Editing Nintendo EAD

{{Developer
| name=Nintendo EAD
| logo =[[Image:Nintendologo.png|250px]]
| bgcolor=silver
| fgcolor=black
| type= First Party
| status= Merged
| founded= 1984
| base= Kyoto, Japan
| bestseller=[[Super Mario Bros.]]
| homepage=[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ Japanese Site]<br/>[http://www.nintendo.com/ US Site]
| notable= [[Eiji Aonuma]]<br/>[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
| franchise=[[Animal Crossing]]<br/> [[F-Zero]]<br/>[[Mario]]<br/>[[Pikmin]]<br/>[[Star Fox]]<br/>[[The Legend of Zelda]]
|}}

Originally known as R&D4, '''Nintendo EAD''' was Nintendo's most celebrated development team. Led by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], it was Nintendo's largest development team until it was merged with [[Nintendo SPD]] in 2015 to become [[Nintendo EPD]]. EAD stands for Entertainment Analysis and Development.

==History==

===R&D4===

R&D4 was founded in 1984. The president of Nintendo, impressed with the success of Shigeru Miyamoto's games, decided to give Miyamoto his own development team. It was the smallest development team, but they created some of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]'s most memorable games: the [[Mario]] and [[The Legend of Zelda]] series.

===EAD===

In 1989, the president of Nintendo decided to restructure the company. Most of the software developers from [[R&D2]] and [[R&D3]] were transferred to the newly renamed Nintendo EAD. They were told to focus on developing games for the [[Super Nintendo]]. They continued with the popular Mario and Zelda franchises, while creating new ones including ''[[Star Fox]]'' and ''[[F-Zero]]''. Though they didn't make as many Gameboy games as [[R&D1]], they made a few, most notably ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''.

During the Nintendo 64 era, EAD continued to create new games in their popular franchises. In addition, they began a few new franchises. ''[[Wave Race 64]]'' and ''[[1080 Snowboarding]]'' were popular. They supported the [[Pokemon]] franchise with ''[[Pokemon Stadium]]''. However, the most significant new franchise was ''[[Animal Forest]]'', a life simulator.

With the Gamecube came new games. Nintendo EAD continued to create games for it's two key franchises: Mario and Zelda. However, the majority of it's franchises were taken over by other groups. They brought over a new version of the Japanese ''Animal Forest'' to America under the name ''[[Animal Crossing]]''. They also began a new series with ''[[Pikmin]]''

===New Structure===

In 2005, [[Satoru Iwata]] decided to merge all of Nintendo's internal software developers into one group. [[R&D1]], [[R&D2]], and [[Nintendo Special Planning & Development]] were all merged with EAD.  However, because of the size of the group, they have been divided into smaller Software Development groups. Under this new system, Miyamoto has control over all of Nintendo's internal game development. It's currently unknown how many Software Development Groups there are, but there is information about at least six different groups.


===Merger===

Following the death of Iwata in 2015, much of Nintendo was restructured. EAD was merged with [[Nintendo SPD]] (Software Planning & Development) to form a new division called [[Nintendo EPD]] (Entertainment Planning & Development]].

==Software Development Groups==

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|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''Software Development Group #1'''
|-
|'''Manager:''' [[Hideki Konno]]
|-
|'''Games:''' ''[[Nintendogs]]'', ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''
|-
|}

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|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''Software Development Group #2'''
|-
|'''Manager:''' [[Katsuya Eguchi]]
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing: City Folk]]''
|-
|}

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|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''Software Development Group #3'''
|-
|'''Manager:''' [[Eiji Aonuma]]
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|'''Games:''' ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
|-
|}

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|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''Software Development Group #4'''
|-
|'''Manager:''' [[Hiroyuki Kimura]]
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]'', ''[[Big Brain Academy]]''
|-
|}

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|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''[[EAD Tokyo|Software Development Group Tokyo]]'''
|-
|'''Manager:''' [[Takao Shimizu]]
|-
|'''Games:''' ''[[Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat]]''
|-
|}

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|-
|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''Software Development Group #?'''
|-
|'''Manager:''' [[Shinya Takahashi]]
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Jam with the Band]]'', ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]''
|-
|}

==Games==

===[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]===
*[[The Legend of Zelda]]
*[[Super Mario Bros.]]
*[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]
*[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]
*[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]

===[[Super NES]]===

*[[F-Zero]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]
*[[SimCity]]
*[[Star Fox]]
*[[Stunt Race FX]]
*[[Super Mario All-Stars]]
*[[Super Mario Kart]]
*[[Super Mario World]]
*[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]

===[[Nintendo 64]]===

*[[1080 Snowboarding]]
*[[Animal Forest]]
*[[F-Zero X]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]
*[[Mario Kart 64]]
*[[Pokémon Stadium]]
*[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]
*[[Star Fox 64]]
*[[Super Mario 64]]
*[[Wave Race 64]]
*[[Yoshi's Story]]

===[[Nintendo 64DD]]===

*[[F-Zero X Expansion Kit]]

===[[Gamecube]]===

*[[Animal Crossing]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]
*[[Luigi's Mansion]]
*[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]
*[[Pikmin]]
*[[Pikmin 2]]
*[[Super Mario Sunshine]]

===[[Nintendo Wii]]===

*[[Animal Crossing: City Folk]]
*[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
*[[Mario Kart Wii]]
*[[Link's Crossbow Training]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]] (''in development'')
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]
*[[Wii Fit]] (with Nintendo SRD)
*[[Wii Fit Plus]] (with Nintendo SRD)
*[[Wii Music]]
*[[Wii Play]]
*[[Wii Play: Motion]]
*[[Wii Sports]]
*[[Wii Sports Resort]]

===[[Wii U]]===

*[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD]]
*[[Mario Kart 8]]
*[[New Super Mario Bros. U]] and [[New Super Mario Bros. U#New Super Luigi U|New Super Luigi U]]
*[[Nintendo Land]]
*[[Pikmin 3]]
*[[Splatoon]]
*[[Super Mario Maker]]
*[[Wii Fit U]] (with [[Ganbarion]]
*[[Wii Sports Club]]

===[[Nintendo Switch]]===

*[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]

===[[Game Boy]]===

*[[Donkey Kong '94]]
*[[Kirby's Block Ball]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]
*[[Mole Mania]]

===[[Game Boy Color]]===

*[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]

===[[Game Boy Advance]]===

*[[Dr. Mario & Puzzle League]]
*[[Super Mario Advance]]
*[[Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World]]
*[[Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island]]
*[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]

===[[Nintendo DS]]===

*[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]
*[[Big Brain Academy]]
*[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]
*[[Mario Kart DS]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]
*[[New Super Mario Bros.]]
*[[Nintendogs]]
*[[Super Mario 64 DS]]

===[[Nintendo 3DS]]===

*[[Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer]]
*[[Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]
*[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]
*[[Mario Kart 7]] (with [[Retro Studios]])
*[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]
*[[Nintendogs + Cats]]
*[[Star Fox 64 3D]] (with [[Q-Games]])
*[[Steel Diver]] (with Vitei)
*[[Steel Diver: Sub Wars]] (with Vitei)

=See Also=

*[[EAD Tokyo]]

[[Category:First Party Developers]]