Sakurai Says His Work on SSBU Ends With Sora amiibo

In a social media post about the Sora amiibo, Masahiro Sakurai announced that he has finished all of the work he needs to do for Super Smash Bros Ultimate (SSBU). This is because all of the fighters are now available as an amiibo.

This is a translation of Sakurai’s tweet about the Sora amiibo and game:

Sora’s amiibo comes out today! Thank you to everyone who worked on it (this was an amazing accomplishment). The design was always perfect, and the details and the colors look exactly as intended. The pose and sculpting look good as well. Now that all of the fighters have an amiibo, my work on Super Smash Bros Ultimate is basically done. Thank you for everything.

Sora of Kingdom Hearts debuted in Fighter Pas Vol 2 and is the final DLC character for Super Smash Bros Ultimate. Since SSBU is no longer getting regular updates in the form of season passes or DLC, creating the amiibos for it was likely the last bit of work for Sakurai and the team.

Masahiro Sakurai is a video game director and designer, well known for his work on Kirby, Super Smash Bros, and Kid Icarus: Uprising. He is still the director for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, which first came out in December 2018. He also has a YouTube channel where he talks about his career, as well as game design and development.

Super Smash Bros Ultimate is readily available on the Nintendo Switch.