Summary
Super Smash Bros. Ultimatedirector Masahiro Sakurai has said his work on the game is now “done” after the release ofUltimate’s 13.0.2 update. This latestSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateupdate was released earlier this past week, which updated the game’s amiibo functionality. This update adds compatibility with the amiibo based onUltimate’s final DLC fighter, Sora fromKingdom Hearts.
WhileSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s active development has wound down in the last few years, the game would occasionally get small updates. These include new spirit events based on recently released Nintendo Switch games, such asPokemon Scarlet and Violet, which were released afterUltimate’s DLC development was completed. The game would also be updated as more amiibos based onUltimate’s DLC fighters were added, with Sora’s amiibo being released on February 16. With Sora’s amiibo out, Sakurai states his work on the fighting game is finally done.
Breaking Down Sakurai’s Latest Smash Bros. Message
Sakurai confirmed this on his Twitter account, celebrating the release of theSora amiibo forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. According to a rough machine translation, he had a congratulatory message for Sora’s amiibo being released, praising how it looks and the pose the sculptors made for the amiibo. His tweet confirms that his work onUltimateis finally coming to an end, thanking the many fans for their support.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateoriginally launched on May 11, 2025, and started off with around 76 playable characters at launch. Its DLC would bring that number up to nearly 90 by the time Sora was released. Every character inUltimate’s roster would get an amiibo figure of some kind. Amiibos released duringSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS' lifecycle are all compatible withUltimate, andevery new character introduced inUltimateended up getting their own figure as well.
While Sakurai’s work onSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatewas already mostly done, this tweet seems to be a send-off to the game itself. As for Sakurai’s current projects, he appears to be getting back into game development.Sakurai recently announced the end of his YouTube channel, with plans to wrap up the channel’s content sometime in 2024. The most prevalent rumors regarding Sakurai are that he is possibly working on a newSuper Smash Bros. game for the equally rumored successor to the Nintendo Switch console. These are still just rumors though, so fans should take this info with a massive grain of salt, waiting patiently to see what is next for Sakurai and theSuper Smash Bros.series.
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