Sora Ltd.

Sora Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer founded by former HAL Laboratory employee Masahiro Sakurai. It was formed in the years following his resignation from HAL.
The company was built as an agency that would contract Sakurai as a freelance video game developer. His first project was Meteos with Q Entertainment. Nintendo Co Ltd. president Satoru Iwata hired Sakurai to develop Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
On February 18, 2009, following the success of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo announced the formation of Project Sora, a subsidiary that will develop a new title to be directed by Sakurai. The development group is located in Tokyo's Idabashi area. Project Sora was officially formed on January 22 with capital of 200 million yen, of which 72% was provided by Nintendo and the remainder by Sora Ltd. and other parties. Sakurai will serve as the company's president. The studio is beginning development with a staff of 30 (most of whom were recruits Nintendo hired for the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl), with new recruitment constantly ongoing for a bigger development staff.
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