Sakurai on origins of Meteos, shares original proposal

Masahiro Sakurai is known for his work on Smash Bros., however he’s engaged on quite a lot of different titles all through his profession – together with Meteos. Within the newest video for his YouTube channel, he delved into the sport’s origins and even shared a proposal he made to assist clarify issues a bit extra simply.

Throughout his days of supervising and consulting work, Tetsuya Mizuguchi – who was at SEGA earlier than co-founding Q Video games – requested Sakurai to make a falling-block puzzle sport. Apparently, Sakurai stated he’s not likely good at these kind of titles. He needed to do greater than the chance and reward gameplay they provide (like making a excessive stack in Tetris which is a threat, after which knocking them down into an enormous reward directly). 

One other facet Sakurai was contemplating was developing with an idea past simply destroying blocks. This led to the concept of creating matched blocks “blast off” and launching them dramatically within the air.

You’ll be able to try Sakurai’s full video on Meteos under, together with the proposal presentation.

Meteos initially got here to the DS in 2005. It spawned just a few different associated video games, together with Meteos: Disney Magic in 2007.