Project Sora Disbanded

It isn't no wonder he said he wouldn't make a sequel.
Tis a shame a brilliant developer is no more.

I wish all the staff good luck for the future,and I hope they get a job real soon.

Always sad news. Hope everyone is absorbed into Nintendo's R&D staff.

James leaves, followed by Project Sora disbanding. WHAT THE HECK DID I DO WRONG TO UPSET YOU?????!!!

OK, now that cat's out of the bag I can tell you: I'm going to oversee the next Super Smash Bros. game and actually make it fun. You heard it here first!

_{(not actually true)}

@James, glad to hear that at least! This is horrible news though!! The best of luck to everyone involved in the team, talented bunch.

It was for one project. Everyone working at Project Sora is probably back at Sora Ltd.

Coming back to mom Nintendo, i see.

Not too much of a tragedy, considering all the developers (I imagine) will still be around.

Sakurai will still be capable of making awesome games!

@James We'll still be looking for mistakes. Don't worry- they'll spread faster than air!

ok so Sora is still around, phew! u scared me there lol

I hope we can get Kid Icarus U someday...

@James Are you saying Brawl wasn't fun? If you are, I can't wait for Super Smash Bros. U then! It'll be INCREDIBLE!!!

Bad news.

Interesting, and a sad news for the people who lost their jobs.

@James
THANK YOU!

So I need to buy now ?? Or they will still release games??

So that's that, I guess there really won't be a Kid Icarus Uprising sequel for a long time.

Smash Bros. is rubbish. Sorry to be so blunt, but it is.

@James HOW COULD YOU EVEN THINK THAT, LET ALONE SAY IT?

"Pit stop"

No joke: I spotted this article's tagline on the front page, laughed, and said to myself, "Oh, maybe I was wrong about Newton's departure meaning the end of great taglines." Then I came here and saw the author. Dang you, Newton!

@warioswoods My back-up was "Stop-Pit".

@James So is Sonic. The characters, the games, the developer, THE VOICE ACTING, everything. However, Animal Crossing is the best game series ever made so I guess I'll let you off.

Fun little fact Project Sora stood for Project Sky if I remember right from a 2009 Nintendo Power

Sooo, wait, was it just for Uprising only then?

I guess this isn't terrible news. But something in the back of my mind keeps nagging me. I know that they say they were not going to make a sequel to Uprising, but now it seems like it will be yet another 25 years until Pit comes back! Well okay not really, but all I'm saying is I hope there is at least another game during the Wii U's lifespan.

@Eureka: Actually yes

It's neither sad news nor terrible news, it was created for Kid Icarus Uprising and only Kid Icarus Uprising. It closed when they had finished the game, the developers go back to the main company, job done.

Jaaaaaaames!

That is all.

@James How can you say that? SSBB is the best game on the Wii!

Did you get my tip?

sad

I don't think no one lost a job if they all went back to sora Ltd....

@James

You do know there's gonna be one hell of a backlash, right?

really...REALLY? ssbb is the best selling fighting game ever! what dont you like about it?

wow, I love super smash bros! Its a great game. To each there own.

For me KI is the most disappointing 3DS game, they did choose the wrong system while it might have been a decent game for the Wii. Anyway I put the blame on Nintendo, not on the devs of the game.

@Hyperstar96 I love fighting games — cut my teeth on Virtua Fighter and Street Fighter Alpha in the 90s, still play VF5 and SF to this day. But Smash Bros. just doesn't cut it for me; too much chaos, not enough refinement. Take away the fan service and nobody would give it the time of day — not the mark of a good game in my eyes.

But hey, I know many, many of you love it, so that's cool. It's just that I don't.

@james make it more like melee. brawl sucked. or just do whatever you want too, that also works.

I'd like to think that Sakurai will be coming back in-house to Nintendo/HAL but nothings a given. I'll look at it this way: it's very unfortunately that the freelance project that he created will fold now, but Nintendo would be utterly and completely stupid to let a guy with his resume completely disconnect from the Nintendo ranks. If SSB4 is to be the swansong partnership with Sakurai and Nintendo, then all I can do is wish Sakurai the best as I know he'll be great wherever he goes and advise Nintendo to start mourning their loss.

@James,,,,,,,,,,,,i want roy

@James maybe Namco will add some extra refinement to the game?

guys calm down. Sakurai is probably still working with Nintendo, and so are the rest of the team, they might just all be split up to work on different projects. Like new Wii U stuff. That would be nice.

@James I am speechless sir.

So this means Sora doesn't exist anymore? Well, that's not so surprising!

I mean: Sora only consisted of 2 people, and since Sakurai almost works fulltime for Nintendo there was not much use in continuing Sora!

Hopefully Sakurai does a great job on the next SSB, and hopefully some other games in the future!