"Smash Bros." fans need not worry about the development of the fourth installment in the franchise says creator Masahiro Sakurai.
The developer took to Twitter to ease the fears of legions of fans. "Thanks a lot of encouragement messages," tweeted Sakurai. "Please don't worry about my injury & SMASH BROS development."
Concerns about the development of the upcoming brawler arose when the creator announced that he was suffering from tendonitis on his Famitsu column. "I think the one word I've said the most this year, by far, is 'Ow!'. Not only am I getting calcific tendonitis, but they've also found what apparently several ruptures in the muscles are," Sakurai wrote. "There's no instant cure for it, so all I can do is either block the pain with injections or put my arm in a cast to keep the ruptures from spreading. I was told that the important thing was to keep my arm as rested as possible."
The ominous statement that aroused the fear was when he wrote, "If this disorder lingers, or if it never gets fixed, there's no telling what impact that would have on the project."
Nintendo recently announced that the first pictures of "Smash Bros." will be showcased at E3 this year. However, there was no verification of the title's launch date and Sakurai's injury could delay the game further. The developer has been known to be deeply engaged in the process of balancing characters, even though he has stated that he will let his team take a more active role in the process.
The game will be released for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS; Sakurai has mentioned that the 3DS version has been a lot more difficult to develop. "It doesn't go that easy with the Nintendo 3DS version, though, and the debug camera is pretty hard to control."
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