Intelligent Systems
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| Intelligent Systems | |
| Type | First Party |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Status | Active |
| Base | Kyoto, Japan |
| Bestseller | Golf |
| Homepage | Japanese Site |
| Notable Members | Shouzo Kaga Gunpei Yokoi |
| Key Franchises | Fire Emblem Famicom Wars |
Intelligent Systems is one of Nintendo's first party developers. They are known for creating strategy series such as Fire Emblem and Nintendo Wars as well as working on subseries of other games such as the Paper Mario RPG games of the Mario series and the WarioWare games. In the past, they worked closely with R&D 1.
History
Intelligent Systems was founded by a group of developers from R&D 1. When R&D 1 was told to focus on the Gameboy, the defectors started their own team: Intelligent Systems. Gunpei Yokoi was the head of both teams and they shared personal on certain projects. However, they also created their own games including Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem.
During the Super NES era, they split themselves into four teams: Team Deer Forse, responsible for work on Super Metroid; Team Battle Clash, who worked on Super Scope games; Team Emblem, who worked on Fire Emblem games; and Team Shikamaru, who worked on Mario Paint. Most of their games for the Super NES were niche titles.
When the Nintendo 64 was released, Intelligent Systems had trouble with working in 3D. They decided to focus on handheld games, but they eventually returned to developing games for the Gamecube and the Wii.
Along with making games, Intelligent Systems has been responsible for the development tools for every Nintendo system to date, with the possible exception of the Wii.
Games
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Devil World
- Famicom Wars
- Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi
- Fire Emblem Gaiden
- Metroid
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Wild Gunman
- Wrecking Crew
Super Nintendo
- Battle Clash
- Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo
- Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu
- Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
- Mario Paint
- Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
- Super Famicom Wars
- Super Metroid
- Tetris Attack
Nintendo 64
Gamecube
Wii
WiiWare
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
- Advance Wars
- Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
- Dr. Mario & Puzzle League
- Fire Emblem
- Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit
- Napoleon
- WarioWare: Twisted!
- Wrecking Crew
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Fire Emblem Warriors (with Koei Tecmo)
- Paper Mario: Color Splash
- Pushmo World
Nintendo DS
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
- Advance Wars: Dual Strike
- Face Training
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
- Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu
- Kousaku Card Battle: Card Hero
- Planet Puzzle League
- WarioWare: D.I.Y.
- WarioWare: Touched!
DSiWare
- Bird & Bombs
- Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function
- Dragon Quest Wars
- Link 'n' Launch
- Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner
- Nintendo DSi Metronome
- Spotto!
- WarioWare: Snapped!
Nintendo 3DS
- Codename: S.T.E.A.M.
- Crashmo
- Daigasso! Band Brothers P (with Nintendo SDD)
- Fire Emblem Awakening (with Nintendo SPD)
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- Fire Emblem Fates
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star
- Pushmo
- Stretchmo
- WarioWare Gold
New Nintendo 3DS
- Fire Emblem Warriors (with Koei Tecmo)
Virtual Boy
Mobile
- Fire Emblem Heroes (with Nintendo EPD)