Gnizmo on 05 July 2009
| Roflinator said: ...? I remember reading somewhere that Nintendo begged Sakurai to do Brawl because they think they can't do it without him. |
"Sakurai Absolutely. (laughs) You can imagine my surprise when I was told by the others at the E3 show site that you made the announcement out of the blue."
http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol1_page2.jsp
As you can see they are discussing howhe was brought on-board after the announcement, and Nintendo already had somewhat of a plan for what they would do with the game. Obviously Nintendo prefered having him involved, but they were prepared to go forward regardless.
