Masahiro Sakurai says Super Smash Bros "might have died out" if not for late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata: "There's no doubt that he influenced me in many ways"

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In short, quite a bit.

Sakurai recalls a senior colleague being mean to him when he first joined the company.

Sakurai then knew going the self-taught route was probably for the best.

Unhelpful colleagues aside, it’s all worked out rather well for Sakurai.

Sakurai might have been largely self-taught, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t learn from the greats.