Nd Cube
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| Type | Subsidiary of Nintendo |
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| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | March 1, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | President Hidetoshi Endo Board Member Atsushi Ikeda [1] Head of EDD Shuichiro Nishiya [2] |
| Products | Games for Nintendo video game consoles |
| Parent | Nintendo |
| Website | http://www.ndcube.co.jp/ |
Nd Cube Co., Ltd. (エヌディーキューブ株式会社 Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Nintendo subsidiary and Japanese video game developer based in Japan with offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. Nd Cube is a fully owned Nintendo subsidiary as of August, 2010. Originally the company was founded March 1, 2000 through a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu, hence the Nd in the name.[1] The subsidiary shares were purchased by 78% in part by Nintendo, 13.3% by Dentsu, 8.7% by, as of yet, undecided shareholders. But in 2010, Nintendo decided to buy out 98% of the shares, with ad partner Dentsu stepping aside.[2] The company states it is an official R&D subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd on its website.[3]
Since Nd Cube was founded, they have kept a low profile working on various Japanese GameCube and Game Boy Advance titles. Two notable games that have reached western shores are F-Zero: Maximum Velocity and Tube Slider.
By April 2006, many of the Nd Cube's employees had migrated to other companies, such as Nintendo and Square Enix.[1] The company is now headed by Hidetoshi Endo[4], who was the former President of Hudson Soft. In addition, the key employees of the Mario Party team at Hudson have also joined the company. Nd Cube released Wii Party for the Wii console in 2010,[5] and are currently developing Mario Party 9 for the Wii set for release on March 11, 2012.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Nd Cube flatline". N-Sider.com. April 18, 2006. http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=339. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
- ^ "Nd Cube flatline". IGN.com. August 22, 2000. http://cube.ign.com/articles/080/080452p1.html. Retrieved 2000-08-22.
- ^ "Nd Cube". Nd Cube. January 1, 2010. http://www.ndcube.co.jp. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
- ^ "Nd Cube — Corporate Profile" (in Japanese). Nd Cube. http://www.ndcube.co.jp/company/. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
- ^ "Wii Party due out this Christmas". eurogamer.net. June 15, 2010. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/wii-party-due-out-this-christmas. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
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