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Originally known as R&D4, Nintendo EAD is Nintendo's most celebrated development team. Lead by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], it is currently Nintendo's largest development team. EAD stands for Entertainment Analysis and Development.
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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==
 
==History==
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===R&D4===
 
===R&D4===
  
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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.
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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 titles of the ''[[Portal: Mario Brothers|Super Mario]]'' and ''[[Portal: The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]'' series.
  
 
===EAD===
 
===EAD===
  
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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]]''.
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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 NES]]. 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 Game Boy games as [[R&D1]], they made a few, most notably ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''.
  
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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.
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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 [[Pokémon]] franchise with ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''. Their most significant new franchise in that era was ''[[Portal: Animal Crossing|Animal Forest]]'', a life simulator.
  
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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]]''
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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===
 
===New Structure===
  
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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.
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In 2005, [[Satoru Iwata]] decided to merge all of Nintendo's internal software developers into one group. [[R&D 1]], [[R&D 2]], and [[Nintendo Special Planning & Development]] were all merged with EAD.  However, because of the size of the group, they were divided into smaller Software Development groups. Under this new system, Miyamoto had control over all of Nintendo's internal game development. There were known to be at least six different development groups.
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===Merger===
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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==
 
==Software Development Groups==
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|align="center" bgcolor="lightblue" | '''Software Development Group #2'''
 
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|'''Manager:''' [[Eiji Aonuma]]
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|'''Manager:''' [[Katsuya Eguchi]]
 
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|'''Games:''' ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]''
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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'''
 
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|'''Manager:''' [[Takao Shimizu]]
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|'''Manager:''' [[Eiji Aonuma]]
 
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat]]''
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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'''
 
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|'''Manager:''' [[Shinya Takahashi]]
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|'''Manager:''' [[Hiroyuki Kimura]]
 
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Jam with the Band]]'', ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes Each Day]]''
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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]]'''
 
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|'''Manager:''' [[Katsuya Eguchi]]
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|'''Manager:''' [[Takao Shimizu]]
 
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]'', ''[[Animal Crossing Wii]]''
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat]]''
 
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|'''Manager:''' [[Shinya Takahashi]]
 
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|'''Games:''' ''[[Jam with the Band]]'', ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]''
 
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===[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]===
 
===[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]===
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*[[The Legend of Zelda]]
 
*[[Super Mario Bros.]]
 
*[[Super Mario Bros.]]
 
*[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]
 
*[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]
 
*[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]
 
*[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda]]
 
 
*[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]
 
*[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]]
  
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===[[Super Nintendo]]===
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===[[Super NES]]===
  
 
*[[F-Zero]]
 
*[[F-Zero]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]
 
*[[SimCity]]
 
*[[SimCity]]
 
*[[Star Fox]]
 
*[[Star Fox]]
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*[[Super Mario World]]
 
*[[Super Mario World]]
 
*[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]
 
*[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]
 
  
 
===[[Nintendo 64]]===
 
===[[Nintendo 64]]===
  
 
*[[1080 Snowboarding]]
 
*[[1080 Snowboarding]]
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*[[Animal Forest]]
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*[[Animal Crossing|Animal Forest]]
 
*[[F-Zero X]]
 
*[[F-Zero X]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]
 
*[[Mario Kart 64]]
 
*[[Mario Kart 64]]
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*[[Pokemon Stadium]]
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*[[Pokémon Stadium]]
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*[[Pokemon Stadium 2]]
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*[[Pokémon Stadium 2]]
 
*[[Star Fox 64]]
 
*[[Star Fox 64]]
 
*[[Super Mario 64]]
 
*[[Super Mario 64]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]
 
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]
 
 
*[[Wave Race 64]]
 
*[[Wave Race 64]]
 
*[[Yoshi's Story]]
 
*[[Yoshi's Story]]
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*[[Animal Crossing]]
 
*[[Animal Crossing]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]
 
*[[Luigi's Mansion]]
 
*[[Luigi's Mansion]]
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*[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]
 
*[[Pikmin]]
 
*[[Pikmin]]
 
*[[Pikmin 2]]
 
*[[Pikmin 2]]
 
*[[Super Mario Sunshine]]
 
*[[Super Mario Sunshine]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest]]
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===[[Nintendo Wii]]===
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*[[Animal Crossing: City Folk]]
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*[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]
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*[[Mario Kart Wii]]
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*[[Link's Crossbow Training]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword]]
 
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]
 
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]
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*[[Wii Fit]] (with Nintendo SRD)
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*[[Wii Fit Plus]] (with Nintendo SRD)
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*[[Wii Music]]
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*[[Wii Play]]
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*[[Wii Play: Motion]]
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*[[Wii Sports]]
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*[[Wii Sports Resort]]
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===[[Wii U]]===
  
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===[[Gameboy]]===
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD]]
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*[[Mario Kart 8]]
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*[[New Super Mario Bros. U]] and [[New Super Mario Bros. U#New Super Luigi U|New Super Luigi U]]
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*[[Nintendo Land]]
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*[[Pikmin 3]]
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*[[Splatoon]]
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*[[Super Mario Maker]]
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*[[Wii Fit U]] (with [[Ganbarion]])
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*[[Wii Sports Club]]
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===[[Nintendo Switch]]===
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*[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]
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===[[Game Boy]]===
  
 
*[[Donkey Kong '94]]
 
*[[Donkey Kong '94]]
 
*[[Kirby's Block Ball]]
 
*[[Kirby's Block Ball]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]
 
*[[Mole Mania]]
 
*[[Mole Mania]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]
 
  
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===[[Gameboy Color]]===
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===[[Game Boy Color]]===
  
 
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]
 
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]
 
*[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]
  
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===[[Gameboy Advance]]===
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===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
  
 
*[[Dr. Mario & Puzzle League]]
 
*[[Dr. Mario & Puzzle League]]
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===[[Nintendo DS]]===
 
===[[Nintendo DS]]===
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*[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]
 
*[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]
 
*[[Big Brain Academy]]
 
*[[Big Brain Academy]]
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*[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes Each Day]]
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*[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]
 
*[[Mario Kart DS]]
 
*[[Mario Kart DS]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]
 
*[[New Super Mario Bros.]]
 
*[[New Super Mario Bros.]]
 
*[[Nintendogs]]
 
*[[Nintendogs]]
 
*[[Super Mario 64 DS]]
 
*[[Super Mario 64 DS]]
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===[[Nintendo 3DS]]===
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*[[Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer]]
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*[[Animal Crossing: New Leaf]]
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*[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]
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*[[Mario Kart 7]] (with [[Retro Studios]])
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*[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]
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*[[Nintendogs + Cats]]
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*[[Star Fox 64 3D]] (with [[Q-Games]])
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*[[Steel Diver]] (with Vitei)
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*[[Steel Diver: Sub Wars]] (with Vitei)
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=See Also=
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*[[EAD Tokyo]]
  
 
[[Category:First Party Developers]]
 
[[Category:First Party Developers]]

Latest revision as of 13:43, 25 September 2018

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Nintendo EAD
Type First Party
Founded 1984
Status Merged
Base Kyoto, Japan
Bestseller Super Mario Bros.
Homepage Japanese Site
US Site
Notable Members Eiji Aonuma
Shigeru Miyamoto
Key Franchises Animal Crossing
F-Zero
Mario
Pikmin
Star Fox
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[edit]

R&D4[edit]

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 NES's most memorable games: the titles of the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.

EAD[edit]

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 NES. 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 Game Boy 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 Pokémon franchise with Pokémon Stadium. Their most significant new franchise in that era 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[edit]

In 2005, Satoru Iwata decided to merge all of Nintendo's internal software developers into one group. R&D 1, R&D 2, and Nintendo Special Planning & Development were all merged with EAD. However, because of the size of the group, they were divided into smaller Software Development groups. Under this new system, Miyamoto had control over all of Nintendo's internal game development. There were known to be at least six different development groups.

Merger[edit]

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[edit]

Software Development Group #1
Manager: Hideki Konno
Games: Nintendogs, Mario Kart DS
Software Development Group #2
Manager: Katsuya Eguchi
Games: Animal Crossing: Wild World, Animal Crossing: City Folk
Software Development Group #3
Manager: Eiji Aonuma
Games: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Software Development Group #4
Manager: Hiroyuki Kimura
Games: Yoshi Touch & Go, Big Brain Academy
Software Development Group Tokyo
Manager: Takao Shimizu
Games: Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Software Development Group #?
Manager: Shinya Takahashi
Games: Jam with the Band, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

Games[edit]

Nintendo Entertainment System[edit]

Super NES[edit]

Nintendo 64[edit]

Nintendo 64DD[edit]

Gamecube[edit]

Nintendo Wii[edit]

Wii U[edit]

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Game Boy[edit]

Game Boy Color[edit]

Game Boy Advance[edit]

Nintendo DS[edit]

Nintendo 3DS[edit]

See Also[edit]

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