Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
Season 2 Episode 4 - Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]
2022
Join Masahiro Sakurai, director of several Kirby games and the Super Smash Bros. series, as he reflects on his work in the games industry and offers insightful and easy-to-understand advice about game development. The goal? To try and help make games around the world a little more fun!
Episodes in Season 2
1
Flash, Blast, and Smoke [Effects]
3 min
2
Deconstruct, Analyze, and Rebuild [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
3
Team Digital or Team Physical? [Grab Bag]
2 min
4
Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]
6 min
NOW PLAYING
5
Don't Wait to Speak Your Mind [Team Management]
3 min
6
Don't Anchor Your Center Point [Design Specifics]
2 min
7
Attack Poses [Animation]
3 min
8
Get the Sense of Scale Right [Graphics]
3 min
9
Good Errands and Bad Errands [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
10
Falling Sells the Feeling of Flight [Game Essence]
2 min
11
Sora's Work-From-Home Strategies [Grab Bag]
4 min
12
You'll Forget the Hardship, But the Game Will Endure! [Work Ethic]
3 min
13
Put Parameters in Brackets [Programming & Tech]
5 min
14
Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio]
3 min
15
Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic]
2 min
16
Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence]
3 min
17
Competing with the Past [Grab Bag]
3 min
18
Say No to Slow! [Design Specifics]
3 min
19
Meteos [Game Concepts]
8 min
20
Consider Rewards First [Game Essence]
2 min
21
Learn to Count Frames! [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
22
Follow-Throughs Make the Impact [Animation]
4 min
23
Loading Screens [UI]
2 min
24
Visual Effects in Slow Motion [Effects]
11 min
25
Marketing is Multiplicative [Marketing]
3 min
26
Games and Eye Strain [Grab Bag]
2 min
27
Do Competitive Games Have to Be Complex? [Game Essence]
4 min
28
Just Do It Already! [Work Ethic]
2 min
29
Units of Speed [Design Specifics]
3 min
30
Making Tutorials Feel Natural [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
31
Game Essence in Falling-Block Puzzle Games [Game Essence]
2 min
32
Mastering Up [Grab Bag]
2 min
33
Ten People Can Produce Seven People's Work [Team Management]
2 min
34
Audio as Fiction and Non-Fiction [Audio]
2 min
35
Supervising Art Through Retouches [Graphics]
3 min
36
Exaggerate to Make Up for Information Loss [Animation]
2 min
37
Sodatete! Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking [Game Concepts]
9 min
38
Emphasizing Text [UI]
2 min
39
Using Tickets to Manage Tasks [Programming & Tech]
3 min
40
Praise the Player! [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
41
The Family Computer (and the NES) [Grab Bag]
5 min
42
Dying Comes as a Relief? [Game Essence]
2 min
43
How I Stuck With My Column [Work Ethic]
4 min
44
An Up-Close Look at Smash Bros. Stages [Graphics]
17 min
45
Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag]
17 min
46
Paint an Accurate Picture of Your Game [Marketing]
3 min
47
Behavior at Ledges [Design Specifics]
2 min
48
Screen Shake [Effects]
3 min
49
Don't Be Unresponsive [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
50
Mountain Climbing Is More Than Just Climbing [Game Essence]
2 min
51
Posing Suggestions [Animation]
3 min
52
Voice Recording [Audio]
4 min
53
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Game Concepts]
7 min
54
Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]
2 min
55
Canceled Games [Grab Bag]
3 min
56
Menus Define Your World [UI]
2 min
57
Branching Tastes [Work Ethic]
4 min
58
Game Writing is Unique [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
59
Explain Ideas to Everyone at Once [Team Management]
3 min
60
The Basics of Pixel Art [Graphics]
2 min
61
♪ PRESS START [Grab Bag]
18 min
62
Make Retries Quick [Game Essence]
2 min
63
Family BASIC [Programming & Tech]
12 min
64
Maps Are Game Screens, Too [Design Specifics]
2 min
65
The Fun in Picking Sides [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
66
Squashing and Scaling [Animation]
2 min
67
Game Demos [Marketing]
3 min
68
Daily Report Suggestions [Team Management]
4 min
69
Games During My Childhood [Grab Bag]
5 min
70
Kid Icarus: Uprising [Game Concepts]
13 min
71
Broad Input, Broad Output [Work Ethic]
2 min
72
Arranging Music [Audio]
4 min
73
Is Your Game Appealing Enough to Start Over? [Game Essence]
4 min
74
Motion Sickness in 3D Games [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
75
Unifying Visual Style [Graphics]
2 min
76
Hit Marks [Effects]
4 min
77
The Team Behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Grab Bag]
6 min
78
Color-Coding Your Game [UI]
2 min
79
Game Essence in Shooting Games [Game Essence]
2 min
80
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U [Game Concepts]
11 min
81
Bug Testing Never Ends [Team Management]
4 min
82
Staying Organized with Hierarchical Outlines [Planning & Game Design]
2 min
83
A Fight Between Live Action and Animation [Graphics]
4 min
84
Guidelines [Grab Bag]
3 min
85
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Introduction Video
1 min
86
Unexpected Results [Design Specifics]
4 min
87
Damage Animations [Animation]
4 min
88
Official Websites [Marketing]
4 min
89
Keep Your Internal Pressure High [Work Ethic]
2 min
90
Knockback in Super Smash Bros. [Programming & Tech]
3 min
91
The Original Piece is Always Right [Audio]
6 min
92
Make Important Elements Bigger [UI]
2 min
93
More Game Essence Means Less Broad Appeal [Game Essence]
4 min
94
Show and Tell: Some Rare Belongings [Grab Bag]
4 min
95
The Perils of Interpolation [Animation]
4 min
96
Planning Your Game’s Rewards [Planning & Game Design]
5 min
97
Do Graphics Impact Fun? [Graphics]
2 min
98
Billboards [Effects]
2 min
99
Flick Input [Design Specifics]
2 min
100
Special Crossover! #1 [Special]
26 min
101
Special Crossover! #2 [Special]
27 min
102
Special Crossover! #3 [Special]
26 min
103
The Majority Shouldn't Always Rule [Work Ethic]
2 min
104
The Shoryuken Command [Game Essence]
4 min
105
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Game Concepts]
12 min
106
Avoiding Comparison [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
107
Making Games as Part of a Company [Team Management]
3 min
108
Fighter Reveal Videos [Marketing]
6 min
109
Making Sequels [Planning & Game Design]
4 min
110
Odds and Ends of Supervising [Graphics]
11 min
111
Facial Animations [Animation]
2 min
112
Strong Attack, Light Reverb [Audio]
3 min
113
Game & Watch Designs [Grab Bag]
4 min
114
I Want to Choose Fast! [UI]
2 min
115
The Pros and Cons of Leaderboards [Game Essence]
3 min
116
The Power of Suggestion [Work Ethic]
2 min
117
How Multiple People Work on One File [Programming & Tech]
2 min
118
Teaching Players How to Play [Design Specifics]
2 min
119
Making Things Look Miniature [Graphics]
2 min
120
It’s Easier If They Already Know [Planning & Game Design]
3 min
121
Creators Change, Too [Grab Bag]
2 min
122
Finish Everything Within the Day [Team Management]
3 min