Masahiro Sakurai published yet another column in this week’s Famitsu. Sakurai talked all about working on the new Smash Bros., games including his workload, schedule, living arrangements, and more. You can find a roundup of Sakurai’s quotes, courtesy of Polygon’s translations.
Sakurai on how he’s taken up temporarily residence right nearby the Namco Bandai Games development studio in Shinagawa, Tokyo…
“I’ve lived within walking distance of the development studio ever since development on the new Smash Bros. began. If I’m going to make something like a Smash Bros., then I have to take every aspect of it seriously. Losing time in the commute or being beholden to whenever the last train of the night departs is out of the question. So I moved here temporarily until development is complete.”
Sakurai on what an average day of development looks like for him…
“My work generally involves supervision. The team knows what I want in the game, so I check on what everyone’s producing and make sure it aligns with the game. ‘Supervision’ could make it sound like all I’m doing is looking at things all day, but that’s not the case. The team’s work is all built up according to what I told them, so it’s ultimately my job to make adjustments and finalize it all. So not only am I looking at all the graphics, sound, motions, characters, stages, game modes, and UI interfaces, but I have to check up on the spec documents being used to build all of these.”
On dealing with the large amount of new staffers new to the Smash Bros. series…
“When I’m discussing supervision work with people, sometimes upwards of 20 staffers at once, there’s often a video camera going around to record what I said and told them to do. It’s honestly not the funnest thing, because people act more restrained in front of a camera and nobody likes to hear a recording of their own voice, but with everything accurately recorded, you can bring up exactly what was said at any time without having to rely on vague notes.”
Sakurai further discussing his schedule, in which he gets to the office by 10 AM and takes his lunch break in the studio cafeteria at 12:30, followed by 4-player Smash Bros. matches during the second half of his lunch hour…
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Game is going to being pretty awesome.
