Masahiro Sakurai’s final video in his knowledgeable and informative Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games is here and it is well worth watching. One of the nuggets of information provided by Sakurai in the final video is that he informs viewers that back in July 2021, when he was busy beavering away on the successful Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC, he says that he “received a request to write a game proposal, which I finished at lightning speed.”
“I’m sorry I can’t share more about this project, but assuming that we’re able to get it made, it should be announced sooner or later.”
Elaborating a little further, Sakurai adds that his commitments to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate were wrapped up in October 2021, at which point he’d “been given the OK to move forward with production” for the mystery game, although “it was going to take some time to assemble the right team.” He reveals that “the target timeframe was April 2022,” but up to that point, he “would have to wait.”
