{"id":37005,"date":"2024-09-12T18:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=37005"},"modified":"2024-09-12T18:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:27:59","slug":"masahiro-sakurai-praises-astro-bot-for-short-and-satisfying-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-praises-astro-bot-for-short-and-satisfying-gameplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Masahiro Sakurai praises Astro Bot for short and satisfying gameplay\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai recently took to X to praise Sony and Team Asobi\u2019s <strong>Astro Bot<\/strong>. It seems that Astro Bot\u2019s design appeals to Sakurai\u2019s own oft-repeated ethos about <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-emphasizes-not-wasting-a-second-of-the-players-time-in-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delivering a satisfying experience that doesn\u2019t waste a second of players\u2019 time.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300eASTRO BOT\u300f\u3092300\u4eba\u6551\u52a9\u3067\u30af\u30ea\u30a2\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff61<br>\u3053\u308c\u306f\u305d\u3053\u307e\u3067\u6642\u9593\u306f\u304b\u304b\u3089\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304c\uff64\u9762\u767d\u3055\u3084\u8208\u5473\u3067\u3064\u3044\u3064\u3044\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3057\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff61<br>\u7d20\u6674\u3089\u3057\u3044\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\uff61<br><br>\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u5bfe\u3059\u308b\u6642\u9593\u306f\uff64\u6e80\u8db3\u3044\u304f\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3042\u3063\u3066\u307b\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u306d! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2cJvaGDUF8\">https:\/\/t.co\/2cJvaGDUF8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1833498307278389622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>I saved 300 bots and cleared Astro Bot. This didn\u2019t take much time to do, but the game kept me playing because it\u2019s fun and interesting. It\u2019s a wonderful game.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>Time spent playing games should be satisfying!<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sequel to Astro\u2019s Playroom, Astro Bot is the latest colorful and cute platformer featuring Sony\u2019s robot mascot- in which you explore worlds, fight bosses and save your fellow crew bots.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-002.jpg\" alt=\"Astro Bot exploring\" class=\"wp-image-37011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Attached to Sakurai\u2019s Astro Bot tweet is the latest episode of \u201cMasahiro Sakurai on Creating Games\u201d. In the episode (English version <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-49L25Q0YAU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>), Sakurai advises game creators to be mindful of players\u2019 time. Although packing a ton of content and gameplay into games has become a selling point these days, Sakurai points out that having a game that takes hundreds of hours to beat can actually put players off buying.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Astro Bot PS5\" class=\"wp-image-37010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-001.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-001-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-001-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Sakurai\u2019s view, game developers should treat player time as a cost and give them control of the game as much as possible. This also ties in with Sakurai\u2019s previous video in which he <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-strongly-suggests-that-game-developers-let-players-skip-cutscenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strongly suggests that games should always let the player skip cutscenes<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-003.jpg\" alt=\"Astro Bot battle\" class=\"wp-image-37012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240912-37005-003-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems Sakurai\u2019s ideas on making games accessible and valuing players\u2019 time were also aspects that Astro Bot\u2019s developers paid attention to. In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240727063510\/https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/features\/astro-bot-how-team-asobi-has-turned-playroom-into-a-galaxy-sized-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video Games Chronicle,<\/a> Astro Bot\u2019s creative director Nicolas Doucet explained that the game was designed to be \u201caccessible, friendly and cute, and can be put in front of anybody and delight them.\u201d This is one of the reasons they opted for a level-based system instead of an open world. Even though each Galaxy is progressively harder, the main levels are designed to be accessible and easily completable. The difficult stuff for hardcore players who want to spend more time on the game is reserved for the optional levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Astro Bot is available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/concept\/10002684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS5<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai praises Astro Bot for delivering a satisfying experience that doesn\u2019t waste players\u2019 time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":37009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-37005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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