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Street Fighter producer jokes about Sakurai's dislike of Blanka, talks about the potential for more Street Fighter on Switch

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by rawmeatcowboy
26 October 2019
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Smash Bros. Ultimate has a lot of Street Fighter representation, but there doesn't seem to be so much love for Blanka. In an interview at EGX, Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono jokingly mentioned that he thinks Masahiro Sakurai dislikes Blanka.

“I don’t think Mr. Sakurai likes Blanka a lot. (Laughs) Now that you mention it, the word ‘Blanka’ never came up while we discussed who to put in Smash, so either he’s never heard of Blanka or he hates him. So I’m sorry. (Laughs) But next time I get in touch and if we’re discussing any future content, I’ll be sure to mention Blanka and be like, ‘Have you heard of this guy?'”

While Smash Bros. shows Street Fighter some love, the Switch in general has seen the release of some Street Fighter games as well. Could there be anymore Street Fighter titles on the way to Switch? Here's what Ono had to say.

“Can you go over to the Nintendo booth and maybe just like shout that at the VIPs in the back stage? Because they’re the ones you really need to talk to – not me. Even with our previous Nintendo title Ultra Street Fighter II, Nintendo came to us and said, ‘We want to do something with Street Fighter II because it’s been 25 years since it came out on previous Nintendo consoles,’ so I think they’re the ones you need to convince, so go and mob that booth.”

Thanks to Dondom95 for the heads up!

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