Masahiro Sakurai confirms he is now semi-retired

Legendary video game designer Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Smash Bros franchise, has confirmed in a new interview with Japanese news publication Denfaminicogamer that he is now semi-retired from the video games industry. Mr. Sakurai is now 52 and has spent his life developing and producing games and he thinks that if he keeps on at the same pace as before then his life will just pass him by. Mr. Sakurai also spoke about his enlightening and educational YouTube channel saying that wants it to be an “archive of his lessons” he went on to say that after finishing Super Smash Bros Ultimate he felt like he had to aim for the next milestone in his life.

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