Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Super Smash Bros., said in an interview with The Verge that, after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, new games in the series will need to broaden their behind-the-scenes vision.

“I’ve been doing too much of the work myself, so I’d need to resolve that, too. The current Super Smash Bros. has too much of my personality poured into it. In order for a long-time series to continue thriving today, we need to think about eliminating the series’ dependence on just one person’s vision,” Sakurai said.

“Of course, this is the way it is now because we weren’t successful in splitting the vision between multiple people before. This would be a challenge for the future and something that needs to be discussed with Nintendo, if there were to be a next installment in the Super Smash Bros. series.”

There is certainly precedent for that kind of evolution in the games industry. Shigeru Miyamoto, the legendary game designer who served as director on the Mario and Zelda games, has moved into a more advisory role on recent entries. Outside of Nintendo, Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has shuffled directors up between entries. Corey Barlog, who directed 2018’s series reboot, has handed the reins to Eric Williams for the upcoming God of War Ragnarok.