Spend Time With Sakurai for a Day

[Mr. Mumbles]

For some contrived reason (I say this because trying to explain hypotheticals is always contrived) you get to spend a day with Sakurai. Everything is also temporarily free, and it is completely up to you what you do. Do you treat Sakurai to a much needed vacation, or do you grill him for information about ssb4 and/or spend the time trying to get your way in ssb4. Bear in mind that for some reason (An equally contrived one I assure you) he can't end the day early.

For the majority of us who I daresay would give him a day off, would you really be able to go the entire day without asking him anything about ssb4?

 

[kackamee]

After reading that one article about how he feels about character inclusions and cuts, I'd definitely take him on a vacation. This man makes amazing best seller games and seems to be incredibly stressed about trying to make the best decisions. While we were on vacation I'd just try to politely remind him that it's about time that Bowser is high tier in a game though (:
Edit: And that we need more villains and females, then he can relax lol.

 

[Curmudgeon]

I will beat the **** out of him

in Brawl

 

[Bedhead]

Sakurai seems like a such a wonderful person. I'd play Kirby games with him. And maybe politely suggest Lip for Smash 4.

 

[XavierSylfaen]

I'd take him to EVO.

 

[SureNsync]

Getting to meet and hang out with Sakurai would feel incredible.

 

[Kapus]

I would treat him like a guest. That is to say, his needs come before mine. I would talk about whatever he felt like talking about, and spend time doing whatever it is he felt like doing. He seems stressed out about his job as is, so there's no reason to remind him of it.

If were to ever speak about SSB, I would personally thank him for Mega Man's inclusion and talk about how much I love SSB4's graphical direction.

 

[Neanderthal]

I'd spend the whole day on my knees begging for a playable Geno and a unique G'dorf moveset.

(Or just take him to my torture chamber and get everything I want )

 

[DakotaBonez]

I can only picture this as a terrible sitcom. Too bad the title "Brawl in the Family" is already taken. I'll try to make it more like an action movie though.

Outraged internet radicals raid smash bros hq demanding information on the next game, Sakurai jumps through a window and parachutes to safety with his cat cradled in his arm. A storm of bullets cascade around him mid flight. He reaches into his shirt and pulls out a small device with a single button. He presses the button and c4 explosives erupt throughout the building. The eruption propels him forward and onto the roof of a limosine, he tosses aside the parachute and taps twice on the hood. The driver peels out towards the airport. Large vans pull up beside in hot pursuit and the radicals poke their heads through the roofs aiming RPGs at Sakurai. They fire simultaneously and Sakurai does a backflip in slowmotion watching the projectiles fly under him and explode on impact with eachother. Zoom out and we see Sakurai comically tumble through the air as the large vans speed away.The scene switches to the airplane interior where sakurai crashes through a window and lands in a seat with his cat following shoirtly after into his lap just as the plane begins to take off homeward bound for Texas. The flight attendant asks Sakurai if he would like anything and he mumbles something james bond-esque while stroking his cat in Japanese. Bewildered, the flight attendant ignores him and continues down the line.

Hours later a confused Sakurai ends up stranded on the not so mean streets of some small hick town where there is an inexplicably located airport. A hard rain picks up and he's huddled in an alley surrounded by stray cats who bring him offerings of food. Sakurai vows to include nintencats in his next project if he makes it home alive.

Me and my pals are walking down the road when we see the small frame of sakurai huddled under a newspaper in the alley. Instantly recognizing him we take him back to the cave, our secret gaming hq and give him hot cocoa and feed his cat. He thanks us kindly and offers to include a character of our choice in the next game. Of course we go with Cooking Mama, Sebastian Tute (wii music), Abobo and Hatsune Miku.

Man I don't know where this story is going anymore, nor has it reflected my actual life (or anyone's) accurately...

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

I'd spend the whole day on my knees begging for a playable Geno and a unique G'dorf moveset.
(Or just take him to my torture chamber and get everything I want )

Yours is the most honest.

I would treat him like a guest. That is to say, his needs come before mine. I would talk about whatever he felt like talking about, and spend time doing whatever it is he felt like doing. He seems stressed out about his job as is, so there's no reason to remind him of it.

If were to ever speak about SSB, I would personally thank him for Mega Man's inclusion and talk about how much I love SSB4's graphical direction.

Yours is the most mature.

I can only picture this as a terrible sitcom. Too bad the title "Brawl in the Family" is already taken. I'll try to make it more like an action movie though.

Outraged internet radicals raid smash bros hq demanding information on the next game, Sakurai jumps through a window and parachutes to safety with his cat cradled in his arm. A storm of bullets cascade around him mid flight. He reaches into his shirt and pulls out a small device with a single button. He presses the button and c4 explosives erupt throughout the building. The eruption propels him forward and onto the roof of a limosine, he tosses aside the parachute and taps twice on the hood. The driver peels out towards the airport. Large vans pull up beside in hot pursuit and the radicals poke their heads through the roofs aiming RPGs at Sakurai. They fire simultaneously and Sakurai does a backflip in slowmotion watching the projectiles fly under him and explode on impact with eachother. Zoom out and we see Sakurai comically tumble through the air as the large vans speed away.The scene switches to the airplane interior where sakurai crashes through a window and lands in a seat with his cat following shoirtly after into his lap just as the plane begins to take off homeward bound for Texas. The flight attendant asks Sakurai if he would like anything and he mumbles something james bond-esque while stroking his cat in Japanese. Bewildered, the flight attendant ignores him and continues down the line.

Hours later a confused Sakurai ends up stranded on the not so mean streets of some small hick town where there is an inexplicably located airport. A hard rain picks up and he's huddled in an alley surrounded by stray cats who bring him offerings of food. Sakurai vows to include nintencats in his next project if he makes it home alive.

Me and my pals are walking down the road when we see the small frame of sakurai huddled under a newspaper in the alley. Instantly recognizing him we take him back to the cave, our secret gaming hq and give him hot cocoa and feed his cat. He thanks us kindly and offers to include a character of our choice in the next game. Of course we go with Cooking Mama, Sebastian Tute (wii music), Abobo and Hatsune Miku.

Man I don't know where this story is going anymore, nor has it reflected my actual life (or anyone's) accurately...

And yours is the most awesome. Good work guys.

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

I will beat the **** out of him

in Brawl

And you I was preparing to flame... until I saw the second line.

 

[Curmudgeon]

And you I was preparing to flame... until I saw the second line.

Off-topic but, your profile picture looks like a young Tom from Tom and Jerry.

 

[DakotaBonez]

His avatar is Mr. Mumbles from the adultish cartoon "Dan VS"
I can't believe they play this show with so much terrorist related comedy on the my little pony channel. The show can probably be found on youtube.

 

[MilesWC7]

i would ask sexual favors

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

His avatar is Mr. Mumbles from the adultish cartoon "Dan VS"
I can't believe they play this show with so much terrorist related comedy on the my little pony channel. The show can probably be found on youtube.

Maybe. It can definitely be found on hulu.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, good job on knowing who Mr. Mumbles is.

 

[Shadic]

A day with Sakurai? I'd play Project M with him.

There's a language barrier there, but fun transcends all.

 

[Wegenbarth]

I'll probably gonna ask him some things on how to become an awesome Game Designer/Director like him, then I'll threat him with some vacation together with free bavarian food and culture :D
(oh and I'll tell him that he should make Tingle playable, else he won't be able to come back to Japan)

 

[Jonn]

I would play 4-player SSBU with him on his lunch break.

 

[MuraRengan]

Geez mr mumbles, do you have to have that obnoxious sympathetic agenda in every post you make? I'm tempted to be contrary just to spite you.

But in honesty, i'd oribably ask him to play all the smash games with me except brawl, I'd ask him to play brawl minus) and I'd ask him about his experiences with smash. Then i'd tell him about hiw smash, particularly competitive melee, has become an irreplacible part of my life.

 

[Vintage Creep]

I would play 4-player SSBU with him on his lunch break.

He can do whatever he wants during his lunch break

 

[Zonderion]

while stroking his cat in Japanese.

I LOL'd at this. That sounds like a great day with Sakurai.

As for me, I would probably just spend the whole day playing every smash in succession and pick his brain about each one as we play 'em. I would offer my input, and he would see it as being incredible, and of course hire me on to his team where I get spend all my time with the Smash team. So yeah, a day in the life of Sakurai.

 

[Dark Phazon]

This is a really good thread big props to the OP for making this.

Now...if you would have asked me this question about -3 years ago i would have like thrown Sakurai under a tank RealTalk.

But i would chill with him and yh trust no joke i could and would spend a whole day with him without breathing a word to him about SSB but who knows at the end of the day he proberly had such a good time and relieved of some stress and above all suprised as **** that you didnt mention Smash once.

He coulddd be kind enough to slip you some exclusive info or grant you a golden genie wish to ask him any Q you want reguarding Smash4.


RIDLEY!!!!
RIDLEY!!!!
BLAGHHGGGFGHVFG RIDLEY!!!!!

*Sakurai runs in fear*
Day spoiled.....(-_-)

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

A day with Sakurai? I'd play Project M with him.

There's a language barrier there, but fun transcends all.

I wonder if he would play other M. I don't know much about it, but it's a brawl mod isn't it? I wonder if he would consider it an abomination. I agree that fun transcends language though.

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

I'll probably gonna ask him some things on how to become an awesome Game Designer/Director like him, then I'll threat him with some vacation together with free bavarian food and culture :D
(oh and I'll tell him that he should make Tingle playable, else he won't be able to come back to Japan)

I really like this post. It is so easy to remember him for Smash because it is such an iconic series, but he is definitely a good designer in general.

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

Geez mr mumbles, do you have to have that obnoxious sympathetic agenda in every post you make? I'm tempted to be contrary just to spite you.

But in honesty, i'd oribably ask him to play all the smash games with me except brawl, I'd ask him to play brawl minus) and I'd ask him about his experiences with smash. Then i'd tell him about hiw smash, particularly competitive melee, has become an irreplacible part of my life.

I've only posted maybe 5 threads, and this one in particular was my reaction to reading this http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/17/44...director-masahiro-sakurai-character-selection, so it shouldn't be surprising that this one is pretty sympathetic.

EDIT: Okay fine, you want to know the truth? The reason I am so sympathetic toward Sakurai is, I am Sakurai. I even mispelled my own name in one of my early posts so no one would suspect anything. For uncovering my secret here is a spoiler. Originally the e3 reveal video was going to be twice as long, but they cut it in half, so they could use the rest later as part of another Nintendo direct. That half would go on to reveal that the newcomers actually kill the "veteran fighters," and thus none of them will be showing up in the next installment. It was Donkey Kong that I was having such a hard time cutting from the roster.

 

[WindMajor]

I would say very mean things about his mother in English and then convince him that I'm actually complimenting him.

 

[Mypantisgone]

I would say very mean things about his mother in English and then convince him that I'm actually complimenting him.

But his translator who was secretly around told him the truth and all of sudden the Dojo updates and "Dan (Twinkie)'s Mom" is a comfirmed character who's ugly,has a bad moveset,ect.

Sakurai:[Laughs]

 

[JabbatheHutt]

Im pretty sure the members interested in men would just eat him up lol. Hes totally like the pretty boy game designer.

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

Im pretty sure the members interested in men would just eat him up lol. Hes totally like the pretty boy game designer.

It's creepy to admit but I think you're on to something.

 

[Mr. Mumbles]

This is a really good thread big props to the OP for making this.

Now...if you would have asked me this question about -3 years ago i would have like thrown Sakurai under a tank RealTalk.

But i would chill with him and yh trust no joke i could and would spend a whole day with him without breathing a word to him about SSB but who knows at the end of the day he proberly had such a good time and relieved of some stress and above all suprised as **** that you didnt mention Smash once.

He coulddd be kind enough to slip you some exclusive info or grant you a golden genie wish to ask him any Q you want reguarding Smash4.


RIDLEY!!!!
RIDLEY!!!!
BLAGHHGGGFGHVFG RIDLEY!!!!!

*Sakurai runs in fear*
Day spoiled.....(-_-)

Thanks. It isn't exactly original but I feel like the timing is good. And heck yeah Ridley! Second game in a row he has been my most wanted new character.