Samurai, RSI, and The Worsening situation.

A few weeks ago, it was reported that Mr. Sakuai was suffering from Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI). Today, we learn more about how it affects Sakurai's work, and day-to-day activities. And we'll, it appears it has shown no signs of improvement.

"Not only am I getting calcific tendonitis, but they’ve also found what are apparently several ruptures in the muscles. My upper arm hurts, and there’s this chronic dull pain in my elbow joint as well. On the lower arm, there’s this feeling of fatigue around the flexor muscles that turns into pain when I use a keyboard or game controller with my fingers."

So, it appears the Director of Super Smash Bros. may have a few challenges ahead of him, in his work at least. But that's not all.

"There’s no instant cure for it, so all I can do is either block the pain with injections or put my arm in a cast to keep the ruptures from spreading. I was told that the important thing was to keep my arm as rested as possible. In order to get it fully healed, the only thing is to not use my right arm or hand. So not only am I using a trackball with my left hand; now I’m using it to eat, brush my teeth, wash my hair, and even drive as much as I’m able to."

Ever since he got the injury, Sakurai's adopted his workflow to accommodate the pain. And it appears that more adjustments to his workflow are necessary to accomodate his worsened condition.

How will this affect the development of the next Smash Brothers? Only time will tell.



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