How a Super Smash Bros. Fighter is Designed

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Published on January 21, 2025 4:47:16 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TjTBE9ii8k

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

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Super Smash Bros. features 89 different characters from across gaming history. How does director Masahiro Sakurai keep them cohesive and balanced while honouring their individual legacies? Let's find out.

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=== Sources and Resources ===

Masahiro Sakurai's YouTube Channel

   / @sora_sakurai_en  

Sources

[1] Smash Questionnaire… | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/2c3hncxp

[2] Sakurai answers… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/28el8eqy

[3] Mewtwo DLC… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/279uaj5c

[4] Ice Climbers | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/26t6kbos

[5] Sakurai Emails | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/22usunsf

[6] Super Smash Bros. Director… | IGN
https://tinyurl.com/2yxe5qnn

[7] Ganondorf | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/25cfzmxk

[8] Clone Characters… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/23k5zvpm

[9] Super Smash Bros... | Shmuplations
https://tinyurl.com/2ayqfv45

[10] Shigeru Miyamoto x Yuji Naka… | Shmuplations
https://tinyurl.com/2dx3s277

[11] Solid Snake… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/29t7zt4s

[12] An In-Depth… | Kotaku
https://tinyurl.com/29c2ms4f

[13] Image Transcriptions… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/29zvyfb7

[14] Sakurai’s GDC… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/23ga8a3a

[15] “Abilities Unlike… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/2yh4twlk

[16] Bowser | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/28cgh6dk

[17] Mr. Sakurai Presents “Kazuya” | YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/2279runq

[18] Pichu | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/25otrb6m

[19] An Audience… | EDGE Magazine (Archived)
https://tinyurl.com/2yg9k9gl

[20] Using Parameters… | YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/26mpdjkj

[21] Iwata Asks… | Nintendo
https://tinyurl.com/2yxsalq6

[22] Assigning Animations | YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/2y7nm8wv

[23] Exclusive: Masahiro… | Nintendo Life
https://tinyurl.com/24sorg2n

[24] A Fight… | YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/26ap9phx

[25] Every Character’s… | Reddit
https://tinyurl.com/22jv6xv3

[26] “My First Conception… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/y6brvz93

[27] Development - Super Smash Bros. Brawl | GDC Vault
https://tinyurl.com/25kd9ddj

[28] Fighter Reveal Videos | YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/256mj6x2

[29] Take a look… | Nintendo
https://tinyurl.com/222q9wun

[30] The Story of Punch-Out!! | Gaming Historian
https://tinyurl.com/22eqdry9

[31] “The Little Pepper… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/22y2njkp

[32] Mythra’s design… | ResetEra
https://tinyurl.com/26gz98hz

[33] Sakurai’s Emails 231-240 | Nintendo JP
https://tinyurl.com/22z7jkl5

[34] Mr. Sakurai Presents “Terry Bogard” | YouTube
https://tinyurl.com/28sjy37q

[35] CERO and Palutena’s… | Source Gaming
https://tinyurl.com/27r99y7x

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=== Chapters ===

00:00 - Intro
02:08 - The Roster
05:48 - Theme
08:16 - Stats
09:33 - Moveset
11:58 - Balance
14:09 - Animation
18:18 - Visual Style
21:56 - Reveal Trailer
23:33 - Conclusion
25:16 - Outro

=== Games Shown ===

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 2018
Fortnite | 2017
Astro Bot | 2024
Luigi’s Mansion | 2001
The Legend of Zelda | 1986
Super Smash Bros. | 1999
The Mysterious Murasame Castle | 1986
Ice Climber | 1985
Super Smash Bros. Melee | 2001
Fire Emblem: Three Houses | 2019
Star Fox Adventures | 2002
Mario Tennis Aces | 2018
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | 2014
Fire Emblem Awakening | 2012
Super Mario Bros. | 1985
Super Mario 3D World | 2013
Street Fighter 6 | 2023
Super Smash Bros. Brawl | 2008
Splatoon | 2015
Tekken 8 | 2024
Mega Man 2 | 1989
Donkey Kong 64 | 1999
Super Mario Sunshine | 2002
F-Zero X | 1998
Star Fox 64 | 1997
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 2018
Metroid Prime | 2002
Pikmin | 2001
Earthbound | 1994
Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 2022
Kirby Star Allies | 2018
Sonic the Hedgehog | 1991
Sonic Adventure | 1998
Sonic Superstars | 2023
Pac-Man | 1980
Kid Icarus | 1986
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | 1991
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 1998
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | 2006
Punch-Out!! | 2009
Punch-Out!! | 1984
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! | 1987

=== Credits ===

Wombo Combo -    • WOMBO COMBO!!!!  
Sakurai GDC -    • Sakurai Answers Questions About Waved...  
Spaceworld 2000 -    • Nintendo Spaceworld 2000 Gamecube Tec...  
Punch-Out Arcade -    • The Story of Punch-Out!!  
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Music from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, by Nintendo

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