List of Nintendo development teams

<h2 id="main-offices">Main offices</h2>

Nintendo (NCL) has a central office located in <a href="/facts/Minami-ku%2c_Kyoto/vEah4VbS">Minami-ku, Kyoto</a>, <a href="/facts/Kyoto_Prefecture/v9q4S8Sk">Kyoto Prefecture</a>, Japan (<a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_Nintendo_development_teams¶ms=34_58_11.89_N_135_45_22.33_E_">34°58′11.89″N 135°45′22.33″E / 34.9699694°N 135.7562028°E / 34.9699694; 135.7562028</a>) and a nearby building, its pre-2000 headquarters, now serving as a research and development building, located in <a href="/facts/Higashiyama-ku%2c_Kyoto/6LwtMnbd">Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto</a>, <a href="/facts/Kyoto_Prefecture/v9q4S8Sk">Kyoto Prefecture</a>, Japan (<a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_Nintendo_development_teams¶ms=34_58_29.00_N_135_46_10.48_E_">34°58′29.00″N 135°46′10.48″E / 34.9747222°N 135.7695778°E / 34.9747222; 135.7695778</a>). Its original Kyoto headquarters can still be found at (<a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=List_of_Nintendo_development_teams¶ms=34_59_30.03_N_135_45_58.66_E_">34°59′30.03″N 135°45′58.66″E / 34.9916750°N 135.7662944°E / 34.9916750; 135.7662944</a>). Additionally, Nintendo has a third operation in Tokyo, Japan, where <a href="/facts/Research_and_development/2h5UddUu">research and development</a> and manufacturing are conducted. All three offices are interconnected and have video conferences, often for communication and presentation purposes.
In 2009, it was revealed that Nintendo was expanding both its Redmond and Kyoto offices. The new office building complex of Nintendo of America in Redmond is 275,250 square feet (25,572 m2) and would expand its localization, development, debugging, production, and clerical teams. Nintendo announced the purchase of a 40,000 square-meter lot that would house an all-new research and development (R&D) office that would make it easier for the company's two other Kyoto R&D offices to collaborate as well as expand the total workforce on new upcoming console development and new software for current and future hardware. Additionally, Nintendo has various subsidiaries and offices worldwide that contribute to the company's global operations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
Nintendo owns several buildings throughout Kyoto and Tokyo, housing subsidiary and affiliated companies. One of the more famous buildings was the <a href="/facts/Nihonbashi/zhYGE7yp">Nihonbashi</a>, Chuo-ku, Tokyo building – previously known as the Nintendo Tokyo Prefecture Building – was jokingly called The Pokémon Building, accommodates the complete Pokémon family which included <a href="/facts/The_Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Company/9K5yvM5n">The Pokémon Company</a>, <a href="/facts/Creatures_(company)/8He77xvs">Creatures Inc.</a>, and <a href="/facts/Genius_Sonority/sK8cBMyP">Genius Sonority</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
In 2020, Nintendo revealed that they were going to unify all four of their buildings in Tokyo into just one. With this, several divisions and affiliated companies came to be together in the same building, including <a href="/facts/Game_Freak/p4AP3TYu">Game Freak</a>, Nintendo's subsidiary <a href="/facts/1-Up_Studio/AFYaH3EN">1-Up Studio</a> and after 13 years, <a href="/facts/HAL_Laboratory/8A5CyGnK">HAL Laboratory</a> with its Tokyo studio and headquarters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>
In 2021, <a href="/facts/The_Nikkei/v4yJ6dKq">The Nikkei</a> reported that Nintendo was planning to expand internal development by renting an office facility adjacent to their headquarters and building a new development office around the site of their former headquarters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> The latter plan was later revealed in April 2022, as Nintendo acquired land next to their headquarters to be used as another development office, which was slated to open in 2027,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a> but was later moved to 2028.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>

<h3>Buildings</h3>
Nintendo Research & Development Buildings<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Location</th><th>Developer(s)</th></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Asia</th></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Central Office</th><td><a href="/facts/Kyoto/gUWtvjfd">Kyoto</a>, Japan</td><td>formerly <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a>, <a href="/facts/Systems_Research_%2526_Development/Up7Pf584">Systems Research & Development</a> (SRD)</td></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Kyoto Research Institute</th><td><a href="/facts/Kyoto/gUWtvjfd">Kyoto</a>, Japan</td><td>formerly <a href="/facts/Nintendo_SPD/EPYLQ0ej">Nintendo SPD</a>, <a href="/facts/Intelligent_Systems/SEqF4qtt">Intelligent Systems</a> (moved into a new building next near Nintendo Central Offices in 2013),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> currently Mario Club</td></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Kyoto Development Complex</th><td><a href="/facts/Kyoto/gUWtvjfd">Kyoto</a>, Japan</td><td>Was originally scheduled to open at the end of December 2013,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> but did not until June 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> Currently houses the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_Planning_%2526_Development/H5nIc908">Entertainment Planning & Development</a> (EPD), <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Platform_Technology_Development/gMWCV0t2">Platform Technology Development</a> (PTD), and Business Development divisions, and the Kyoto office of Nintendo Systems. An additional office for SRD is also located here.</td></tr><tr><th>Nintendo "Corporate Headquarters Development Center, Building No. 2" (tentative)</th><td>Kyoto, Japan</td><td>Located next to their headquarters, the building was originally scheduled to open in 2027,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> but has since been delayed to 2028.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a> It will be used as another development office.</td></tr><tr><th>Kyoto City Water Supply and Sewerage Bureau</th><td>Kyoto, Japan</td><td>Office building finished in May 2022. The building currently has its 6th office for Monolith Soft Kyoto and the 7th office for Mario Club.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a></td></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Tokyo Office</th><td>Tokyo, Japan</td><td>Located in a new office building named Kanda Square,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a> that now contains divisions from Nintendo and different companies from four different locations in Tokyo, now reunited in one place to boost efficiency, with Nintendo themselves occupying the 8th, 20th and 21st floors.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a> Replaced the former Nintendo Tokyo Office and the Nintendo Tokyo Prefecture Building, the latter of which contained <a href="/facts/The_Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Company/9K5yvM5n">The Pokémon Company</a>, <a href="/facts/Creatures_(company)/8He77xvs">Creatures Inc.</a>, <a href="/facts/Genius_Sonority/sK8cBMyP">Genius Sonority</a>, <a href="/facts/HAL_Laboratory/8A5CyGnK">HAL Laboratory</a> and Warpstar (Warpstar and the development center of HAL Laboratory were moved to the HAL's main office building in Tokyo in 2003 until 2020, when HAL Laboratory moved their head offices again to this building). Currently home to <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a> Tokyo, <a href="/facts/Nintendo_PTD/gMWCV0t2">Nintendo PTD</a> Tokyo, <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Pictures/tNAsQpKD">Nintendo Pictures</a> Head Office, <a href="/facts/HAL_Laboratory/8A5CyGnK">HAL Laboratory</a> Head Office and Tokyo R&D Center, <a href="/facts/1-Up_Studio/AFYaH3EN">1-Up Studio</a> and <a href="/facts/Game_Freak/p4AP3TYu">Game Freak</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">America</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_of_America/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo of America</a> Headquarters</th><td><a href="/facts/Redmond%2c_Washington/zHHNzmuB">Redmond, Washington</a>, US</td><td><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Technology/y11nRTz6">Nintendo Software Technology</a> (NST) and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Technology_Development/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo Technology Development</a> (NTD)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Europe</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_European_Research_%2526_Development/syT15LNG">Nintendo European Research & Development</a></th><td>Paris, France</td><td><a href="/facts/Nintendo_European_Research_%2526_Development/syT15LNG">Nintendo European Research & Development</a> (NERD)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Former offices</h3>
<ul><li>Nintendo Sapporo Office – <a href="/facts/Sapporo/xuIvvHvU">Sapporo</a>, Japan – closed</li>
<li>Nintendo Fukuoka Office – <a href="/facts/Fukuoka/VV7zC0TJ">Fukuoka</a>, Japan – closed</li>
<li>Nintendo Tokyo Prefecture Building – Tokyo, Japan – closed</li>
<li>Nintendo Tokyo Office (previous) – Tokyo, Japan – closed</li></ul>
<h2 id="divisions">Divisions</h2>
<h3>Entertainment Planning and Development (EPD)</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_Planning_%2526_Development/H5nIc908">Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development</a>
The Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development division was created on 16 September 2015, as part of a company-wide organizational restructure that took place under Nintendo's then newly appointed president, <a href="/facts/Tatsumi_Kimishima/VCQnxwR2">Tatsumi Kimishima</a>. The division was created after the merger of two of its largest divisions, <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_Analysis_%2526_Development/Up7Pf584">Entertainment Analysis & Development</a> (EAD) and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Planning_%2526_Development/EPYLQ0ej">Software Planning & Development</a> (SPD).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a>
The division assumed both of its predecessors' roles, focusing on the <a href="/facts/Video_game_development/bzbpfYJd">development of games</a> and software for Nintendo platforms and <a href="/facts/Mobile_device/cNS1Rhvg">mobile devices</a>; it also manages and licenses the company's various <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual properties</a>. Shinya Takahashi, formerly general manager of the SPD division, serves as general manager of the new division, as well as supervisor for both the Business Development and Development Administration & Support divisions. <a href="/facts/Katsuya_Eguchi/CK7KwEXB">Katsuya Eguchi</a> and <a href="/facts/Yoshiaki_Koizumi/4Kgd6VM2">Yoshiaki Koizumi</a> maintained their positions as Deputy General Managers of EPD, which they previously held under EAD.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a>

<h3>Platform Technology Development (PTD)</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Platform_Technology_Development/gMWCV0t2">Nintendo Platform Technology Development</a>
The Nintendo Platform Technology Development division was created on 16 September 2015, as part of a company-wide organizational restructure that took place under Nintendo's then newly appointed president, <a href="/facts/Tatsumi_Kimishima/VCQnxwR2">Tatsumi Kimishima</a>. The division was created after the merger of two of Nintendo's divisions, the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Integrated_Research_%2526_Development/daKoI3QE">Integrated Research & Development</a> (IRD), which specialized in hardware development, and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_System_Development/IVyH4cIH">System Development</a> (SDD), which specialized operating system development and its development environment and network services.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a>
The new division assumed both of its predecessors' roles. Ko Shiota, formerly Deputy general manager of the IRD division, serves as the general manager (GM), while Takeshi Shimada, formerly Deputy general manager of the Software Environment Development Department of the SDD division, serves the same role.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a>

<h3>Business Development Division (BDD)</h3>
The Nintendo Business Development division was formed following Nintendo's foray into software development for <a href="/facts/Smart_devices/cnm7E5Vh">smart devices</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Mobile_phones/H3EcqD9h">mobile phones</a> and <a href="/facts/Tablet_computer/6pGX2I7b">tablets</a>, in March 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a> They are responsible for refining Nintendo's business model for dedicated game system business, and for furthering Nintendo's venture into development for smart devices.

<h2 id="game-development-subsidiaries">Game development subsidiaries</h2>
While most external <a href="/facts/First-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">first-party</a> software development is done in Japan, Nintendo owns several overseas development subsidiaries, those being <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Technology/y11nRTz6">Nintendo Software Technology</a>, <a href="/facts/Retro_Studios/rLNVbPlg">Retro Studios</a>, and Shiver Entertainment in the United States, <a href="/facts/Nintendo_European_Research_%2526_Development/syT15LNG">Nintendo European Research & Development</a> in France, and <a href="/facts/Next_Level_Games/G932KxI2">Next Level Games</a> in Canada.
Although these studios are all subsidiaries of Nintendo, they are often referred to as external resources when being involved in joint development processes with Nintendo's internal developers by the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_Planning_%2526_Development/H5nIc908">Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development</a> division, while the division itself oversees and is involved in the production of the games developed under the studios that lead their own games.

<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Location</th><th>Works</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/1-Up_Studio/AFYaH3EN">1-Up Studio</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Tokyo/GTvuw4ct">Tokyo</a>, Japan</td><td><a href="/facts/Magical_Vacation/UHRN6JqB">Magical Vacation</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mother_3/35AavCGj">Mother 3</a> and A Kappa's Trail. Currently, a development support studio for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a> in titles such as <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_3D_World/8xR1lPJ3">Super Mario 3D World</a>, <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Odyssey/5fNjXHeC">Super Mario Odyssey</a> and <a href="/facts/Ring_Fit_Adventure/TSA2KyCD">Ring Fit Adventure</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28">28</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/IQue/quGrttbU">iQue</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Suzhou/6ncxdpYK">Suzhou</a>, China</td><td>Previously, a manufacturer of Chinese versions of Nintendo consoles. Since 2016 it has handled <a href="/facts/Simplified_Chinese/UcAD6xXs">Simplified Chinese</a> translation/localization, and – since 2019 – has moved from console manufacture to become a development support studio, hiring programmers and testers to support <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a> games. Developed <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">NES</a>, <a href="/facts/Game_Boy/GlyN6e2W">Game Boy</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_64/p1rI4VQ2">N64</a> <a href="/facts/Video_game_console_emulator/lps69Dn3">emulators</a> for use in <a href="/facts/Virtual_Console/rovAzWYB">Virtual Console</a> and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch_Online/tgxgjISo">Nintendo Switch Online</a>.</td></tr><tr><th>Mario Club</th><td><a href="/facts/Kyoto/gUWtvjfd">Kyoto</a>, Japan</td><td>Debugging, quality control and testing.</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Monolith_Soft/ayuFAaon">Monolith Soft</a></th><td>Tokyo, Japan</td><td><a href="/facts/Xenoblade_Chronicles/lKResSgx">Xenoblade Chronicles</a> series, <a href="/facts/Baten_Kaitos%3a_Eternal_Wings_and_the_Lost_Ocean/QtsIeFzg">Baten Kaitos</a> series and <a href="/facts/Disaster%3a_Day_of_Crisis/RlX1ztSA">Disaster: Day of Crisis</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29">29</a> Development support for <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Breath_of_the_Wild/AnhulLHy">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</a> and <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Tears_of_the_Kingdom/UlffIs0F">The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Kyoto, Japan</td><td>Development support studio for Monolith Soft Tokyo and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>. Development support with art and designs for <a href="/facts/Splatoon_(video_game)/UFFeqFky">Splatoon</a>, <a href="/facts/Splatoon_2/JfbjlnKv">Splatoon 2</a>, <a href="/facts/Pikmin_3/12Lg8SR0">Pikmin 3</a>, <a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing%3a_New_Horizons/wQ4Au0cD">Animal Crossing: New Horizons</a>, <a href="/facts/Splatoon_3/DYWH5Vhm">Splatoon 3</a> and other Nintendo EPD titles, alongside support for Monolith Soft Tokyo games such as the <a href="/facts/Xenoblade_Chronicles/lKResSgx">Xenoblade Chronicles</a> series.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30">30</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Next_Level_Games/G932KxI2">Next Level Games</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Vancouver%2c_British_Columbia/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver, British Columbia</a>, Canada</td><td><a href="/facts/Luigi%2527s_Mansion/Qh2Hxpnx">Luigi's Mansion</a> series, <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Strikers/el9NwcRG">Super Mario Strikers</a> series, <a href="/facts/Punch-Out!!_(Wii)/dKdctByJ">Punch-Out!!</a> and <a href="/facts/Metroid_Prime%3a_Federation_Force/xzgBnDCr">Metroid Prime: Federation Force</a>.</td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Cube/WSS7RTL5">Nintendo Cube</a></th><td>Sapporo, Japan</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Wii_Party/z93IJTvf">Wii Party</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mario_Party/Rl4q5yq8">Mario Party</a> series and <a href="/facts/Clubhouse_Games%3a_51_Worldwide_Classics/aaMXa4AC">Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Tokyo, Japan</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_European_Research_%2526_Development/syT15LNG">Nintendo European Research & Development</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Paris/DrNHpwnA">Paris</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a></td><td>Formerly known as <a href="/facts/Mobiclip/syT15LNG">Mobiclip</a>, doing various software technologies such as console emulation, <a href="/facts/Video_compression/gMFuY4FT">video compression</a>, and <a href="/facts/Middleware/HobNosz9">middleware</a>, including the emulators for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch_Online/tgxgjISo">Nintendo Switch Online</a> and the video player of the <a href="/facts/Wii_U/Hv4EI4la">Wii U</a> Internet Browser.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31">31</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Pictures/tNAsQpKD">Nintendo Pictures</a></th><td>Tokyo, Japan</td><td>Animation studio specialized in animation, design, and cinematic work for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Technology/y11nRTz6">Nintendo Software Technology</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Redmond%2c_Washington/zHHNzmuB">Redmond, Washington</a>, US</td><td><a href="/facts/Mario_vs._Donkey_Kong_(sub-series)/fVuYobd0">Mario vs. Donkey Kong</a> series, <a href="/facts/F-Zero_99/n4llwTtB">F-Zero 99</a>, <a href="/facts/Wii_Street_U/Vv7RWM2M">Wii Street U</a> and other games and apps, helped with <a href="/facts/WebKit/YrP9vbIj">WebKit</a>'s <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> <a href="/facts/Just-in-time_compilation/rEYDsd8l">JIT</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32">32</a></td></tr><tr><th rowspan="2">Nintendo Systems</th><td>Kyoto, Japan</td><td rowspan="2">Joint venture between Nintendo and DeNA. Works on multiple services for Nintendo systems, including the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_eShop/gIcrK2yP">Nintendo eShop</a> and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Account/bK1B6vLn">Nintendo Accounts</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Tokyo, Japan</td></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Technology Development</th><td><a href="/facts/Redmond%2c_Washington/zHHNzmuB">Redmond, Washington</a>, US</td><td><a href="/facts/Video_game_console/K72D1NSS">Video game console</a> development and software technology.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Retro_Studios/rLNVbPlg">Retro Studios</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Austin%2c_Texas/xpVP4t98">Austin, Texas</a>, US</td><td><a href="/facts/Metroid_Prime%3a_Trilogy/6wQAWXtc">Metroid Prime</a> and <a href="/facts/Donkey_Kong/fVuYobd0">Donkey Kong Country</a> series.</td></tr><tr><th>Shiver Entertainment</th><td><a href="/facts/Miami/L5FsgQcb">Miami, Florida</a>, US</td><td>Porting video games to Nintendo platforms.</td></tr><tr><th>SRD</th><td>Kyoto, Japan</td><td>Development support for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a> (and previously <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a>).</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>1-Up Studio</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/1-Up_Studio/AFYaH3EN">1-Up Studio</a>
1-Up Studio Co., Ltd. (１‐UPスタジオ株式会社), formerly Brownie Brown Inc. (ブラウニーブラウン, Buraunī Buraun), is a Japanese <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a>-funded and owned <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game development</a> studio opened on 30 June 2000 and based in Tokyo, Japan. On 1 February 2013, Brownie Brown announced on their official website that due to their recent co-development efforts with Nintendo, Brownie Brown are undergoing a change in internal structure, which includes changing the name of their company to 1-Up Studio.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33">33</a>
The studio is known for the development of the <a href="/facts/Magical_Vacation/UHRN6JqB">Magical Vacation</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mother_3/35AavCGj">Mother 3</a> and A Kappa's Trail. Since 2013, it stands as a development support studio for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>.

<h3>iQue</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/IQue/quGrttbU">iQue</a>
Originally a Chinese joint venture between its founder, <a href="/facts/Wei_Yen/vLMUs3k7">Wei Yen</a>, and Nintendo, manufactures and distributes official Nintendo consoles and games for the mainland Chinese market, under the iQue brand. The product lineup for the Chinese market is considerably different from that for other markets. For example, Nintendo's only console in China is the <a href="/facts/IQue_Player/lrjQMQvo">iQue Player</a>, a modified version of the Nintendo 64. In 2013, the company became a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34">34</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35">35</a>
It became a translation and localization company for simplified Chinese since 2016 for Nintendo games. In 2018, it stopped to be a manufacturer for consoles at China and in 2019 began to hire programmers and testers to transition to be a supporting development company for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36">36</a>

<h3>Mario Club</h3>
Originally a team within Nintendo itself, Mario Club Co., Ltd. was separated into a subsidiary in July 2009. The company handles testing, quality control and debugging for Nintendo published titles and as of September 2024, has 400 employees.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37">37</a>

<h3>Monolith Soft</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Monolith_Soft/ayuFAaon">Monolith Soft</a>
Monolith Soft, Inc. (株式会社モノリスソフト, Kabushiki-Gaisha Monorisu Sofuto) is a Japanese video game development company that has created video games for the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_2/gbFBT7AX">PlayStation 2</a>, <a href="/facts/GameCube/acH9qVxz">GameCube</a>, <a href="/facts/Wii/BxUgl2da">Wii</a>, <a href="/facts/Nintendo_DS/4uVHPrnp">Nintendo DS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Mobile_phone/H3EcqD9h">cell phones</a>. The company currently has two main studios, its Tokyo Software Development Studio, which is housed in the company's headquarters, and the recently opened Kyoto Software Development Studio. The company was previously owned by <a href="/facts/Bandai_Namco_Entertainment/59nLvQuM">Namco Bandai Games</a>, until 2007 when Namco Bandai transferred 80% of its 96% stake to Nintendo. In 2011, the remaining 16% was sold, and by late 2024, Nintendo had bought the last 4%, which had originally been left to the company's founders. A majority of Monolith Soft's staff are former employees of Square Co., who transferred to the new company shortly after the creation of <a href="/facts/Chrono_Cross/9lFaR9wp">Chrono Cross</a>. They were previously involved with the creation of <a href="/facts/Xenogears/HaHT9MET">Xenogears</a>, from which the Xenosaga series is derived.
Monolith Soft's Tokyo Software Development Studio is usually associated with the <a href="/facts/Xeno_(series)/l5ATMlTY">Xeno</a> series, the <a href="/facts/Baten_Kaitos%3a_Eternal_Wings_and_the_Lost_Ocean/QtsIeFzg">Baten Kaitos</a> series and <a href="/facts/Disaster%3a_Day_of_Crisis/RlX1ztSA">Disaster: Day of Crisis</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38">38</a> while its Kyoto Software Development Studio is currently a development co-operation studio.

<h3>Next Level Games</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Next_Level_Games/G932KxI2">Next Level Games</a>
Next Level Games is a Canadian <a href="/facts/First-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> based in <a href="/facts/Vancouver/rn2AKA1n">Vancouver</a>. The company has been working with Nintendo since 2005 with <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Strikers/el9NwcRG">Super Mario Strikers</a>, while since 2014, the company began to work exclusively under contract with Nintendo. In January 2021, Nintendo revealed they had purchased Next Level Games, after over a decade working with the developer per contract basis and 6 years having them working exclusively.
Next Level Games has worked on the two most recent entries in the <a href="/facts/Luigi%2527s_Mansion/Qh2Hxpnx">Luigi's Mansion</a> series, the <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Strikers/el9NwcRG">Mario Strikers</a> series, <a href="/facts/Punch-Out!!_(Wii)/dKdctByJ">Punch-Out!!</a> for the Wii, and <a href="/facts/Metroid_Prime%3a_Federation_Force/xzgBnDCr">Metroid Prime: Federation Force</a> for the Nintendo 3DS.

<h3>Nintendo Cube</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Cube/WSS7RTL5">Nintendo Cube</a>
Nintendo Cube Co., Ltd. (エヌディーキューブ株式会社 NintendōKyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha), formerly NDcube, is a Nintendo subsidiary and Japanese <a href="/facts/First-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> based in Japan with offices in Tokyo and <a href="/facts/Sapporo/xuIvvHvU">Sapporo</a>. The company was founded on 1 March 2000, through a joint venture between <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> and advertising firm <a href="/facts/Dentsu/fSyI1TJt">Dentsu</a>, hence the Nd in the name.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39">39</a> In 2010, Nintendo decided to buy out 96% of the shares, with ad partner Dentsu stepping aside.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40">40</a> Since Nintendo Cube was founded, they have kept a low profile, working on various Japanese <a href="/facts/GameCube/acH9qVxz">GameCube</a> and <a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a> titles. Two notable games that have reached western shores are <a href="/facts/F-Zero%3a_Maximum_Velocity/f4Cfkqwl">F-Zero: Maximum Velocity</a> and <a href="/facts/Tube_Slider/Avq2e8XJ">Tube Slider</a>. As seen in the credits for Mario Party 9, Nintendo Cube indeed houses many ex-<a href="/facts/Hudson_Soft/BzmLg79F">Hudson Soft</a> employees, some vary between folks who have focused primarily on many other entries in the Mario Party series.
The company is currently best known for the <a href="/facts/Wii_Party/z93IJTvf">Wii Party</a> series and for taking over the <a href="/facts/Mario_Party/Rl4q5yq8">Mario Party</a> series, after Hudson Soft was absorbed into <a href="/facts/Konami/pBu2rpta">Konami</a>.

<h3>Nintendo European Research and Development (NERD)</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Nintendo_European_Research_%2526_Development/syT15LNG">Nintendo European Research & Development</a>
Nintendo European Research & Development SAS (or NERD), formerly known as Mobiclip, is a <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> subsidiary, located in Paris, France. The team currently focuses on developing software technologies, such as <a href="/facts/Video_game_console_emulator/lps69Dn3">console emulation</a>, <a href="/facts/Video_compression/gMFuY4FT">video compression</a>, and <a href="/facts/Middleware/HobNosz9">middleware</a> for Nintendo platforms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41">41</a> While an independent company, Mobiclip was responsible for licensing <a href="/facts/Video_codec/psfSuqg7">video codecs</a> for <a href="/facts/Sony_Pictures_Digital/yHkhsEUF">Sony Pictures Digital</a>, <a href="/facts/Fisher-Price/ad4hIK7g">Fisher-Price</a> and Nintendo for the <a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a>, <a href="/facts/Nintendo_DS/4uVHPrnp">Nintendo DS</a>, <a href="/facts/Wii/BxUgl2da">Wii</a> and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_3DS/nXIxNh1b">Nintendo 3DS</a>.
The team has been involved in the development of the Wii U Chat application, in co-operation with <a href="/facts/Vidyo/knANP6wW">Vidyo</a>, and has since contributed to developing emulators for prior Nintendo consoles, such as those for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch_Online/tgxgjISo">Nintendo Switch Online</a>.

<h3>Nintendo Pictures</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Pictures/tNAsQpKD">Nintendo Pictures</a>
The company was founded by Hiroshi Hirokawa on March 18, 2011, in <a href="/facts/Tokyo%2c_Japan/LttKYU40">Tokyo, Japan</a> under the name of Dynamo Pictures. <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> announced their intent to acquire Dynamo Pictures and change its name to Nintendo Pictures on July 14, 2022, citing the focus of the company to strengthen the planning and production structure of visual content. The deal closed on October 3, with the company becoming a full subsidiary of Nintendo, as well as adopting its new name. Since being acquired by Nintendo in 2022, they have functioned as a support studio specializing in animation, design, and cinematic work for video games developed by <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_Planning_%2526_Development/H5nIc908">Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development</a>.

<h3>Nintendo Software Technology (NST)</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Technology/y11nRTz6">Nintendo Software Technology</a>
Nintendo Software Technology Corp. (or NST) is an American <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> located inside of Nintendo of America's headquarters in <a href="/facts/Redmond%2c_Washington/zHHNzmuB">Redmond, Washington</a>. The studio was created by Nintendo as a <a href="/facts/Video_game_development_party/6gbHyvDu">first-party developer</a> to create games for the North American market, though their games have also been released in other territories such as Europe and Japan, exclusively for Nintendo consoles.
The studio's best known projects include the <a href="/facts/Mario_vs._Donkey_Kong_(sub-series)/fVuYobd0">Mario vs. Donkey Kong</a> series, <a href="/facts/F-Zero_99/n4llwTtB">F-Zero 99</a>, <a href="/facts/Crosswords_DS/CCgWr6rV">Crosswords</a> series, <a href="/facts/Wii_Street_U/Vv7RWM2M">Wii Street U</a> and other video games and applications.

<h3>Nintendo Technology Development (NTD)</h3>
Nintendo Technology Development Inc. (or NTD) is a <a href="/facts/Washington_(state)/7tCrTFnN">Washington</a>-based hardware focused <a href="/facts/Research_%2526_Development/2h5UddUu">Research & Development</a> group for <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a>. The group focuses on the creation of various software technologies, hardware tools, and <a href="/facts/Software_development_kit/2Hkk6Hbs">SDKs</a> for <a href="/facts/First-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">first-party</a> use and <a href="/facts/Third-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">third-party</a> licensing across <a href="/facts/Nintendo_video_game_consoles/LEBu1pfl">Nintendo platforms</a>, in collaboration with the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Integrated_Research_%2526_Development/daKoI3QE">Nintendo Integrated Research & Development</a> division led by <a href="/facts/Genyo_Takeda/rRfW2LkL">Genyo Takeda</a>. Several side projects and unreleased prototypes are commonly linked to this Washington based subsidiary. NTD is also responsible for some <a href="/facts/Low-level_(computing)/EEpKS6mb">low-level coding</a>.

<h3>Retro Studios</h3>
Main article: <a href="/facts/Retro_Studios/rLNVbPlg">Retro Studios</a>
Retro Studios, Inc. is an American <a href="/facts/First-party_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> based in <a href="/facts/Austin%2c_Texas/xpVP4t98">Austin, Texas</a>. The company was founded in October 1998 by <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> and the video game veteran <a href="/facts/Jeff_Spangenberg/saNmcYfn">Jeff Spangenberg</a> after leaving <a href="/facts/Acclaim_Entertainment/akA9yYzx">Acclaim Entertainment</a>, as an independent studio making games exclusively for Nintendo. The studio started with four <a href="/facts/GameCube/acH9qVxz">GameCube</a> projects which had a chaotic and unproductive development, and did not impress Nintendo producer <a href="/facts/Shigeru_Miyamoto/xYoBgNnb">Shigeru Miyamoto</a>, but he suggested they create a new game in the <a href="/facts/Metroid/PPUh26WA">Metroid</a> series. Eventually the four games in development were cancelled so Retro could focus only on <a href="/facts/Metroid_Prime/PxWLaegJ">Metroid Prime</a>, which was released for the GameCube in 2002, the same year Nintendo acquired the studio completely by purchasing the majority of Spangenberg's holding stock.
Retro Studios would develop sequels to Metroid Prime, which had expanded to a successful sub-series of the Metroid series. Outside of Metroid, they had assisted in <a href="/facts/Mario_Kart_7/B2aoJGXX">Mario Kart 7</a> and revived the <a href="/facts/Donkey_Kong/fVuYobd0">Donkey Kong Country</a> series after original developer <a href="/facts/Rare_(company)/LP1wwwMm">Rare</a>'s purchase by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>.

<h3>Shiver Entertainment</h3>
Shiver Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer based in <a href="/facts/Miami/L5FsgQcb">Miami</a>, <a href="/facts/Florida/cF245A3Q">Florida</a>. It was founded in 2012 by John Schappert, previously of <a href="/facts/Zynga/10N5clUS">Zynga</a>. In its earliest years, the company developed mobile games with <a href="/facts/Nexon/9j6Cogrg">Nexon</a>; State Of Chaos and Beasts vs Bots were released under this deal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42">42</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43">43</a> The studio would form a working relationship with <a href="/facts/Warner_Bros._Games/qba667f1">Warner Bros. Games</a>, developing the Nintendo Switch ports for <a href="/facts/Hogwarts_Legacy/EKCp76T0">Hogwarts Legacy</a>, <a href="/facts/Mortal_Kombat_11/79lgVMrE">Mortal Kombat 11</a> and <a href="/facts/Mortal_Kombat_1/9vS4bvtU">Mortal Kombat 1</a>. They also succeeded <a href="/facts/5th_Cell/lHjRNdXd">5th Cell</a> in the <a href="/facts/Scribblenauts/vpcf5CLo">Scribblenauts</a> series, developing <a href="/facts/Scribblenauts_Showdown/WDV2zV3D">Scribblenauts Showdown</a> and <a href="/facts/Scribblenauts_Mega_Pack/vpcf5CLo">Scribblenauts Mega Pack</a>. It was acquired by <a href="/facts/Embracer_Group/XxoA7o6U">Embracer Group</a> in 2021, who placed the studio under <a href="/facts/Saber_Interactive/T72FuFXr">Saber Interactive</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44">44</a> Following Saber Interactive's sale to Beacon Interactive, the company was moved under Embracer Group until Nintendo acquired them in May 2024.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45">45</a> 

<h3>SRD</h3>
SRD Co., Ltd. (<a href="/facts/Trade_name/0tbWP1Sn">trade name</a> SRD Corporation),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46">46</a> also known as Systems Research and Development, is a Nintendo <a href="/facts/Subsidiary/l25YN38x">subsidiary</a> located in <a href="/facts/Shimogy%25C5%258D-ku%2c_Kyoto/qgEI7Elj">Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto</a>, with an additional office in Nintendo's development headquarters in <a href="/facts/Minami-ku%2c_Kyoto/vEah4VbS">Minami-ku, Kyoto</a>. The company was founded on 22 January 1979 and began working with Nintendo in 1983, programming games such as <a href="/facts/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)/C6LxVrLl">Donkey Kong</a> (1981) and <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Bros./ryoTeTg7">Super Mario Bros.</a> (1985) for the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">Nintendo Entertainment System</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47">47</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48">48</a> They built an early test version of Super Mario Bros.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49">49</a> SRD became a prolific Nintendo partner. It exclusively programmed games for Nintendo and worked on around one hundred of them.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50">50</a> SRD contributed to the <a href="/facts/Mario_(franchise)/2Y2me64x">Mario</a> and <a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing/6d8BsCag">Animal Crossing</a> franchises, most of <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda/nSRDtJaI">The Legend of Zelda</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51">51</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52">52</a> and some of Nintendo's more experimental projects, such as <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Labo/Tyj0lzNt">Nintendo Labo</a> and <a href="/facts/Game_Builder_Garage/mGewtUeF">Game Builder Garage</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53">53</a> On 1 April 2022, SRD became a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54">54</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:55" href="#fn:55">55</a> Toshihiko Nakago is the Representative Director and President of the company.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:56" href="#fn:56">56</a>

<h2 id="affiliate-companies">Affiliate companies</h2>

Major and minor affiliate development companies, per contract or under significant owned stake<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Works</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Arika/NDy0lnMP">Arika</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Endless_Ocean/72ADSb9r">Endless Ocean</a> series, <a href="/facts/Dr._Mario/1zHC3x0d">Dr. Mario</a> series (2008-2015), <a href="/facts/Nintendo_3D_Classics/rN22WndC">3D Classics</a> series, <a href="/facts/Tetris_99/qdL73jfU">Tetris 99</a>, <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Bros._35/MBBMsWad">Super Mario Bros. 35</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Bandai_Namco_Studios/JEPPCFLp">Bandai Namco Studios</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Mario_Kart/qqRC3zC3">Mario Kart</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>), <a href="/facts/Mario_Super_Sluggers/0y1TlMRC">Mario Super Sluggers</a>, <a href="/facts/Wii_Sports_Club/elWtEp1A">Wii Sports Club</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a>), <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros./QVpbp5tn">Super Smash Bros.</a> series (with <a href="/facts/Sora_Ltd./ra3Yfat6">Sora Ltd.</a> from <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Nintendo_3DS_and_Wii_U/Unbf8Be6">Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U</a> onwards), Kirby Air Riders (with <a href="/facts/Sora_Ltd./ra3Yfat6">Sora Ltd.</a>),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:57" href="#fn:57">57</a> <a href="/facts/Pokk%25C3%25A9n_Tournament/P2uPjrxx">Pokkén Tournament</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Snap/MqVdxPxG">New Pokémon Snap</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Camelot_Software_Planning/EFmBk2EE">Camelot Software Planning</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Golden_Sun/l9u7v2M8">Golden Sun</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mario_Golf_(video_game)/NLrgckXa">Mario Golf</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mario_Tennis/kwsRz9Yj">Mario Tennis</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mario_Sports_Superstars/heoAXlvC">Mario Sports Superstars</a> (with <a href="/facts/Bandai_Namco_Studios/JEPPCFLp">Bandai Namco Studios</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Creatures_(company)/8He77xvs">Creatures</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Mother_(video_game_series)/3wD93nx7">Mother</a> series, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Trading_Card_Game_(video_game)/ovnEPwy9">Pokémon Trading Card Game</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Ranger/U0PmKTbF">Pokémon Ranger</a> series, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9Park_Wii%3a_Pikachu%2527s_Adventure/RN1rNnjL">PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure</a>, <a href="/facts/Detective_Pikachu_(video_game)/lEAaFRIx">Detective Pikachu</a> series, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Trading_Card_Game/N5GNCKeh">Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket</a> (with DeNA)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/DeNA/586A5rwX">DeNA</a></th><td>Service infrastructure, My Nintendo integration and development cooperation on mobile applications of the partnership with Nintendo like <a href="/facts/Miitomo/Glm0Fu3m">Miitomo</a>, <a href="/facts/Super_Mario_Run/4GCWMYVx">Super Mario Run</a>, <a href="/facts/Fire_Emblem_Heroes/2xBV5Gw4">Fire Emblem Heroes</a>, <a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing%3a_Pocket_Camp/RMyq8GLs">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp</a> and <a href="/facts/Mario_Kart_Tour/rhH91HLq">Mario Kart Tour</a>. Outside of games in the Nintendo Mobile branding, DeNA also developed <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Masters_EX/HJGweVMx">Pokémon Masters EX</a> and Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, the latter with Creatures.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Eighting/W0kqRFfQ">Eighting</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Kuru_Kuru_Kururin/MYKrlYA2">Kuru Kuru Kururin</a> series, <a href="/facts/Master_of_Illusion_(video_game)/7X5vP3z3">Master of Illusion</a>, <a href="/facts/Pikmin/UnLmpdUw">Pikmin</a> series (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a> from <a href="/facts/Pikmin_3_Deluxe/12Lg8SR0">Pikmin 3 Deluxe</a> onwards), <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Switch_Sports/SclBN9Ny">Nintendo Switch Sports</a> basketball update co-development (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Game_Freak/p4AP3TYu">Game Freak</a></th><td>Mainline <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_(video_game_series)/KhmeM2bj">Pokémon</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mario_%2526_Wario/UNEd2vnz">Mario & Wario</a>, <a href="/facts/Drill_Dozer/xwPCQfqw">Drill Dozer</a>, <a href="/facts/HarmoKnight/kP5WGXRp">HarmoKnight</a>, <a href="/facts/Pocket_Card_Jockey/rxkRw0fw">Pocket Card Jockey</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Genius_Sonority/sK8cBMyP">Genius Sonority</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Colosseum/q8HRa7mt">Pokémon Colosseum</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_XD%3a_Gale_of_Darkness/Vhz9cNje">Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Trozei!/AbFzj0sq">Pokémon Trozei!</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Battle_Revolution/uoLI9AhG">Pokémon Battle Revolution</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Shuffle/9SwS62cQ">Pokémon Shuffle</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Caf%25C3%25A9_ReMix/flpqy3p5">Pokémon Café ReMix</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Good-Feel/1ygBanWk">Good-Feel</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Wario_Land%3a_Shake_It!/zAEpsSBE">Wario Land: Shake It!</a>, Looksley's Line Up, <a href="/facts/Kirby%2527s_Epic_Yarn/SEnN0mNe">Kirby's Epic Yarn</a> (with <a href="/facts/HAL_Laboratory/8A5CyGnK">HAL Laboratory</a>), <a href="/facts/Mario_%2526_Luigi%3a_Dream_Team/phIaPw37">Mario & Luigi: Dream Team</a> (development support on Giant Battles for <a href="/facts/AlphaDream/wCEaylao">AlphaDream</a>), various <a href="/facts/StreetPass/H4jB354h">StreetPass</a> games, <a href="/facts/Yoshi%2527s_Woolly_World/PutUKMFc">Yoshi's Woolly World</a>, <a href="/facts/Miitopia/J9dzMzu7">Miitopia</a> (development support for <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>), <a href="/facts/Yoshi%2527s_Crafted_World/uR9fkaJX">Yoshi's Crafted World</a>, <a href="/facts/Princess_Peach%3a_Showtime!/ozfYqMdz">Princess Peach: Showtime!</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Grezzo/trv1pXJ8">Grezzo</a></th><td><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Ocarina_of_Time_3D/MjLwkFPG">The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_A_Link_to_the_Past_and_Four_Swords/xaP3ytVe">The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Majora%2527s_Mask_3D/X0Dttgdb">The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Tri_Force_Heroes/Pb7qXKv3">The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>), <a href="/facts/Ever_Oasis/mWCBwRXG">Ever Oasis</a>, <a href="/facts/Luigi%2527s_Mansion/Qh2Hxpnx">Luigi's Mansion</a> (3DS), <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Link%2527s_Awakening_(2019_video_game)/sqkVGlFp">The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)</a>, <a href="/facts/Miitopia/J9dzMzu7">Miitopia (Switch)</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Echoes_of_Wisdom/rvHp9aa1">The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/HAL_Laboratory/8A5CyGnK">HAL Laboratory</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Kirby_(series)/JjQElYTI">Kirby</a> series, <a href="/facts/Mother_(video_game_series)/3wD93nx7">Mother</a> series, <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros./QVpbp5tn">Super Smash Bros.</a> series (until Brawl), <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Stadium/u9Ma3HmH">Pokémon Stadium</a> series, <a href="/facts/Picross_3D/zDDUVtCG">Picross 3D</a>, <a href="/facts/BoxBoy!/G8JfAeQE">BoxBoy!</a> series, <a href="/facts/Part_Time_UFO/4hMHpBMK">Part Time UFO</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Hamster_Corporation/aU7SHeUR">Hamster Corporation</a></th><td>Select <a href="/facts/Arcade_Archives/CVdKN173">Arcade Archives</a> titles</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ILCA_(company)/oq8sqFFP">ILCA</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Home/FDssNC0C">Pokémon Home</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Brilliant_Diamond_and_Shining_Pearl/m9aCcapS"> Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl</a>, <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Scarlet_and_Violet/2XjaadkU">Pokémon Scarlet and Violet</a> (planning and story work), <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Sleep/HChdXBTl">Pokémon Sleep</a> (taking over for Select Button post-launch; under The Pokémon Works), <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Champions/9lTYjKRA">Pokémon Champions</a> (under The Pokémon Works)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Indieszero/r98cUpnu">indieszero</a></th><td>Sennen Kazoku, <a href="/facts/Sutte_Hakkun/91ptsSXB">Sutte Hakkun</a>, <a href="/facts/Electroplankton/Nrjpx0Nv">Electroplankton</a>, <a href="/facts/Cooking_Guide%3a_Can%2527t_Decide_What_to_Eat%253F/JamwCdLV">Personal Trainer: Cooking</a>, <a href="/facts/NES_Remix/TY6GFKbs">NES Remix</a> series (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a>), <a href="/facts/Sushi_Striker%3a_The_Way_of_Sushido/BMH8nRvN">Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido</a>, <a href="/facts/Dr_Kawashima%2527s_Brain_Training_for_Nintendo_Switch/msuqplBL">Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>), <a href="/facts/Big_Brain_Academy%3a_Brain_vs._Brain/dukffsTC">Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>), <a href="/facts/Nintendo_World_Championships%3a_NES_Edition/kCIfsF91">Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Intelligent_Systems/SEqF4qtt">Intelligent Systems</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Fire_Emblem/rCv9VNl5">Fire Emblem</a> series, <a href="/facts/Wars_(series)/65RRnLUz">Wars</a> series, <a href="/facts/Paper_Mario/9tH97je4">Paper Mario</a> series, <a href="/facts/Wario_(series)/9AodBspI">WarioWare</a> series, <a href="/facts/Pushmo/yMPlHrS9">Pushmo</a> series</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Koei_Tecmo/RLl7wnFW">Koei Tecmo</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Fatal_Frame/fuwkFKo3">Fatal Frame</a> series, <a href="/facts/Metroid%3a_Other_M/voWlgEmP">Metroid: Other M</a> (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_SPD/EPYLQ0ej">Nintendo SPD</a>), <a href="/facts/Hyrule_Warriors/RwunnM1w">Hyrule Warriors</a> series, <a href="/facts/Fire_Emblem_Warriors/o8VJzsHP">Fire Emblem Warriors</a> series, <a href="/facts/Marvel_Ultimate_Alliance_3%3a_The_Black_Order/EhsAPos3">Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order</a>, <a href="/facts/Fire_Emblem%3a_Three_Houses/IbXzjDyD">Fire Emblem: Three Houses</a> (with <a href="/facts/Intelligent_Systems/SEqF4qtt">Intelligent Systems</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Mages_(company)/rxv1bwfr">MAGES</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Famicom_Detective_Club/IElUHjfM">Famicom Detective Club</a> series (with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a> for <a href="/facts/Emio_-_The_Smiling_Man%3a_Famicom_Detective_Club/ddHrH9Cz">Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/MercurySteam/2utlQQch">MercurySteam</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Metroid%3a_Samus_Returns/4VjmdNfx">Metroid: Samus Returns</a>, <a href="/facts/Metroid_Dread/C14r9S2l">Metroid Dread</a> (both with Nintendo EPD)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/PlatinumGames/jVtdgBvr">PlatinumGames</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Bayonetta/9gywWMmX">Bayonetta</a> series, <a href="/facts/The_Wonderful_101/8pdAHXqm">The Wonderful 101</a>, <a href="/facts/Star_Fox_Zero/8JQo9pBc">Star Fox Zero</a>, <a href="/facts/Astral_Chain/n47Vk562">Astral Chain</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Scopely/FsI3kqlI">Scopely</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Go/ux1nVIgd">Pokémon Go</a>, <a href="/facts/Pikmin_Bloom/tqR9150e">Pikmin Bloom</a> (taking over both from <a href="/facts/Niantic%2c_Inc./H5ceWXza">Niantic</a> post-launch)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Sega/f9TY2kyl">Sega</a></th><td><a href="/facts/F-Zero_GX/1Ljwegxr">F-Zero GX</a>, <a href="/facts/F-Zero_AX/1Ljwegxr">F-Zero AX</a>, <a href="/facts/Mario_%2526_Sonic/6uT0oWJ2">Mario & Sonic</a> series, <a href="/facts/Bayonetta/9gywWMmX">Bayonetta</a> series (2014-present), <a href="/facts/Tokyo_Mirage_Sessions_%25E2%2599%25AFFE/WX27bgRG">Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE</a> (developed by <a href="/facts/Atlus/gRkbbjUp">Atlus</a>)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Square_Enix/nvsm6oJv">Square Enix</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Super_Mario_RPG/dc8Kzlq1">Super Mario RPG</a>, <a href="/facts/Mario_Sports_Mix/9lJKv3Rg">Mario Sports Mix</a>, <a href="/facts/Itadaki_Street/v0UEhvYu">Itadaki Street</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Sora_Ltd./ra3Yfat6">Sora Ltd.</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Meteos/8qmQBcjJ">Meteos</a> (with <a href="/facts/Q_Entertainment/m21eeRc5">Q Entertainment</a> and <a href="/facts/Bandai/Muy3E7QK">Bandai</a>), <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros._Brawl/W6ArhU6U">Super Smash Bros. Brawl</a> (with <a href="/facts/HAL_Laboratory/8A5CyGnK">HAL Laboratory</a>, <a href="/facts/Game_Arts/jBzXPH5U">Game Arts</a> and <a href="/facts/Monolith_Soft/ayuFAaon">Monolith Soft</a>), <a href="/facts/Kid_Icarus%3a_Uprising/qpHHvhEB">Kid Icarus: Uprising</a> (with <a href="/facts/Sora_Ltd./ra3Yfat6">Project Sora</a>), <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Nintendo_3DS_and_Wii_U/Unbf8Be6">Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U</a> (with <a href="/facts/Bandai_Namco_Studios/JEPPCFLp">Bandai Namco Studios</a>), <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros._Ultimate/j5Wkv970">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</a> (with Bandai Namco Studios), Kirby Air Riders (with Bandai Namco Studios)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:58" href="#fn:58">58</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tantalus_Media/XnwVsv6U">Tantalus Media</a></th><td><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Twilight_Princess/6BH0KhXz">The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Skyward_Sword/w3VhkrqK">The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD</a>, <a href="/facts/Luigi%2527s_Mansion%3a_Dark_Moon/auVka2V2">Luigi's Mansion 2 HD</a></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tose_(company)/Vll5X8o5">Tose</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Famicom_Detective_Club/IElUHjfM">Famicom Detective Club</a> series, <a href="/facts/Game_%2526_Watch/bI6ULCDw">Game & Watch Gallery</a> series, <a href="/facts/The_Legendary_Starfy/RgoHGAaF">The Legendary Starfy</a> series, <a href="/facts/Super_Princess_Peach/PrHgg5dv">Super Princess Peach</a>, <a href="/facts/Fortune_Street/v0UEhvYu">Fortune Street</a>. Development support for <a href="/facts/Advance_Wars%3a_Days_of_Ruin/vBmcuIfL">Advance Wars: Days of Ruin</a>, <a href="/facts/Dr._Mario%3a_Miracle_Cure/sLBXmTqn">Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure</a>, <a href="/facts/Fire_Emblem_Fates/Xqx5xlLU">Fire Emblem Fates</a>, <a href="/facts/Paper_Mario/9tH97je4">Paper Mario</a> series (2016-present), <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda%3a_Breath_of_the_Wild/AnhulLHy">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</a>, <a href="/facts/Splatoon_2/JfbjlnKv">Splatoon 2</a>, <a href="/facts/Wario_(series)/9AodBspI">WarioWare</a> series (2018-present), <a href="/facts/Animal_Crossing%3a_New_Horizons/wQ4Au0cD">Animal Crossing: New Horizons</a>, and <a href="/facts/Famicom_Detective_Club/IElUHjfM">Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind</a>.</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Ubisoft/Pnw08RvF">Ubisoft</a></th><td><a href="/facts/List_of_Mario_role-playing_games/kjQmIQwX">Mario + Rabbids</a> series</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="former-divisions-and-subsidiaries">Former divisions and subsidiaries</h2>
<table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Active</th><th>Additional details</th><th>Fate</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Research_%2526_Development_1/YhKuIWKL">Nintendo Research & Development 1</a>(Nintendo R&D1)</th><td>1970–2004</td><td>The original game development team at Nintendo. Originally created in the 1970s by Hiroshi Yamauchi as the games division of <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> Co., Ltd. <a href="/facts/Gunpei_Yokoi/FSk5T8rF">Gunpei Yokoi</a> was the original engineer and inventor designated to create electronic toys and arcade coin-operated software. With the conception of the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">Famicom</a> (known as the Nintendo Entertainment System in the West), the Virtual Boy, and <a href="/facts/Game_Boy/GlyN6e2W">Game Boy</a>, the group was reassigned to concentrate on developing the premier software for console and portable gaming straying away from its original toys, <a href="/facts/Game_%2526_Watch/bI6ULCDw">Game & Watch</a>, and arcade roots.</td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a><a href="/facts/Nintendo_SPD/EPYLQ0ej">Nintendo SPD</a><a href="/facts/Nintendo_RED/CHwAWJgP">Nintendo RED</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Research_%2526_Development_2/jUAF8Cr3">Nintendo Research & Development 2</a>(Nintendo R&D2)</th><td>1978–2004</td><td>This group mainly concentrated on hardware technology and system operating tools. <a href="/facts/Masayuki_Uemura/jwIYzsV9">Masayuki Uemura</a> was hired away from <a href="/facts/Sharp_Corporation/IbmkAjKB">Sharp Corporation</a> where he specialized in solar cell technology. The solar technology fueled the original bean gun games which Nintendo introduced to huge success. The team would go on to develop several peripherals and eventually even some video game software. The team generally assisted <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Research_%2526_Development_1/YhKuIWKL">Nintendo R&D1</a> and Nintendo R&D3 with their arcade games, but it also became the first team to specialize in software ports at Nintendo with the task of porting all the original arcade titles like <a href="/facts/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)/C6LxVrLl">Donkey Kong</a> to the Famicom.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:59" href="#fn:59">59</a></td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a><a href="/facts/Nintendo_SPD/EPYLQ0ej">Nintendo SPD</a></th></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Research & Development 3(Nintendo R&D3)</th><td>1980–2000</td><td>Originally created as a hardware engineering division, <a href="/facts/Genyo_Takeda/rRfW2LkL">Genyo Takeda</a> managed to diversify his group and create software on the same arcade boards being designed for <a href="/facts/Gunpei_Yokoi/FSk5T8rF">Gunpei Yokoi</a>'s R&D1 team. After developing the arcade hits like <a href="/facts/Sheriff_(video_game)/lh5cEBaB">Sheriff</a>, <a href="/facts/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)/ojKc6fdX">Punch-Out!!</a> and <a href="/facts/Arm_Wrestling_(video_game)/UytF3zL8">Arm Wrestling</a>, the team was involved in developing a variety of unique software for the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">NES</a> that was mainly aimed at the Western market, <a href="/facts/Punch-Out!!_(NES)/88EDGU3J">Mike Tyson's Punch-Out</a> and <a href="/facts/StarTropics/uJECu3o1">StarTropics</a> to name a few. The team also helped create bank switching and the MMC chips in the NES cartridges.</td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_IRD/daKoI3QE">Nintendo IRD</a></th></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Research & Development 4(Nintendo R&D4)</th><td>1983–1989</td><td>In 1984, <a href="/facts/Hiroshi_Yamauchi/BWDYcYSz">Hiroshi Yamauchi</a>, former president of Nintendo, rewarded <a href="/facts/Shigeru_Miyamoto/xYoBgNnb">Shigeru Miyamoto</a> his own development studio after proving himself his ability to consistently produce both critically acclaimed and successful video games with the original <a href="/facts/Donkey_Kong_(arcade_game)/C6LxVrLl">Donkey Kong</a> and <a href="/facts/Mario_Bros./sBGmD3xh">Mario Bros.</a>. Although the team didn't have as many resources as <a href="/facts/Nintendo_R%2526D1/YhKuIWKL">Nintendo R&D1</a>, R&D4 also focused on developing <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_System/YD59GCQQ">NES</a> games. It ended up creating Nintendo's two most enduring franchises: <a href="/facts/Mario_(franchise)/2Y2me64x">Mario</a> and <a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Zelda/nSRDtJaI">The Legend of Zelda</a>. During the development of the <a href="/facts/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/uRT5Sa6s">Super NES</a>, Nintendo R&D4 was renamed <a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a>. <a href="/facts/Takashi_Tezuka/X1aBc1hw">Takashi Tezuka</a> joined Shigeru Miyamoto in developing R&D4 games, with music composition being handled by <a href="/facts/Koji_Kondo/GdMml7LW">Koji Kondo</a>.</td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_EAD/Up7Pf584">Nintendo EAD</a></th></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products</th><td>1987–1989</td><td>In the early 1980s, <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> planned to expand software R&D into the Tokyo manufacturing branch building to operate alongside its overcrowded Kyoto headquarters. The initial plans became delayed and shortly after the development of the original <a href="/facts/Mother_(video_game)/xPHtKvMw">Mother</a>, the group ceased development.</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Entertainment_Analysis_%2526_Development/Up7Pf584">Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development</a>(Nintendo EAD)</th><td>1989–2015</td><td>Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development was the premier development arm at Nintendo. The group had the largest concentration of R&D, housing more than 800 engineers and designers. The division was split into seven different subdivisions, each led by a designated producer and group manager. The overseeing managers were <a href="/facts/Shigeru_Miyamoto/xYoBgNnb">Shigeru Miyamoto</a> and <a href="/facts/Takashi_Tezuka/X1aBc1hw">Takashi Tezuka</a>. Five divisions were located in the central Kyoto R&D building under the Software Development Department, while two divisions resided in the Tokyo offices under the Tokyo Software Development Department.</td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a></th></tr><tr><th>Nintendo of America (NOA) Special-Projects</th><td>1990–1997</td><td>The first development branch at Nintendo of America. <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> wanted to deliver more software based at the U.S. market following the trails of the <a href="/facts/Sega_Genesis/7GuPYDhM">Sega Genesis</a> marketing blitz. Nintendo of America appointed product analysts Jeff Hutt and <a href="/facts/Don_James_(video_games)/jsspH0Sf">Don James</a> to head the division. The group initially concentrated on sports games, which led to the NES Play Action and <a href="/facts/Ken_Griffey_Jr._Presents_Major_League_Baseball/2ohoWELx">Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball</a> franchises.</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Research_%2526_Engineering_Department/daKoI3QE">Nintendo Research & Engineering Department</a>(Nintendo RED)</th><td>1996–2013</td><td>The original hardware development team responsible for all of Nintendo's portable and hand held systems. The manager <a href="/facts/Satoru_Okada/dbUw0YYQ">Satoru Okada</a> and most of the chief engineers originate from the old <a href="/facts/Nintendo_R%2526D1/YhKuIWKL">Nintendo R&D1</a> hardware division that created all the <a href="/facts/Game_%2526_Watch/bI6ULCDw">Game & Watch</a> and hand held LCD cabinets.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:60" href="#fn:60">60</a> On 16 February 2013, Nintendo RED was combined with the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Integrated_Research_%2526_Development/daKoI3QE">Nintendo Integrated Research & Development</a> (or IRD) division.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:61" href="#fn:61">61</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:62" href="#fn:62">62</a></td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_IRD/daKoI3QE">Nintendo IRD</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_System_Development/IVyH4cIH">Nintendo System Development</a>(Nintendo SDD)</th><td>1997–2015</td><td>The Nintendo System Development Division, which used to be centered in peripheral and software development, was a hybrid development group with several distinct duties. The development team originated from <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Research_%2526_Development_2/jUAF8Cr3">Nintendo Research & Development 2</a> and was mainly responsible for ports and inhouse development for low profile hardware like the <a href="/facts/Pok%25C3%25A9mon_Mini/Ttta3uYA">Pokémon Mini</a> and the <a href="/facts/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System/uRT5Sa6s">Super Famicom</a> <a href="/facts/Satellaview/fqNlVa03">Satellaview</a> service. The department handled most <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Network/tntfYrEK">Nintendo Network</a> programming and server maintenance inside Nintendo's in-house projects and throughout various other external Nintendo software, in cooperation with Nintendo Network Services. The department also cooperated in software development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:63" href="#fn:63">63</a></td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Platform_Technology_Development/gMWCV0t2">Nintendo PTD</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Mobile21/l42RgMTE">Mobile21</a></th><td>1999-2002</td><td>A joint venture with <a href="/facts/Konami/pBu2rpta">Konami</a> which concentrated on developing <a href="/facts/Game_Boy_Advance/oRJksVAa">Game Boy Advance</a> games with connectivity to <a href="/facts/Mobile_phones/H3EcqD9h">mobile phones</a>.</td><th>—</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Integrated_Research_%2526_Development/daKoI3QE">Nintendo Integrated Research & Development</a>(Nintendo IRD)</th><td>2000–2015</td><td>Nintendo Integrated Research & Development was Nintendo's hardware group that specialized in all engineering and technological aspects of Nintendo's home console and handheld development. The division also housed industrial designers who design peripherals such as the <a href="/facts/WaveBird_Wireless_Controller/7cjaIUo5">WaveBird</a>, <a href="/facts/Wii_Zapper/xcxPQImg">Wii Zapper</a>, and Wii steering wheel. The group was originally known as Research and Development Department 3 (R&D3),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:64" href="#fn:64">64</a> with the same primary functions, with the exception that manager <a href="/facts/Genyo_Takeda/rRfW2LkL">Genyo Takeda</a> enjoyed moonlighting by developing console and arcade games. On 16 February 2013, Nintendo IRD combined with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Research_%2526_Engineering_Department/daKoI3QE">Nintendo Research & Engineering Department</a> (or RED), the former hardware group that specialized in all engineering and technological aspects of Nintendo's handheld development.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:65" href="#fn:65">65</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:66" href="#fn:66">66</a></td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Platform_Technology_Development/gMWCV0t2">Nintendo PTD</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Planning_%2526_Development/EPYLQ0ej">Nintendo Software Planning & Development</a>(Nintendo SPD)</th><td>2004–2015</td><td>Nintendo Software Planning & Development was the development group that included several of the original development officers from the old software and hardware development sectors. The division was broken up into two departments; Software Planning & Development Department and <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Software_Design_%2526_Development/EPYLQ0ej">Software Design & Development Department</a>.</td><th><a href="/facts/Nintendo_EPD/H5nIc908">Nintendo EPD</a></th></tr><tr><th>Nintendo Network Service Database(NSD)</th><td>2009–2018</td><td>Nintendo Network Service Database Inc. (or NSD), formerly known as Wii no Ma, was originally created by <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> to provide digital entertainment as a service for Wii owners, with the company later renamed when its role changed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:67" href="#fn:67">67</a> After the name change, Nintendo Network Services handled all <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Network/tntfYrEK">Nintendo Network</a> operations, including programming and server maintenance inside Nintendo's in-house projects through the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_Network_Business_%2526_Development/IVyH4cIH">Nintendo Network Business & Development</a> division and throughout various other external online software infrastructures. Lastly, the company also cooperated in developing third party online infrastructures compatible with Nintendo consoles and Nintendo Network.</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Project_Sora/vqzCuTDq">Project Sora</a></th><td>2009–2012</td><td>The company was solely created to develop <a href="/facts/Kid_Icarus%3a_Uprising/qpHHvhEB">Kid Icarus: Uprising</a> for the <a href="/facts/Nintendo_3DS/nXIxNh1b">Nintendo 3DS</a>. The president and director of the team, <a href="/facts/Masahiro_Sakurai/gKS9QPjp">Masahiro Sakurai</a> later joined forces with <a href="/facts/Bandai_Namco_Studios/JEPPCFLp">Bandai Namco Studios</a> to create <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Nintendo_3DS_and_Wii_U/Unbf8Be6">Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U</a> with <a href="/facts/Nintendo_SPD/EPYLQ0ej">Nintendo SPD</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:68" href="#fn:68">68</a></td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table>

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List of Nintendo development teams