Super Smash Bros. director starts YouTube channel on video game design

What you need to know:

• Masahiro Sakurai is the director and game designer of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series.
• After releasing daily Super Smash Bros. pictures on his social media, Sakurai announced that he had plans for a new project.
• The project is a free, not-for-profit YouTube channel centered around game design.

Masahiro Sakurai has been a pillar of the video games industry for decades, with his most notable creations being Kirby, Super Smash Bros., and more niche franchises like Kid Icarus. 

The renowned game designer and director has quite the lively social media presence, where he posted a daily Super Smash Bros. image to his Twitter for years. Yesterday, he posted his final image, a Smash Ball, and announced that he would be starting a new project.

Surprisingly enough, this new project would turn out to be a YouTube channel. The channel, titled "Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games", focuses on game design and ways to improve on it. 

Sakurai discloses that he wishes to "give back to the game industry" by sharing his knowledge. As detailed in the first video on the channel, it will not be for profit, nor will Nintendo be involved in his creations — although the company did allow him to use concept work and footage from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in his videos. 

You can watch his first video below:

Most videos will be shorter than five minutes, according to Sakurai, making them easily digestible for up-and-coming game designers and developers. For anyone looking to learn from one of the best in the industry, the YouTube videos make it easily accessible.

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