How a Super Smash Bros. Fighter is Designed

? Get my premium monthly newsletter - https://gamemakerstoolkit.com/digest/ ? 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. === Get Sakurai's Body-Kun Figure === Amazon US - https://amzn.to/3WvqEnt (Referral Link) Amazon UK - https://amzn.to/3E5jzDW (Referral Link) === Sources and Resources === - Masahiro Sakurai's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@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 Full source URLs - https://pastebin.com/kr9mdqF3 === 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 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_imYhNoQ4 Sakurai GDC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zRNiuWb5o Spaceworld 2000 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mn5dBex3Cc Punch-Out Arcade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAwM-lCI4YU Pac-Man Artwork - https://arcadeblogger.com/2024/04/27/puck-man-artwork/ Music provided by Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/vtdu5y (Referral Link, Free Trial) Music from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, by Nintendo === Subtitles === Contribute translated subtitles - https://gamemakerstoolkit.com/translation/