Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has debunked a long-standing rumor that his experience destroying a player at The King of Fighters '95 led to the creation of his own fighting game series, even if the experience itself was very real.
Sakurai discusses this exact story, which he calls a "bitter memory," on the latest video on his YouTube channel. It happened in an arcade back when, as Sakurai humbly puts it, he "wasn't bad at fighting games" – his definition of 'not bad,' it should be noted, was when he could win 50 matches in a row. Needless to say, he's probably being modest about his abilities, which leads us to the moment that's been rumored to have started Smash Bros. in the first place.
