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|founded=September 30, 2005
|founded=September 30, 2005
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'''Sora Ltd.''', also known as '''Sora Limited''', is a Japanese company that was founded by [[Masahiro Sakurai]], a former employee of [[HAL Laboratory]], in September 2005. Like HAL Laboratory, they are a subsidiary of Nintendo. Their first and only game so far, released on the [[Wii]], is ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. It is one of the smallest companies of all time, having only two employees, including Sakurai himself.
'''Sora Ltd.''' is a Japanese video game development company that was founded by [[Masahiro Sakurai]], a former employee of [[HAL Laboratory]], in September 2005. Sora was created as an independent company, through which other companies would hire Sakurai to develop games. It is one of the smallest companies of all time, having only two employees, including Sakurai himself.
 
[[Satoru Iwata]] hired Sora to be part of a special team put together specifically to develop ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', with Sakurai as the team's head. Sora was later hired again to develop ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', with [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Bandai Namco Games]] assisting in the development of all three games.


==Project Sora==
==Project Sora==
[[File:Project Sora.png|thumb|left|'''Project Sora'''{{'}}s logo]]
[[File:Project Sora.png|thumb|left|Project Sora's logo]]
On January 22, 2009, Sakurai created Project Sora, a division of Sora Ltd. created to develop a new game for [[Nintendo]]. The game, revealed at E<sup>3</sup> 2010, is ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], which launched on March 2012. As of June 30, 2012, Project Sora has disbanded.<ref>[http://www.project-sora.co.jp/]</ref>
On January 22, 2009, Sakurai created Project Sora, a division of Sora Ltd. created to develop a new game for [[Nintendo]]. The game, revealed at E3 2010, is ''[[icaruspedia:Kid Icarus: Uprising|Kid Icarus: Uprising]]'' for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], which launched on March 2012. On June 30, 2012, Project Sora disbanded, and one day later, the company's website was made no longer accessible.
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==''Super Mario'' games developed==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 50%;text-align:center"
!Title
!Year released
!Console
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|2008
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|2014
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
|2014
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|2018
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://www.project-sora.co.jp/index.html Project Sora - Official Japanese website]
{{NIWA|NWiki=1|SmashWiki=1|StrategyWiki=Category:Sora|WiKirby=1}}
*[http://kotaku.com/5155580/smash-bros-creator-and-nintendo-announce-new-title-new-company Smash Bros. Creator And Nintendo Announce New Title, New Company]
*[http://kotaku.com/5155580/smash-bros-creator-and-nintendo-announce-new-title-new-company Smash Bros. Creator And Nintendo Announce New Title, New Company]
[[Category:Video game developers]]
*[http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/31038/project-sora-closed "Project Sora Closed," a Nintendo World Report article published July 11, 2012]
 
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[[Category:Developers]]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:33, July 18, 2024

This article is about the game company. For the character from Kingdom Hearts, see List of fighters debuting in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate § Sora.
Sora Ltd.
Sora Ltd.
Founded September 30, 2005
First Super Mario game Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
Latest Super Mario game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

Sora Ltd. is a Japanese video game development company that was founded by Masahiro Sakurai, a former employee of HAL Laboratory, in September 2005. Sora was created as an independent company, through which other companies would hire Sakurai to develop games. It is one of the smallest companies of all time, having only two employees, including Sakurai himself.

Satoru Iwata hired Sora to be part of a special team put together specifically to develop Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with Sakurai as the team's head. Sora was later hired again to develop Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, with Bandai Namco Games assisting in the development of all three games.

Project Sora[edit]

Project Sora's logo
Project Sora's logo

On January 22, 2009, Sakurai created Project Sora, a division of Sora Ltd. created to develop a new game for Nintendo. The game, revealed at E3 2010, is Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS, which launched on March 2012. On June 30, 2012, Project Sora disbanded, and one day later, the company's website was made no longer accessible.

Super Mario games developed[edit]

Title Year released Console
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008 Wii
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2014 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2018 Nintendo Switch

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