous gaming icons and series, with Kirby and Super Smash Bros. being the biggest among them, and his insights on gaming as a whole have been something we’ve talked about quite a bit on the Nintendo Entertainment Podcast. However, all good things must come to an end, and in the “Finale Special,” Sakurai broke down everything that went into this series, including some things you might not have expected.
For example, as he reveals early on, the videos we’ve been seeing were made back in 2022! Apparently, Masahiro Sakurai had a rare break from work (more on that later), and he came up with this idea to try and give a “boost” to both the gaming industry and the gamers who wanted to learn more about video game development. In total, he wrote 256 scripts in the course of about a month, then organized, did a small test pilot to prove he could do it, and then hired Hike and 8-4 to help him edit and translate everything once he was...
