It’s been confirmed that Masahiro Sakurai, creator of the highly successful Smash Bros series and all-round good egg, has founded his own ‘spin-off’ studio in the shape of Project Sora.
The new studio – in which Nintendo has a 72 percent share – has been formed out of Sakurai’s other interest, Nintendo first-party developer Sora Ltd. It currently boasts 30 employees and is on the lookout for "talented individuals" to join the ranks.
The fledgling firm is currently beavering away on a new game, but fans of Smash Bros might be disappointed to learn that it doesn’t involve famous Nintendo characters smacking the crap out of each other. "It's not Smash Bros. I asked for,” comments Nintendo bigwig Satoru Iwata. Sakurai himself has commented: "I can promise an experience that's different from anything [you've played] up until now."
Count us excited! You can check out the Project Sora homepage here, but it’s in Japanese, obviously.
[source kotaku.com]
Comments 5
Sounds cool.
Interesting, wonder what they come up with... maybe it isn't going to be a bad Wii year afterall!
Well, that new TMNT games is being made by these guys, or that's what I heard. I don't think that's the game their talking about though.
Interesting. I love both Kirby and SSB, so anything by Sakurai is fine by me!
sounds awesome, cant wait for more games to play on the Wii
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