Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai new Youtube channel has been great at giving fans an insight into Sakurai’s design process for video games and today’s video is no exception. The latest video proves a look at Dragon King, which was the prototype for the original Super Smash Bros on the Nintendo 64 system. The footage which he has showcased in the video has never been seen before outside of Nintendo and shows the building blocks of what would be become the start of a huge new series for Nintendo and Mr. Sakurai. Both prototypes were well received by Nintendo, but Mr. Sakurai was working on Mother 3 and a new Kirby game at the time, but both were canned so he started continuing his work on the four player fighting game Dragon King, which ultimately morphed into Super Smash Bros 64. You can check out the new video from Masahiro Sakurai right here.
Sakurai gives fans a glimpse of Super Smash Bros 64 prototype Dragon King
I wonder what the gaming community as a whole would look like if dragon King actually got finished instead of us getting Smash
I imagine it would have less sales and they’d never plan a sequel to it. Who knows who would try to make a platform fighter next in that timeline.
I could see things turning out like that, and it probably would have been Sony who owned the platform fighting market
That’s interesting. And look at Smash bros now. Who would had known?
Though I don’t know how he is going to top Ultimate.
Who knows, but I can’t imagine SSB6 having a even bigger roster than Ultimate (unless Nintendo just becomes that ambitious), Sakurai even hinted on atleast two occasions before that the next title would have to cut down on the roster size.
Would be funny if the Dragon King character appeared as an Assist Throphy in the next title.