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.

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

In terms of quantity, we've probably already reached the limit of what's feasible. I think a change of direction may be what's needed.

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

If tournament popularity was the most important consideration, then I think we would create a Smash Bros game that included a multitude of fast moves with complicated controls. However, I believe this is actually the greatest shortcoming of fighting games at present, and that is the reason why I don’t do it.

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.

It's fun making new skills for new characters.