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What would convince you to come back to make another Smash? Do you think, if you did return, your role would be different or reduced?

I think we’ve reached the limit, at least in terms of volume of content and fighters. Basically, if I were to have the opportunity to work on another Super Smash Bros. game, that means we would have to shrink the roster, but we need to think about whether fans would be pleased about that.

Also, I’ve been doing too much of the work myself, so I’d need to resolve that, too. The current Super Smash Bros. has too much of my personality poured into it. In order for a long-time series to continue thriving today, we need to think about eliminating the series’ dependence on just one person’s vision.

Of course, this is the way it is now because we weren’t successful in splitting the vision between multiple people before. This would be a challenge for the future and something that needs to be discussed with Nintendo, if there were to be a next installment in the Super Smash Bros. series.

CaptHayfever wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 14, 2021 4:42 pm

I have absolutely no expectations of all these 3rd-party characters coming back again. A few of them, sure: Sonic, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Bayonetta (since Sega shares her with Nintendo anyway), & maybe Simon (Konami has nothing better to do). The Square characters are too big of a licensing hassle, especially Sora. Kazuya is ridiculous. Joker, TheHero, Terry, & Steve are great, but they won't come back.
Turn most of the echoes into alt skins like Alph or the Koopalings: That'll scratch Lucina, Doc, Daisy, Dark Samus, Dark Pit, Ken, & Richter.
Re-merge Young Link & Toon Link.

As for "not being successful splitting the vision before," just don't repeat the single-player mistakes from Smash 4.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"