Project Sora
An editor has nominated this article for deletion. You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it. |
![]() | |
Company type | Subsidiary of Nintendo[1] |
---|---|
Industry | Video games |
Founded | January 22, 2009 |
Founders | Satoru Iwata Masahiro Sakurai |
Defunct | June 30, 2012 |
Headquarters | Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Masahiro Sakurai |
Parent | Nintendo (72%) Sora Ltd. (28%)[1] |
Project Sora (プロジェクトソラ株式会社, Purojekuto Sora Kabushiki Gaisha) was a Japanese ad hoc video game developer founded by former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and former HAL Laboratory employee Masahiro Sakurai in 2009 after the successful launch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii console. On its formation, Nintendo was listed as a 72% stakeholder while Sakurai's own Sora Ltd. and other 3rd parties are 28%.[1] Project Sora released their only game, Kid Icarus: Uprising, for the Nintendo 3DS in March 2012.[2] After the release of Kid Icarus: Uprising, the studio officially closed on June 30, 2012.[3]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Nintendo Opens Project Sora News". TVG. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21.
- ^ Hernandez, Pedro (Dec 26, 2011). "Nintendo Direct: Kid Icarus: Uprising Japanese Release Date Announced". Nintendo World Report.
- ^ "Kid Icarus Uprising Developer Closes". IGN. 11 July 2012.
Categories:
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Noindexed articles
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Nintendo divisions and subsidiaries
- Video game development companies
- Japanese companies established in 2009
- Japanese companies disestablished in 2012
- Video game companies established in 2009
- Video game companies disestablished in 2012
- Defunct video game companies of Japan
- Japanese video game company stubs
- Nintendo stubs