Nintendo Software Planning & Development

Nintendo Software Planning & Development
Nintendo SPD
Type R&D Branch, and Subsidiary of Nintendo
Industry Video games
Founded September 30, 2003
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Key people Yoshio Sakamoto: Manager
Products Various video game titles
Employees 60
Website [1]

Nintendo Software Planning & Development (or SPD ) is a research, planning, and development division inside of Nintendo Co., Ltd main central headquarters. The division was created during a corporate restructuring in late 2003 with the abolishment of the old Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D2 teams. While several of the remaining Nintendo R&D1 designers reside in the division along with a staggered group of former Nintendo R&D2 and Nintendo EAD staff, the programmers and artists consist of a lot of new talent. The group has the task of independently developing small innovative games, assisting other development teams on projects, and managing overseas production of first-party franchises.[1] It is currently split into four separate departments who work concurrently on different projects.[2]

Contents

Current Structure of Nintendo SPD

Nintendo SPD Group No.1

Manager/producer: Yoshio Sakamoto
Responsible for developing titles like the WarioWare series and the Metroid titles on handhelds.

Title Year Platform(s) Director Producer
WarioWare: Twisted!1 2004 GBA Goro Abe Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: Touched!1 2004 NDS Goro Abe Yoshio Sakamoto
Play-Yan3 2005 GBA Takuma Matsunada Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: Smooth Moves1 2006 Wii Goro Abe Yoshio Sakamoto
Rhythm Tengoku 2006 GBA Kazuyoshi Osawa Yoshio Sakamoto
Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero 2007 NDS Kazuyoshi Osawa Yoshio Sakamoto
Otona no DS Kao Training1 2007 NDS Takakazu Nakata Katsuya Yamano
Birds and Beans 2008 DSiWare Hiroshi Momose Yoshio Sakamoto
Paper Airplane Chase 2008 DSiWare Hiroshi Momose Yoshio Sakamoto
Rhythm Heaven 2008 NDS Kazuyoshi Osawa Yoshio Sakamoto
Atsumeru Egaocho1 2009 DSiWare Katsuya Yamano
WarioWare: Snapped!1 2009 DSi Goro Abe Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare D.I.Y.1 2009 NDS Goro Abe Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase1 2009 WiiWare Goro Abe Yoshio Sakamoto
Friend Collection 2009 NDS Ryutaro Takahashi Yoshio Sakamoto
Metroid: Other M*2 2010 Wii Takehiko Hosokawa Yoshio Sakamoto
Rhythm Heaven Wii 2011 Wii Kazuyoshi Osawa Yoshio Sakamoto

Nintendo SPD Group No.2

Manager/producer: Hitoshi Yamagami
Responsible primarily for first party puzzle games on Nintendo handhelds.

Title Year Platform(s) Director Producer
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix6 2005 GCN Yukihiro Yamazaki Hitoshi Yamagami
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League7 2005 GBA Masaki Tawara Hitoshi Yamagami
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! 2005 NDS Kouichi Kawamoto Hitoshi Yamagami
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day 2005 NDS Hirsohi Honjo, Masaki Tawara Hitoshi Yamagami
Mahjong DS 2005 NDS Masaki Tawara Hitoshi Yamagami
Super Princess Peach1 2005 NDS Akio Imai, Azusa Tajima Hitoshi Yamagami, Yasuhiro Minamimoto
Jump Superstars5 2005 NDS Takao Nakano Hitoshi Yamagami
Tetris DS 2006 NDS Masaki Tawara Hitoshi Yamagami
Jump Ultimate Stars5 2006 NDS Takao Nakano Hitoshi Yamagami
My Household Diary4 2007 NDS Azusa Tajima Hitoshi Yamagami
Endless Ocean2 2008 Wii Masaki Tawara Hitoshi Yamagami
Style Savvy4 2009 NDS Azusa Tajima Hitoshi Yamagami
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor3 2009 Wii Atsutomu Nakagawa Hitoshi Yamagami
Metal Torrent2 2010 DSiWare Hiroyasu Hashidate Hitoshi Yamagami
Endless Ocean 2: Blue World2 2010 Wii Masaki Tawara Hitoshi Yamagami
Xenoblade Chronicles8 [3] 2011 Wii Tetsuya Takahashi Shingo Kawabata, Takao Nakano

Nintendo SPD Group No.3

Manager/producer: Kensuke Tanabe
Responsible for overseeing the development of titles by overseas and outhouse teams. Currently overseeing an unknown number of internal and external projects.

Title Year Platform(s) Director Producer
Metroid Prime1 2002 GCN Mark Pacini Kensuke Tanabe
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes1 2004 GCN Mark Pacini Kensuke Tanabe
Battalion Wars2 2005 GCN Kensuke Tanabe
Super Mario Strikers3 2005 GCN Kensuke Tanabe
Geist4 2005 GCN Kensuke Tanabe, Hideki Konno
Metroid Prime Hunters5 2006 NDS Kensuke Tanabe
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis5 2006 NDS Kensuke Tanabe
Excite Truck6 2006 Wii Kensuke Tanabe, Keisuke Terasaki
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption1 2007 Wii Mark Pacini Kensuke Tanabe
Battalion Wars 22 2007 Wii Kensuke Tanabe
Mario Strikers Charged3 2007 Wii Kensuke Tanabe
Punch-Out!!3 2009 Wii Kensuke Tanabe
Excitebots: Trick Racing6 2009 Wii Kensuke Tanabe
Eco Shooter: Plant 3508 2009 Wii Kensuke Tanabe
Fluidity7 2010 WiiWare Jonathan Biddle Kensuke Tanabe
Donkey Kong Country Returns1 2010 Wii Bryan Walker Kensuke Tanabe
Pilotwings Resort6 2011 3DS Richard Garcia Kensuke Tanabe

Nintendo SPD Group No.4

Manager/producer: Hiroshi Sato
Responsible for overseeing the development of titles by external Japanese teams. Currently overseeing an unknown number of internal and external projects.

Title Year Platform(s) Director Producer
Napoleon6 2001 GBA Masaki Tawara Shinji Hatano
Kuru Kuru Kururin1 2001 GBA Hiroshi Sato Shinji Hatano
Kururin Squash!1 2004 GCN Miyuki Hirose Hiroshi Sato
DK: King of Swing7 2005 GBA Shinya Sano Toshiharu Izuno
Elite Beat Agents5 2006 NDS Shinya Saito Hiroshi Sato
DK: Jungle Climber7 2007 NDS Shinya Sano Toshiharu Izuno
Mario Party 84 2007 Wii Miyuki Hirose Hiroshi Sato
Mario Party DS4 2007 NDS Miyuki Hirose Hiroshi Sato
Hotel Dusk: Room 2153 2009 NDS Satoshi Kira Hiroshi Sato
Another Code R3 2009 Wii Satoshi Kira Hiroshi Sato
Wii Party2 2010 Wii Miyuki Hirose Hiroshi Sato
  • 1 Co-production with Eighting.
  • 2 Co-production with Nd Cube.
  • 3 Co-production with Cing.
  • 4 Co-production with Hudson.
  • 5 Co-production with INiS.
  • 6 Co-production with Genki.
  • 7 Co-production with Paon.

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