Masahiro Sakurai, the creative force behind Super Smash Bros. Brawl asked Kazushige Nojima to help establish a storyline for the game. Sakurai was having trouble creating a storyline with the game having so many characters, but no main character. He worked together with Kazushige Nojima-san who has composed the scenarios for titles like Final Fantasy VII, successfully organized their ideas into the storyline for The Subspace Emissary.