Masahiro Sakurai
Masahiro Sakurai
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Series SeasonSeason 2 episodes2023
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games
2023
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Episodes
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Episode 13 min2023-01-02
Flash, Blast, and Smoke [Effects]
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Episode 23 min2023-01-04
Deconstruct, Analyze, and Rebuild [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 32 min2023-01-06
Team Digital or Team Physical? [Grab Bag]
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Episode 46 min2023-01-09
Kirby Air Ride [Game Concepts]
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Episode 53 min2023-01-11
Don't Wait to Speak Your Mind [Team Management]
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Episode 62 min2023-01-13
Don't Anchor Your Center Point [Design Specifics]
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Episode 73 min2023-01-16
Attack Poses [Animation]
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Episode 83 min2023-01-18
Get the Sense of Scale Right [Graphics]
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Episode 93 min2023-01-20
Good Errands and Bad Errands [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 102 min2023-01-23
Falling Sells the Feeling of Flight [Game Essence]
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Episode 114 min2023-01-25
Sora's Work-From-Home Strategies [Grab Bag]
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Episode 123 min2023-01-27
You'll Forget the Hardship, But the Game Will Endure! [Work Ethic]
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Episode 135 min2023-01-30
Put Parameters in Brackets [Programming & Tech]
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Episode 143 min2023-02-01
Game Music and Ambient Sounds [Audio]
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Episode 152 min2023-02-03
Directors Need to Be Unique [Work Ethic]
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Episode 163 min2023-02-06
Do We Really Need Enemies? [Game Essence]
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Episode 173 min2023-02-09
Competing with the Past [Grab Bag]
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Episode 183 min2023-02-11
Say No to Slow! [Design Specifics]
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Episode 198 min2023-02-14
Meteos [Game Concepts]
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Episode 202 min2023-02-17
Consider Rewards First [Game Essence]
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Episode 213 min2023-02-20
Learn to Count Frames! [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 224 min2023-02-22
Follow-Throughs Make the Impact [Animation]
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Episode 232 min2023-02-24
Loading Screens [UI]
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Episode 2411 min2023-02-28
Visual Effects in Slow Motion [Effects]
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Episode 253 min2023-03-03
Marketing is Multiplicative [Marketing]
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Episode 262 min2023-03-06
Games and Eye Strain [Grab Bag]
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Episode 274 min2023-03-08
Do Competitive Games Have to Be Complex? [Game Essence]
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Episode 282 min2023-03-10
Just Do It Already! [Work Ethic]
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Episode 293 min2023-03-14
Units of Speed [Design Specifics]
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Episode 303 min2023-03-17
Making Tutorials Feel Natural [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 312 min2023-03-20
Game Essence in Falling-Block Puzzle Games [Game Essence]
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Episode 322 min2023-03-22
Mastering Up [Grab Bag]
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Episode 332 min2023-03-24
Ten People Can Produce Seven People's Work [Team Management]
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Episode 342 min2023-03-28
Audio as Fiction and Non-Fiction [Audio]
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Episode 353 min2023-03-31
Supervising Art Through Retouches [Graphics]
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Episode 362 min2023-04-03
Exaggerate to Make Up for Information Loss [Animation]
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Episode 379 min2023-04-05
Sodatete! Kouchuu Ouja Mushiking [Game Concepts]
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Episode 382 min2023-04-08
Emphasizing Text [UI]
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Episode 393 min2023-04-11
Using Tickets to Manage Tasks [Programming & Tech]
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Episode 402 min2023-04-14
Praise the Player! [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 415 min2023-04-17
The Family Computer (and the NES) [Grab Bag]
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Episode 422 min2023-04-19
Dying Comes as a Relief? [Game Essence]
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Episode 434 min2023-04-21
How I Stuck With My Column [Work Ethic]
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Episode 4417 min2023-04-24
An Up-Close Look at Smash Bros. Stages [Graphics]
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Episode 4517 min2023-04-27
Development Secrets of the Original Kirby [Grab Bag]
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Episode 463 min2023-04-30
Paint an Accurate Picture of Your Game [Marketing]
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Episode 472 min2023-05-02
Behavior at Ledges [Design Specifics]
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Episode 483 min2023-05-05
Screen Shake [Effects]
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Episode 492 min2023-05-08
Don't Be Unresponsive [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 502 min2023-05-10
Mountain Climbing Is More Than Just Climbing [Game Essence]
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Episode 513 min2023-05-13
Posing Suggestions [Animation]
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Episode 524 min2023-05-16
Voice Recording [Audio]
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Episode 537 min2023-05-19
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Game Concepts]
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Episode 542 min2023-05-21
Don't Rely on a "Plan B" [Work Ethic]
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Episode 553 min2023-05-25
Canceled Games [Grab Bag]
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Episode 562 min2023-05-27
Menus Define Your World [UI]
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Episode 574 min2023-05-29
Branching Tastes [Work Ethic]
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Episode 583 min2023-06-01
Game Writing is Unique [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 593 min2023-06-05
Explain Ideas to Everyone at Once [Team Management]
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Episode 602 min2023-06-07
The Basics of Pixel Art [Graphics]
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Episode 6118 min2023-06-09
♪ PRESS START [Grab Bag]
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Episode 622 min2023-06-12
Make Retries Quick [Game Essence]
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Episode 6312 min2023-06-14
Family BASIC [Programming & Tech]
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Episode 642 min2023-06-16
Maps Are Game Screens, Too [Design Specifics]
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Episode 652 min2023-06-19
The Fun in Picking Sides [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 662 min2023-06-21
Squashing and Scaling [Animation]
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Episode 673 min2023-06-23
Game Demos [Marketing]
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Episode 684 min2023-06-26
Daily Report Suggestions [Team Management]
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Episode 695 min2023-06-29
Games During My Childhood [Grab Bag]
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Episode 7013 min2023-07-04
Kid Icarus: Uprising [Game Concepts]
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Episode 712 min2023-07-07
Broad Input, Broad Output [Work Ethic]
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Episode 724 min2023-07-10
Arranging Music [Audio]
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Episode 734 min2023-07-13
Is Your Game Appealing Enough to Start Over? [Game Essence]
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Episode 743 min2023-07-17
Motion Sickness in 3D Games [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 752 min2023-07-20
Unifying Visual Style [Graphics]
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Episode 764 min2023-07-25
Hit Marks [Effects]
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Episode 776 min2023-07-28
The Team Behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Grab Bag]
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Episode 782 min2023-08-01
Color-Coding Your Game [UI]
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Episode 792 min2023-08-04
Game Essence in Shooting Games [Game Essence]
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Episode 8011 min2023-08-08
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS / Wii U [Game Concepts]
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Episode 814 min2023-08-12
Bug Testing Never Ends [Team Management]
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Episode 822 min2023-08-15
Staying Organized with Hierarchical Outlines [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 834 min2023-08-18
A Fight Between Live Action and Animation [Graphics]
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Episode 843 min2023-08-22
Guidelines [Grab Bag]
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Episode 851 min2023-08-24
Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games Introduction Video
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Episode 864 min2023-08-25
Unexpected Results [Design Specifics]
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Episode 874 min2023-08-29
Damage Animations [Animation]
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Episode 884 min2023-09-01
Official Websites [Marketing]
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Episode 892 min2023-09-05
Keep Your Internal Pressure High [Work Ethic]
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Episode 903 min2023-09-08
Knockback in Super Smash Bros. [Programming & Tech]
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Episode 916 min2023-09-12
The Original Piece is Always Right [Audio]
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Episode 922 min2023-09-15
Make Important Elements Bigger [UI]
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Episode 934 min2023-09-19
More Game Essence Means Less Broad Appeal [Game Essence]
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Episode 944 min2023-09-22
Show and Tell: Some Rare Belongings [Grab Bag]
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Episode 954 min2023-09-25
The Perils of Interpolation [Animation]
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Episode 965 min2023-09-28
Planning Your Game’s Rewards [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 972 min2023-10-03
Do Graphics Impact Fun? [Graphics]
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Episode 982 min2023-10-06
Billboards [Effects]
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Episode 992 min2023-10-10
Flick Input [Design Specifics]
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Episode 10026 min2023-10-13
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!
Episode 10127 min2023-10-16
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!
Episode 10226 min2023-10-19
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!
Episode 1032 min2023-10-24
The Majority Shouldn't Always Rule [Work Ethic]
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Episode 1044 min2023-10-27
The Shoryuken Command [Game Essence]
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Episode 10512 min2023-10-30
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Game Concepts]
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Episode 1063 min2023-11-02
Avoiding Comparison [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 1073 min2023-11-07
Making Games as Part of a Company [Team Management]
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Episode 1086 min2023-11-10
Fighter Reveal Videos [Marketing]
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Episode 1094 min2023-11-14
Making Sequels [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 11011 min2023-11-17
Odds and Ends of Supervising [Graphics]
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Episode 1112 min2023-11-21
Facial Animations [Animation]
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Episode 1123 min2023-11-24
Strong Attack, Light Reverb [Audio]
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Episode 1134 min2023-11-28
Game & Watch Designs [Grab Bag]
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Episode 1142 min2023-12-01
I Want to Choose Fast! [UI]
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Episode 1153 min2023-12-05
The Pros and Cons of Leaderboards [Game Essence]
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Episode 1162 min2023-12-08
The Power of Suggestion [Work Ethic]
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Episode 1172 min2023-12-12
How Multiple People Work on One File [Programming & Tech]
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Episode 1182 min2023-12-16
Teaching Players How to Play [Design Specifics]
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Episode 1192 min2023-12-19
Making Things Look Miniature [Graphics]
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Episode 1203 min2023-12-22
It’s Easier If They Already Know [Planning & Game Design]
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Episode 1212 min2023-12-26
Creators Change, Too [Grab Bag]
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Episode 1223 min2023-12-29
Finish Everything Within the Day [Team Management]
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