Masahiro Sakurai will post his final ‘regular’ YouTube video later this month

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai’s final regular YouTube video will be published later this month. A final, special episode will follow later.

In a post on X, the director announced that the final regular episode will be released on October 15. He went on to say, “However, I’m also working on a special finale episode to come afterward, so please stay tuned for more details!”

Since 2022, the game designer has run his own YouTube channel, named ‘Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games‘, in which he shares game design tips. At the time of publishing, the channel has more than 610,000 subscribers.

Earlier this year, Sakurai announced on social media that he would be winding down the channel after two years of publishing videos.

Earlier this year, Sakurai said he was “still creating games for the time being”, despite previously claiming in 2022 that he was “semi-retired” following the release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate’s final DLC character.

“As for me, I’m still creating games for the time being, but I’m also making this YouTube channel,” Sakurai said. “I’d never done anything like this before starting, so in a way, you could say I haven’t exactly stayed put either.”

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released in December 2018 and was supported with a robust DLC offering that included the release of 13 new characters over a three-year period, bringing the final roster to 89 fighters.