{"id":43864,"date":"2025-02-07T11:15:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43864"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T02:15:32","slug":"masahiro-sakurai-tweets-a-single-syllable-unleashing-avalanche-of-super-smash-bros-6-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-tweets-a-single-syllable-unleashing-avalanche-of-super-smash-bros-6-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"Masahiro Sakurai tweets a single syllable, unleashing avalanche of Super Smash Bros. 6 requests\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On February 5, Nintendo revealed the date and time for their next Direct broadcast. Kirby and Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai reposted the announcement on X, accompanied by a simple exclamation of surprise. That\u2019s all it took for users\u2019 imaginations to run wild, with comments quickly escalating to speculation about potential new game releases and even character requests.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/successor\/en-us\/nintendo-direct\/index.html?srsltid=AfmBOopnHDq_fl88481CCllqk2gJ2y2ESlhD4nQq9X7ZsZPixd6TYPuJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April 2 Nintendo Direct Broadcast<\/a> is set to reveal more information about the hotly anticipated Switch 2 console. Like many of us, it seems Sakurai was also surprised and excited by the announcement, so he quoted the post with a simple \u201cOoh!\u201d\u00a0<\/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\">\u3078\u30fc\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lle81eaVCo\">https:\/\/t.co\/lle81eaVCo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u685c\u4e95 \u653f\u535a \/ Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sora_Sakurai\/status\/1887155803104403782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Users quickly got overexcited in the comments, with many assuming Sakurai\u2019s message has a deeper meaning. Users suggested that he must be working on Super Smash Bros. 6, and is hinting that the game will be revealed in the upcoming Nintendo Direct. Soon, replies were requesting guest characters for the (as far as we know, non-existent) new Super Smash Bros. game, with picks including Shadow the Hedgehog, Okami, Chai from Hi-Fi Rush, and Sans from Undertale. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although these comments are just wishful thinking for now, Super Smash Bros. is a major Nintendo series. It has appeared on every Nintendo home console since its debut on N64, so it might come to the Switch 2 at some point. Sakurai has been working on <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendos-late-ceo-iwata-once-praised-masahiro-sakurais-ability-to-visualize-a-finished-product-to-its-smallest-details-from-nothing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a secret game project since April 2022<\/a>, so it is easy to see why people are assuming and getting excited.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirby creator&#8217;s X post about the next Nintendo Direct broadcast has fans hoping for a Super Smash Bros. 6 announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":43868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33],"class_list":["post-43864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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