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Sephiran 5 hours ago
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trunkswd said:
firebush03 said:

Sephiran, you are going to give me a stroke (lol!). (i) Sakurai isn’t a Smash Bros machine; he is a game developer. (ii) Sakurai has stated very clearly that he has preference for Smash Ultimate to be his last as the lead director, and Nintendo has respected his wishes. (iii) Furthermore, chances are Smash is currently in development — and has been for a while — but with Sakurai merely in a supporting position, similar to Miyamoto’s contribution to Mario/Zelda games throughout the 2010s (during which we would see the release of Mario Odyssey and Zelda BotW, for instance).

Sakurai had worked on Smash Bros nonstop from 2003 all the way until 2023. He did good work with Smash Ultimate…let the man rest. Retro Studios was already fatigued of Metroid by the time of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption; Naughty Dog got fatigued of Sly Cooper and jumped to Uncharted, got tired of Uncharted and jumped to TLoU, and it seems they’ve also grown tired of TLoU and have jumped over to Intergalatic. These game devs aren’t machines.

This makes me think we might not get a new Smash on Switch 2. Maybe a Smash Bros Ultimate Deluxe that includes all the DLC and one or two new things added. Kinda like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. 

That would be devestating to Switch 2 sales potential, Smash Ultimate was a big driving force in creating hype for Switch 1 and increased its momentum. Without a new Smash on Switch 2, that will be a major loss of appeal for the system. We see what lack of hype titles does for a console in the Switch 2s performance in Europe this year. With few appealing software, its impossible for the system to keep any momentum and appeal. Nintendo has given the PS5 a fully open goal in a major market by not having anything relevant this holiday in terms of software.