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When Nintendo announced Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the game’s title could not have been more fitting, with the Switch entry featuring every single fighter from the franchise’s history. By the end of its support, Ultimate included 89 total characters and over 100 stages. In discussing potential future entries in the series, Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai claimed that “it's difficult to imagine an increase of this magnitude happening again.”
Taking to his YouTube channel, Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai spoke on the development of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, discussing all things from its initial development; changes made to the formula; DLC woes and more.
In looking to the future of the franchise, Sakurai claimed that whatever comes next will unlikely be able to match the sheer scope of Ultimate, saying:
“As for what comes next for the Smash Bros. series, even I'm not sure. I feel we truly succeeded in making people happy with this game, but now that Smash Bros. has grown to be monstrous in size, I'd say it's difficult to imagine an increase of this magnitude happening again.”
He continued, “Every time, we managed to make a game that I had previously thought impossible, so I can't say for certain there won't be another, but I do think it would be difficult to push it any further than we have.”
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate truly feels like a culmination of the entire fighting game series’ history, with some fans believing that the next entry should take it back to its roots; perhaps in the form of a soft-reboot. We will have to wait and see what Sakurai has in store – although based on his comments, it seems as though even he is unsure where Smash Bros. will go next.
KitGuru says: What do you think of Smash Bros. Ultimate? What would you like to see from the next game? Should the series be rebooted? Let us know down below.
