Satoru Iwata interviews Smash Bros developer Masahiro Sakurai

Nintendo Present Satoru Iwata has commenced a series of interviews with Brawl creator Masahiro Sakurai that will discuss the creation and development of the biggest Nintendo game of 2008. The interview will cover the E3 debacle in 2005 to the games early development. There is set to be more interviews in the coming weeks. Satoru Iwata also posted yet another apology for the delay of Brawl. Snippets of the interview inside Iwata began the interview by apologising the fans of the game yet again. He mentions that despite their greatest efforts they were just not able to complete the game within the timeframe that was required for the intended release.

Satoru, So I have announced this subject, emphasizing that I was hoping that a Smash Bros. game would be released as a Wi-Fi compatible title. However, most people from Japan that were in the conference room took this as an official announcement that Nintendo was going to release a new Smash Bros.

Satoru, Maybe its more appropriate to say that I realized we wouldnt be able to add any new elements to the game without your help and I think I said as much when we discussed it at the hotel. It wasnt right, but you might even say I used it as a threat of sorts.

Sakurai, And, if youre wondering whether Im capable of producing a final product exactly the same as the one I envision in my mind, well the answer is a definite no. Of course there are things that never made it in the game.

Read the interview here