Masahiro Sakurai can now continue his work scheduled from more comfortable surroundings, as he has revealed on Twitter that he is working remotely on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been receiving regular DLC updates since it was released at the end of 2018, with six characters added to the game after launch. It was during the reveal event for the last character (Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Heroes) that six more characters were coming to the game as part of a second Fighters Pass. These six characters should all be released by the end of 2021.
The self-isolation period has led to Masahiro Sakurai working on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC from home. Sakurai said in a recent Twitter post that he has moved to telework, even though the project is usually the subject of extremely high security.
Masahiro Sakurai has talked about his hellish work schedule and the toll it has taken on his body before, including going into work while hooked up to an IV drip or passing out at the gym. Sakurai has also joked about not receiving time off during one of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Directs in the past. The six remaining DLC fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be the last characters added to the game and the team has two years to make them, so it has been assumed that they're already working a lighter schedule, but Sakurai has also shown a willingness to harm himself in order to ensure that the Super Smash Bros. games were of the highest-quality within the time given to him.
Sakurai has told fans that they should expect delays with the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighters, but his team is clearly still hard at work on new content for the game. He also shouldn't be so concerned about security, as no one is going to risk hacking into a computer to learn more about an ARMS character.
The second Fighters Pass for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is expected to run until December 2021.
Source: Sora Sakurai/Twitter