- Nintendo Research & Development 1
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Nintendo Research and Development 1 Type Private Industry Computer and video game industry Fate Reassigned to various teams within Nintendo Successor Nintendo SPD Founded 1970 Headquarters Japan Key people Takehiro Izushi,
Yoshio Sakamoto,
Hirofumi MatsuokaProducts Games for Nintendo video game consoles Employees 100+[1] Nintendo Research and Development 1 (任天堂开发一部) (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 composed of Makoto Kano, 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 Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha, 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 the Nintendo R&D1 team. Many of the staff members can be found reassigned to the Nintendo SPD team.[2]
Contents
Games developed
Arcade
- Computer Othello
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong 3
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Head On N
- Heli Fire
- Vs. Ice Climber
- Mario Bros.
- Monkey Magic
- Popeye
- Radar Scope
- SF-Hisplitter
- Sheriff
- Sheriff 2
- Space Fever
- Space Firebird
- Space Launcher
Game & Watch
- Ball
- Balloon Fight (Crystal Screen)
- Balloon Fight (Wide Screen)
- Black Jack
- Bomb Sweeper (Multi Screen)
- Boxing (Micro Vs. System)
- Chef (Wide Screen)
- Climber (Crystal Screen)
- Climber (Wide Screen)
- CrabGrab (Super Color)
- Donkey Kong (Multi Screen)
- Donkey Kong 3 (Micro Vs. System)
- Donkey Kong Hockey (Micro Vs. System)
- Donkey Kong II (Multi Screen)
- Donkey Kong Jr (Panorama)
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Wide Screen)
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Tabletop)
- Egg (Wide Screen)
- Fire
- Fire (Wide Screen)
- Fire Attack (Wide Screen)
- Flagman
- Gold Cliff (Multi Screen)
- Greenhouse (Multi Screen)
- Helmet
- Judge (Green Version)
- Judge (Purple Version)
- Lifeboat (Multi Screen)
- Lion
- Manhole
- Manhole (Wide Screen)
- Mario Bros. (Multi Screen)
- Mario the Juggler (Wide Screen)
- Mario's Bombs Away (Panorama)
- Mario's Cement Factory (Tabletop)
- Mario's Cement Factory (Wide Screen)
- Mickey & Donald (Multi Screen)
- Mickey Mouse (Panorama)
- Mickey Mouse (Wide Screen)
- Octopus (Wide Screen)
- Oil Panic (Multi Screen)
- Parachute (Wide Screen)
- Pinball (Multi Screen)
- Popeye (Tabletop)
- Popeye (Wide Screen)
- Punch-Out!! (Micro Vs. System)
- Rain Shower (Multi Screen)
- Safebuster (Multi Screen)
- Snoopy (Panorama)
- Snoopy (Tabletop)
- Spitball Sparky (Super Color)
- Squish (Multi Screen)
- Super Mario Bros. (Crystal Screen)
- Super Mario Bros. (Wide Screen)
- Super Mario Bros. (YM-901 Special Edition)
- Tropical Fish (Wide Screen)
- Turtle Bridge (Wide Screen)
- Vermin
- Zelda (Multi Screen)
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Balloon Fight
- Baseball
- Clu Clu Land
- Devil World
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong 3
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Dr. Mario
- Duck Hunt
- Excitebike
- Ginga no Sannin
- Gumshoe
- Gyromite
- Hogan's Alley
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Mario Bros.
- Metroid
- Stack Up
- Tennis
- Tetris
- Tetris 2
- Urban Champion
- Volleyball
- Wario's Woods
- Wrecking Crew
- Yoshi's Cookie
Family Computer Disk System
- Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race
- Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
- Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Metroid
Super NES
- Battle Clash
- BS Tantei Club: Yuki ni Kieta Kako
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo
- Mario Paint
- Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
- Super Metroid
- Super Play Action Football
- Super Scope 6
- Wrecking Crew '98
- Yoshi's Safari
Game Boy
- Alleyway
- Balloon Kid
- Dr. Mario
- Game Boy Gallery
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
- Kirby's Block Ball
- Metroid 2
- Qix
- Radar Mission
- Solar Striker
- Super Mario Land
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
- Tetris
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
- Wario Land II
Virtual Boy
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
- Metroid Fusion
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Wario Land 4
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames!
GameCube
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$
References
- ^ "IGN: IGNCube's Nintendo "Revolution" FAQ". IGN. http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522559p4.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
- ^ "Nintendo R&D1". GameStats. http://www.gamestats.com/objects/640/640501.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
External links
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