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Ali Jones

Super Smash Bros creator says the $600k he spent on his YouTube channel was "an investment toward a brighter future for games," so it's fine he made no money off it

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Super Smash Bros and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai has revealed that he put nearly $600,000 into his YouTube channel, and hasn't seen a penny in return.

In his final video, uploaded to the channel earlier today, Sakurai announced that he'd actually filmed almost all of his 260 releases more than two years ago, and had spent much of the time since working on a new game. The final video doesn't dwell on that new title, however, instead explaining the lengths that Sakurai went to to bring his video project to life.

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