Nintendo Software Design & Development

Nintendo SDD

Software Design & Development
Type	R&D Branch and Subsidiary of Nintendo
Industry	Video games
Founded	September 30, 2003
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan
Key people	Shinya Takahashi: Manager
Products	Various video game titles
Employees	30
Website	Nintendo.co.jp

Nintendo Software Design & Development (or SDD) is an experimental software development team assembled by Nintendo Co., Ltd. President Satoru Iwata. The team was originally assembled as a System Service Task Force that would develop all the unique internal system software for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii. ^[1] The was responsible for all the additional Wii Channels, the Nintendo DSi system software and more recently, the Nintendo 3DS system software. SDD also went on to develop several innovative retail games. The philosophy behind development was to think out of the box and create unique software in a timely manner with smaller development resources. The development staff was composed of Kouichi Kawamoto, who was the original programmer of Wario Ware. And Shinya Takahashi, who was a longtime designer at Nintendo EAD. The development group was instantly vindicated with their smash hit Brain Age.^[2] The development division has gone on to be the driving force behind the Touch Generations line on the Nintendo DS. The development team has also been responsible for developing several subsequent WiiWare and DSiWare software. They are not to be confused with Nintendo SPD ^[3]

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
Daigasso! Band Brothers	2004	NDS	Masaru Nishita	Shinya Takahashi
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!	2005	NDS	Kouchi Kawamoto	Shinya Takahashi
DS Easy Dictionary	2006	NDS	Toshiaki Suzuki	Shinya Takahashi
DS Shigureden	2006	NDS	Masahiro Imaizumi	Shinya Takahashi
English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills!	2006	NDS	Yoichi Ohshima	Shinya Takahashi
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!	2006	NDS	Kouchi Kawamoto	Shinya Takahashi
Jam with the Band	2008	NDS	Noriko Kitamura	Shinya Takahashi
Brain Age Express	2008	DSi	Kouichi Kawamoto	Shinya Takahashi
Photo Dojo	2009	DSi	Megumi Kurata	Tomoaki Kuroume

Discography Credits ^[4]

See also

• Full list of Nintendo development teams

References

1. ^ Nintendo Magic. Inoue, Osamu.
2. ^ NOM Magazine. Iwata Asks: Brain-Age
3. ^ NOM Magazine. Iwata Asks: Wii Channels
4. ^ N-Sider.com. N-Sider Database