The next Smash Bros. is getting some help from outside Nintendo.
Namco Bandai Games and Namco Bandai Studio will be working as developers of the next entry in the Smash Bros. series.
Masahiro Sakurai will be heading the project and will be joined by Namco employees Masaya Kobayashi, acting as producer, and Yoshito Higuchi, acting as director.
At the conclusion of the Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation, Sakurai and Kobayashi delivered personal messages regarding the collaboration.