This Nintendo game designer doesn’t take sick days, works on IV drips

He could definitely use one of Super Mario’s power-ups.

Masahiro Sakurai — famous for directing Nintendo’s hit Super Smash Bros. games — revealed that instead of taking sick days, he works “like normal” while hooked to an IV drip.

“I guess I’m a hard worker,” he said in an .

Sakurai said he only took three vacation days✨ last year🔯.

However, the video game de♑signer made a positive change during the development of his newest🅘 creation, , available on the Nintendo Switch.

“I always left the office by 10 p.m., no matter what,” he said.

Over the past few years, Sakurai’s ailing health has been under scrutiny. that he was diagnosed with a debilitating shoulder injury in 2013, making it difficult to move his arm.

He als✨o contemplated retirement because of his hectic job.

“If I were to hand over the work to someone else, it would be a full-time, multi-person designated workload,”

The Nintendo icon claimed the success of his prodℱucts makes his grueling schedule worth it𝓡.

“The fact that so many people have played these games, I think that makes me feel like I can forget like those struggles ever existed,” he said.

Released in December, Sakurai’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate became the in Nintendo’s history, totaling 12 million units in its first month.

It features a cast of — a massive roster for the fighting genre first populari🍌zed bꦚy Street Fighter II in 1991.

꧋Characters include famous Nintendo ꧃mascots such as Mario, Donkey Kong and Link.