Masahiro Sakurai
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%. Project Sora released their only game, "", for the Nintendo 3DS in March 2012. After the release of "Kid Icarus: Uprising", the studio officially closed on June 30, 2012.