- Nintendo Research & Development 2
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Nintendo Research and Development 2 Former type Private Industry Computer and video game industry Fate Reassigned to the Nintendo EAD Successor Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development Founded 1972 Defunct 2005 Headquarters Japan Products Games for Nintendo video game consoles Nintendo Research and Development 2 (任天堂開発第二部 Nintendo Kaihatsu Dainibu) (R&D2) was a team within Nintendo that developed software and peripherals. R&D2 ported several of the Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D3 games over to the Famicom in the early 1980s.[1] While usually occupied in system operating software and technical support, the team would come back to early development in the 1990s where several new designers got their start at game development, the most famous being Eiji Aonuma who developed Marvelous: Treasure Island.
R&D2 was originally led by Masayuki Uemura, who previously worked for Sharp Electronics Corporation, using an idea of Sharp's solar technology Uemura's department went on to develop the popular Nintendo beam gun games, selling over 1 million units. Kazuhiko Taniguchi took Uemura's position in 2004. Nintendo R&D2 was later merged into Nintendo SPD.[1]
Games developed
Title Year Platform(s) Mach Rider 1985 NES Ice Hockey 1988 NES NES Open Tournament Golf 1991 NES Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajim 1996 SNES BS Sutte Hakkun 1997 Satellaview Sutte Hakkun 1998 SNES Sutte Hakkun Event Version 1998 SNES Super Mario Bros. Deluxe 1999 GBC Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble 2000 GBC Super Mario Advance 2001 GBA Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 2002 GBA Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 2002 GBA The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords 2002 GBA Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 2003 GBA References
- ^ a b "Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros. Wii". Nintendo. 2009-11-31. http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/punchout/vol1_page2.jsp. Retrieved 2009-11-31.
External links
Nintendo developers First-party Brownie Brown • Creatures Inc. • EAD • HAL Laboratory • Intelligent Systems • Monolith Soft • Nd Cube • NSD • Project Sora • Retro Studios • SDD • Sora Ltd. • SPD • STC • Technology DevelopmentSecond-party AlphaDream • Ambrella • Camelot Software Planning • Game Freak • Genius Sonority • Good-Feel • Monster Games • Next Level Games • Noise • Paon • N-Space • skip Ltd. • TreasureFormer second-party Cing • Factor 5 • Left Field Productions • Marigul Management (including Clever Trick, Param, and Saru Brunei) • Rare • Silicon KnightsCategories:- Video game developers
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