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Nintendo Research and Development 1
Type privately held
Headquarters Japan
Key people Takehiro Izushi

Yoshio Sakamoto

Hirofumi Matsuoka
Industry Computer and video game industry
Products Games for Nintendo video game consoles
Employees 100+[1]

Nintendo Research and Development 1 (R&D1) was Nintendo's oldest development team. Its creation coincided with Nintendo's entry into the video games industry, and the original R&D1 was headed by Gunpei Yokoi. The developer has created several notable Nintendo series such as Metroid, Ice Climber, Kid Icarus, and Wario Land.

Nintendo R&D1 established a close relationship with hardware developer Intelligent Systems, and initially worked together on a couple of projects. There was previous misconception that Nintendo R&D1 members left to work at Intelligent Systems, but that is false. The development team has gradually been reduced with a couple of senior members retiring or joining other Nintendo affiliated companies like Creatures, most notably Hirokazu Tanaka and Hirofumi Matsuoka.

R&D1 developed the hugely successful Game Boy line, which was released in 1989. They developed some of the line's most popular games, such as Super Mario Land, and created the character of Wario.

Team Shikamaru was a small club within Nintendo R&D1 that was comprised of Makoto Kanoh, Yoshio Sakamoto, and Toru Osawa. The group was responsible for designing characters and coming up with scripts for several games including Metroid, Kid Icarus, Famicom Detective Club, Trade & Battle: Card Hero, and several others.

After Yokoi's resignation in 1996, the group was led by Takehiro Izushi. In 2005, Satoru Iwata restructured Nintendo's development resources and placed all of the internal software teams (including R&D1) under Entertainment Analysis and Development.[2]

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[edit] Games developed

[edit] Nintendo Entertainment System


[edit] Family Computer Disk System

[edit] Super NES

[edit] GameCube

[edit] Wii

[edit] Game & Watch

[edit] Game Boy

[edit] Virtual Boy

[edit] Game Boy Color

[edit] Game Boy Advance

[edit] References

  1. ^ "IGN: IGNCube's Nintendo "Revolution" FAQ". IGN. http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522559p4.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  2. ^ "Nintendo R&D1". GameStats. http://www.gamestats.com/objects/640/640501.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  3. ^ Bailey, Kat (2009-06-10). "Even Koei Didn't Know About Other M". http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174728. Retrieved 2009-06-10. 

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Nintendo developers
First-party
Brownie Brown • EAD (including R&D1 and R&D2) • Intelligent Systems • Monolith Soft • NSD • NST • Project Sora • Retro Studios • SPD • SDD • Special-Project • Technology Development • Nd Cube •
Second-party
Former second-party
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