>>40863840You know what - I was let down by the new Smash game, because it used like 60% of the Wii U game as a base while also removing a lot, and doing certain things worse like Online. I wanted a Melee to Brawl or Brawl to Smash 4 leap, and didn't get that, and knew that the game was rushed out for a Christmas release, but fuck me if I'm Sakurai hasn't gotten me back on his side.
He personally over saw the development of the game, despite having a large qualified team working under him, tried to both put a ton of fan requested content in the game while trying some risky things, and apologizing for what didn't work, and even amending things, like alternate game modes, that they couldn't finish before launch. Working with other developers and companies, he personally has meetings with them, to figure out the best way to implement things for the fans,even re-working entire concepts into the characters (still a little over priced, IMO, but fuck if it's cheap compared to what other fighters charge for and a lot of work *actually* does go into them.) I think Sakurai even knows the game isn't as good as it could have been if they had another year or so to develop it, which is why he's personally working so damn hard to make it the best thing possible, even so far out into the game's release. The game still has a lot of warts, but fuck do I respect Sakurai - even if I don't fundamentally agree with a lot of his esoteric game designs.
Masuda? What the fuck is he even doing - Complains making games are too hard. Tells the fans they don't know what they want and that the game isn't designed for them anyway. Says there aren't going to be any updates to the game that aren't bug-fixes. Never admits to faults and straight-up lies to fans. Even if it's not just fucking Masuda, but higher-ups in shadows, he could still grow a spine and make something good. Sakurai has outright told Nintendo 'No' multiple times, because he thought they were wrong. Fuck Masuda and Game Freak.
