Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

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Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Native name
任天堂企画制作本部
Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
TypeDivision
IndustryVideo games
Predecessors
  • Nintendo EAD
  • Nintendo SPD
FoundedSeptember 16, 2015; 6 years ago (2015-09-16)
Headquarters
Kyoto
,
Japan
Number of locations
2 (Kyoto and Tokyo)
Key people
General Manager
Shinya Takahashi
Deputy General Managers
Katsuya Eguchi
Eiji Aonuma
Hisashi Nogami
Yoshiaki Koizumi
Senior Officers
Takashi Tezuka
Yoshio Sakamoto
Kensuke Tanabe
Brands
ParentNintendo

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division,[a] commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EPD, is the largest division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division focuses on developing and producing video games, mobile apps, and other related entertainment software for the company. EPD was created after a merger of the company's former Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD) divisions in September 2015.

History[]

See also: History of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and History of Nintendo Software Planning & Development

The division was created on September 16, 2015 after the consolidation of two of Nintendo's former software divisions, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD), as part of a company-wide organizational restructure that took place under Nintendo's then newly appointed president, Tatsumi Kimishima.[1][2][3]

The division assumed both of its predecessors' roles, focusing on the development of games and software for Nintendo platforms and mobile devices; it also manages and licenses the company's various intellectual properties, alongside producing and supervising development for external studios. Shinya Takahashi, former head of Nintendo SPD,[4] serves as the general manager of the division, with Yoshiaki Koizumi, Katsuya Eguchi, Eiji Aonuma, and Hisashi Nogami serving as deputy general managers, and, Kensuke Tanabe, Yoshio Sakamoto and Takashi Tezuka acting as senior officers. While the others were in such positions since the division's formation, Aonuma, Tanabe and Nogami were promoted into higher positions within the division in 2019.[3][5]

List of video games developed by Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Year Title Genre(s) Platform(s) Ref.
2015 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes[b] Action-adventure Nintendo 3DS [6]
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival[c] Party Wii U [7]
2016 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD[d] Action-adventure [8]
Miitomo Social networking service Android [9]
iOS
Star Fox Zero[e] Scrolling shooter Wii U [10]
Star Fox Guard[e] Tower defense [10]
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo Social simulation Nintendo 3DS [11]
Miitopia Role-playing game [12]
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Level editor, platformer
Super Mario Run Platformer iOS [13]
Android
Tank Troopers[f] Action Nintendo 3DS [14]
2017 1-2-Switch Party Nintendo Switch [15]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Action-adventure [16]
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Kart racing Nintendo Switch [17][18]
Arms Fighting, sports [19]
Splatoon 2 Third-person shooter [20]
Metroid: Samus Returns[g] Metroidvania Nintendo 3DS [21]
Super Mario Odyssey Platformer Nintendo Switch [22]
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp[c] Social simulation Android [23]
iOS
2018 Nintendo Labo[h] Construction set Nintendo Switch [24]
Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido[i] Puzzle Nintendo 3DS [25]
Nintendo Switch
WarioWare Gold[j] Action Nintendo 3DS [26]
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[k] Action puzzle [27]
Nintendo Switch
2019 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Platformer [28]
Super Mario Maker 2 Level editor, platformer [29]
Dr. Mario World[l] Puzzle Android [30]
iOS
Mario Kart Tour Kart racing Android [31]
iOS
Ring Fit Adventure Exergame, role-playing Nintendo Switch [32][failed verification]
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch[i] Puzzle [33]
2020 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Life simulation [34]
Super Mario 3D All-Stars[m] Platformer [35]
2021 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[n] Platformer [36]
Game Builder Garage Programming game [37]
WarioWare: Get It Together![j] Action [38]
Metroid Dread[g] Metroidvania [39]
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Puzzle [40]
2022 Untitled The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel Action-adventure [41][42]
Splatoon 3 Third-person shooter [43]
Notes
  1. ^ Japanese: 任天堂企画制作本部, Hepburn: Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
  2. ^ Co-developed with Grezzo
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Co-developed with NDCube
  4. ^ Co-developed with Tantalus Media
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Co-developed with PlatinumGames
  6. ^ Co-developed with Vitei
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Co-developed with MercurySteam
  8. ^ Nintendo Labo is a brand of cardboard-based DIY construction sets that use the Nintendo Switch, with included software, and its Joy-Con controllers in a variety of different ways
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Co-developed with indieszero
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Co-developed with Intelligent Systems
  11. ^ Co-developed with Nintendo Software Technology
  12. ^ Co-developed with LINE and NHN Entertainment
  13. ^ Co-developed with Nintendo European Research & Development and 1-Up Studio
  14. ^ Co-developed with Nintendo Software Technology and 1-Up Studio

References[]

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