Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games – 2023

Flash, Blast, and Smoke [Effects]

Deconstruct, Analyze, and Rebuild [Planning & Game Design]

Team Digital or Team Physical? [Grab Bag]

Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]

Don't Wait to Speak Your Mind [Team Management]

Don't Anchor Your Center Point [Design Specifics]

Attack Poses [Animation]

Get the Sense of Scale Right [Graphics]

Good Errands and Bad Errands [Planning & Game Design]

Falling Sells the Feeling of Flight [Game Essence]

Sora's Work-From-Home Strategies [Grab Bag]

You'll Forget the Hardship, But the Game Will Endure! [Work Ethic]

Put Parameters in Brackets [Programming & Tech]

Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio]

Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic]

Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence]

Competing with the Past [Grab Bag]

Say No to Slow! [Design Specifics]

Meteos [Game Concepts]

Consider Rewards First [Game Essence]

Learn to Count Frames! [Planning & Game Design]

Follow-Throughs Make the Impact [Animation]

Loading Screens [UI]

Visual Effects in Slow Motion [Effects]

Marketing is Multiplicative [Marketing]

Games and Eye Strain [Grab Bag]

Do Competitive Games Have to Be Complex? [Game Essence]

Just Do It Already! [Work Ethic]

Units of Speed [Design Specifics]

Making Tutorials Feel Natural [Planning & Game Design]

Game Essence in Falling-Block Puzzle Games [Game Essence]

Mastering Up [Grab Bag]

Ten People Can Produce Seven People's Work [Team Management]

Audio as Fiction and Non-Fiction [Audio]

Supervising Art Through Retouches [Graphics]

Exaggerate to Make Up for Information Loss [Animation]

Sodatete! Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking [Game Concepts]

Emphasizing Text [UI]

Using Tickets to Manage Tasks [Programming & Tech]

Praise the Player! [Planning & Game Design]

The Family Computer (and the NES) [Grab Bag]

Dying Comes as a Relief? [Game Essence]

How I Stuck With My Column [Work Ethic]

An Up-Close Look at Smash Bros. Stages [Graphics]

Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag]

Paint an Accurate Picture of Your Game [Marketing]

Behavior at Ledges [Design Specifics]

Screen Shake [Effects]

Don't Be Unresponsive [Planning & Game Design]

Mountain Climbing Is More Than Just Climbing [Game Essence]

Posing Suggestions [Animation]

Voice Recording [Audio]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Game Concepts]

Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]

Canceled Games [Grab Bag]

Menus Define Your World [UI]

Branching Tastes [Work Ethic]

Game Writing is Unique [Planning & Game Design]

Explain Ideas to Everyone at Once [Team Management]

The Basics of Pixel Art [Graphics]

♪ PRESS START [Grab Bag]

Make Retries Quick [Game Essence]

Family BASIC [Programming & Tech]

Maps Are Game Screens, Too [Design Specifics]

The Fun in Picking Sides [Planning & Game Design]

Squashing and Scaling [Animation]

Game Demos [Marketing]

Daily Report Suggestions [Team Management]

Games During My Childhood [Grab Bag]

Kid Icarus: Uprising [Game Concepts]

Broad Input, Broad Output [Work Ethic]

Arranging Music [Audio]

Is Your Game Appealing Enough to Start Over? [Game Essence]

Motion Sickness in 3D Games [Planning & Game Design]

Unifying Visual Style [Graphics]

Hit Marks [Effects]

The Team Behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Grab Bag]

Color-Coding Your Game [UI]

Game Essence in Shooting Games [Game Essence]

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U [Game Concepts]

Bug Testing Never Ends [Team Management]

Staying Organized with Hierarchical Outlines [Planning & Game Design]

A Fight Between Live Action and Animation [Graphics]

Guidelines [Grab Bag]

Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Introduction Video

Unexpected Results [Design Specifics]

Damage Animations [Animation]

Official Websites [Marketing]

Keep Your Internal Pressure High [Work Ethic]

Knockback in Super Smash Bros. [Programming & Tech]

The Original Piece is Always Right [Audio]

Make Important Elements Bigger [UI]

More Game Essence Means Less Broad Appeal [Game Essence]

Show and Tell: Some Rare Belongings [Grab Bag]

The Perils of Interpolation [Animation]

Planning Your Game’s Rewards [Planning & Game Design]

Do Graphics Impact Fun? [Graphics]

Billboards [Effects]

Flick Input [Design Specifics]

Special Crossover! #1 [Special]

For our portion of the Retro Game Master crossover, we take a tour through a curated selection of arcade games released between 1978 and 1987—"The Space Invaders Decade". We hope it provides a unique look at the history and evolution of video games!

Special Crossover! #2 [Special]

The second installment of the Retro Game Master crossover is here! Join me as I play classic arcade games with legendary Let's Player Arino Kacho. In the four short years covered in this episode, games evolved rather dramatically!

Special Crossover! #3 [Special]

Welcome to the final episode of the Retro Game Master crossover! I never imagined doing a crossover like this—I'm so glad we had a chance to play so many games!

The Majority Shouldn't Always Rule [Work Ethic]

The Shoryuken Command [Game Essence]

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Game Concepts]

Avoiding Comparison [Planning & Game Design]

Making Games as Part of a Company [Team Management]

Fighter Reveal Videos [Marketing]

Making Sequels [Planning & Game Design]

Odds and Ends of Supervising [Graphics]

Facial Animations [Animation]

Strong Attack, Light Reverb [Audio]

Game & Watch Designs [Grab Bag]

I Want to Choose Fast! [UI]

The Pros and Cons of Leaderboards [Game Essence]

The Power of Suggestion [Work Ethic]

How Multiple People Work on One File [Programming & Tech]

Teaching Players How to Play [Design Specifics]

Making Things Look Miniature [Graphics]

It’s Easier If They Already Know [Planning & Game Design]

Creators Change, Too [Grab Bag]

Finish Everything Within the Day [Team Management]