Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

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Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Native name
任天堂企画制作本部
Romanized name
Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
Company type Division
Industry Video games
Predecessors
FoundedSeptember 16, 2015;9 years ago (2015-09-16)
Headquarters
Kyoto
,
Japan
Number of locations
2 (Kyoto and Tokyo)
Key people
Brands
Parent Nintendo
Divisions
  • Co-Production Group
  • Production Group No. 3
  • Production Group No. 4
  • Production Group No. 5
  • Production Group No. 6
  • Production Group No. 7
  • Production Group No. 8
  • Production Group No. 9
  • Production Group No. 10
  • Smart Device Production Group

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division, [a] abbreviated 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. Nintendo EPD was established in September 2015 after merging their Entertainment Analysis & Development and Software Planning & Development divisions.

Contents

History

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 under Nintendo's 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 general manager of Nintendo SPD, [4] has the same title in EPD, with Yoshiaki Koizumi, Katsuya Eguchi, Eiji Aonuma, and Hisashi Nogami as deputy general managers, and, Kensuke Tanabe, Yoshio Sakamoto and Takashi Tezuka as senior officers. The others had been in such positions since the division's formation, and Aonuma, Tanabe, and Nogami were promoted into higher positions within the division in 2019. [3] [5] By 2023, Takahashi and Koizumi were promoted to more senior positions, with Takayuki Shimamura being named deputy general manager and Aonuma and sound designer Koji Kondo named senior officers. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Structure

Mainly located in Kyoto, the Nintendo division works similarly to its two predecessors before the merger and is divided into many groups. It has ten production groups responsible for development or production of games, each of them having their own managers, producers and project leads working on specific series and focus, with them using the pool of talents in the division for each project. In the overall division, the general manager, deputy general managers, and senior officers oversee different aspects in those production groups. There are currently 10 production groups in Nintendo EPD, and the known groups in the department are:

Games developed

List of video games developed by Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
YearTitle Genre(s) Platform(s) Details
2015 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes [27] Action-adventure Nintendo 3DS Co-developed with Grezzo
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival [28] Party Wii U Co-developed with NDCube
2016 Miitomo [29] Social networking service Android —
iOS —
Star Fox Zero [30] Scrolling shooter Wii U Co-developed with PlatinumGames
Star Fox Guard [30] Tower defense
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo [31] Social simulation Nintendo 3DS —
Miitopia [32] Role-playing game —
Super Mario Run [33] Platformer iOS —
Android —
Tank Troopers [34] Action Nintendo 3DS Co-developed with Vitei
2017 1-2-Switch [35] Party Nintendo Switch —
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [36] Action-adventure Wii U —
Nintendo Switch —
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe [37] [38] Kart racing —
Arms [39] Fighting, sports —
Splatoon 2 [40] Third-person shooter —
Metroid: Samus Returns [41] Action-adventure Nintendo 3DS Co-developed with MercurySteam
Super Mario Odyssey [42] Platformer Nintendo Switch —
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp [43] Social simulation Android
iOS
2018 Nintendo Labo [44] [b] Construction set Nintendo Switch —
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker [45] Action puzzle Nintendo 3DS Co-developed with Nintendo Software Technology
Nintendo Switch
2019 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe [46] Platformer —
Super Mario Maker 2 [47] Level editor, platformer —
Dr. Mario World [48] Puzzle Android Co-developed with LINE and NHN Entertainment
iOS
Mario Kart Tour [49] Kart racing Android —
iOS —
Ring Fit Adventure [50] Exergame, role-playing Nintendo Switch —
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch [51] Puzzle Co-developed with indieszero
2020 Animal Crossing: New Horizons [52] Life simulation —
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Platformer Co-developed with 1-Up Studio and Nintendo European Research & Development [53] [54]
Pikmin 3 Deluxe Action, puzzle Co-developed with Eighting [55]
2021 Bowser's Fury [56] Platformer Co-developed with Nintendo Software Technology and 1-Up Studio
Game Builder Garage [57] Programming —
Metroid Dread [58] Action-adventure Co-developed with MercurySteam
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain [59] Puzzle Co-developed with indieszero
2022 Nintendo Switch Sports [60] Sports Basketball update co-developed with Eighting
Splatoon 3 [61] Third-person shooter —
2023 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [62] Action-adventure —
Everybody 1-2-Switch! [63] Party Co-developed with NDcube
Pikmin 4 [64] Action, puzzle Co-developed with Eighting
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Platformer
2024 Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Action Co-developed with indieszero [65]
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Adventure Co-developed with MAGES [66]
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Action-adventure Co-developed with Grezzo [67]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 任天堂企画制作本部, Hepburn: Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
  2. ↑ 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 ways.

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