I'm not depressed and I continue to remain healthy and positive, but developing 'Smash Bros.' is beyond hard.

You can only truly wow a player the first time he sees [a cutscene]. I felt if players saw the cutscenes outside of the game, they would no longer serve as rewards for playing the game, so I've decided against having them.

So I created a tool for you to do just that. With the Mii Fighter creator you can have any character you want join the battle.

What I can say now about paid DLC is that we aren't working on anything at the moment. We've put all our efforts into making the actual game. Creating DLC would involve large additional costs and require the involvement of a lot of people.

Even if it's a sequel, lots of people have to give their all to make a game, but some people think the sequel process happens naturally.

The pain goes away, but your work always remains.

In terms of scope, and in terms of sheer number of characters, we went beyond our limits long ago.