Super Smash Bros. Creator Masahiro Sakurai Reveals His Silver YouTube Play Button

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The YouTube channel headed up by Super Smash Bros. and Kirby creator, Masahiro Sakurai, has passed a major milestone and has received the YouTube Play Silver Button in commemoration. For the uninitiated, after Sakurai posted the final daily screenshot of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on his Twitter, he revealed that he would be starting up a new YouTube channel known as «Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games,» with both Japanese and English versions for fans to follow along. This YouTube channel would be focused on his principles of designing games and how each aspect is integral to the player having fun.

Considering that numerous people have an immense amount of respect or are fans of his work, many started subscribing to the channel. While most fans who subscribed are gamers and not game designers, they still wished to see the perspective of an industry veteran like Sakurai on various topics and his insight on designing fun games. It's no surprise with the number of fans who love Super Smash Bros., Kirby, or other games the industry legend has worked on, Sakurai's new YouTube channel ended up crossing the milestone to earn him a Silver Play Button plaque.

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The Silver Play Button is a part of the YouTube Creator Awards, where this plaque is awarded to channels that have reached or passed 100,000 subscribers. As of this writing, Sakurai's English and Japanese channels have roughly 455,000 and 384,000 subscribers respectively, easily surpassing the qualification requirements. When Sakurai revealed the award on his Twitter account, he noted it was «quick» likely referring to the subscriber count and how quickly the award was also