About Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games

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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!

* All Nintendo-related development materials and ROMs featured on this channel are used with Nintendo’s express permission.

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I: Audio 2 (Category Compilation) #08～#14

In Category I: Audio, I go over topics regarding sound in games. This includes music, sound effects, voices—everything. [Index] 0:00 Opening 0:11 I-08 The Original Piece is Always Right 6:53 I-09 Strong Attack, Light Reverb 9:51 I-10 Giving Feedback for Sound Effects 12:49 I-11 Balancing Ambient …

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H: Effects 2 (Category Compilation) #07～#11

In Category H: Effects, I discuss some of the myriad special effects used in games. These are the kinds of visuals whose true value can be seen when in motion. [Index] 0:00 Opening 0:11 H-07 Billboards 2:15 H-08 Blade Trails 6:11 H-09 Making Effects the Right Size 8:11 H-10 Flashing Effects 12:19 …

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G: Animation 2 (Category Compilation) #10～#18

In Category G: Animation, I share some of the tricks we use to animate characters and other elements in video games. [Index] 0:00 Opening 0:11 G-10 Damage Animations 4:20 G-11 The Perils of Interpolation 8:38 G-12 Facial Animations 10:57 G-13 Flipped Animation 13:56 G-14 Animation Blending 16:58 G…

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