Director Masahiro Sakurai announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he and his team are moving to a remote work mode.
According to the game designer, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a project with a high level of secrecy, so "taking it home with you and working from there" is not as easy as it seems at first glance.
“However, there is no other way out, so you have to do just that. People, let's do our best to put this [difficult period] behind us!" Sakurai called.
In the middle of last month, Sakurai also that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the creation of the second subscription of fighters may be delayed: the developer simply cannot meet the necessary people.
The new set will include six fighters instead of five. The first of these will be one of the characters . Which one, in Nintendo , but they promise to reveal the identity of the hero in June.
The first subscription included five fighters: protagonists , Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age and , as well as Banjo and Kazooie from Banjo-Kazooie and Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was released in December 2018 exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. Formerly Sakurai that content support for the game will come to an end with the release of the second subscription.
Source: 3dnews.ru