Masahiro Sakurai says he’s recorded his final YouTube video

Super Smash Bros. director, Masahiro Sakurai has recorded his final YouTube video, he’s said.

Since 2022, the game designer has run his own YouTube channel, named ‘Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games‘, in which he shares game design tips. At the time of publishing, the channel has more than 580,000 subscribers.

Earlier this year, Sakurai announced on social media that he would be winding down the channel after two years of publishing videos.

Now, in a further update shared on Saturday, the designer confirmed that he’d recorded its final episode. However, Sakurai said it will be a while before the final video is published.

Earlier this year, Sakurai said he was “still creating games for the time being”, despite previously claiming in 2022 that he was “semi-retired” following the release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate’s final DLC character.

“As for me, I’m still creating games for the time being, but I’m also making this YouTube channel,” Sakurai said. “I’d never done anything like this before starting, so in a way, you could say I haven’t exactly stayed put either.”

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released in December 2018 and was supported with a robust DLC offering that included the release of 13 new characters over a three-year period, bringing the final roster to 89 fighters.

In November 2021, Sakurai reportedly said he couldn’t envisage the series continuing without his involvement, even if that was something he’d like to happen.