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Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Company typeCorporation
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMarch 30, 1993 , March 30, 1988
HeadquartersJapan Kyoto, Tokyo
Key people
Shigeru Miyamoto: General Manager
Takashi Tezuka: General Manager
ProductsVarious video game titles
Number of employees
800~
WebsiteNintendo Co. Ltd


Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (or EAD; formerly Research & Development Team 4) is the largest division inside Nintendo. Famed developers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka serve as heads of the EAD studios and are credited in each game released from EAD, with varying degrees of involvement. EAD is best-known for its work on games in the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, Star Fox and Pikmin franchises.

In 1997, Miyamoto explained that twenty to thirty employees were devoted to each EAD title during the course of its development.[1] He also disclosed the existence of a programming group within the division called SRD, a group of about two-hundred employees with proficiency in hardware development.[1]

In 2004 Nintendo underwent a corporate restructuring, in which Nintendo Research & Development 1 and Nintendo Research & Development 2 were merged under the EAD banner.[2] Nintendo EAD is itself split into five separate teams who work concurrently on different projects. [3]

Current structure

EAD Software Group No. 1

Manager/Producer: Hideki Konno

EAD Software Group No. 2

Manager/Producer: Katsuya Eguchi

EAD Software Group No. 3

Manager/Producer: Eiji Aonuma

EAD Software Group No. 4

Manager/Producer: Hiroyuki Kimura

EAD Software Group Tokyo

Manager/Producer: Takao Shimizu

Developer hierarchy

Chief Production Officer
Satoru Iwata
General Managers
Shigeru Miyamoto - Takashi Tezuka - Takao Sawano
Development Group Managers
Hideki Konno - Katsuya Eguchi - Eiji Aonuma
Hiroyuki Kimura - Takao Shimizu
Creative Directors
Yasuyuki Oyagi - Toshiaki Suzuki - Kiyoshi Mizuki
Mitsuhiro Takano - Hisashi Nogami - Shigefumi Hino
Yoshiaki Koizumi - Kenta Usui - Hiroshi Matsunaga
Motoi Okamoto - Koichi Hayashida - Hidemaro Fujibayashi
Daiki Iwamoto - Shigeyuki Asuke - Tomoaki Yoshinobu - Takaya Imamura

Games developed

Title Producer Director Music Year Platform(s)
Devil World[citation needed] Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Akito Nakatsuka 1984 Famicom
Excitebike[citation needed] Shigeru Miyamoto - - 1984 NES
Super Mario Bros. Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto,
Takashi Tezuka 		Koji Kondo 1985 NES
Ice Climber[citation needed] Shigeru Miyamoto Kensuke Tanabe Akito Nakatsuka 1985 NES
Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels) Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Koji Kondo 1986 FDS
Nazo no Murasame-jō (Riddle of Murasame Castle) Keizo Kato Minoru Maeda Koji Kondo 1986 FDS
The Legend of Zelda[citation needed] Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto,
Takashi Tezuka 		Koji Kondo 1987 NES
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (Dream Factory Nervous Panic) Shigeru Miyamoto Kensuke Tanabe Koji Kondo 1987 FDS
Super Mario Bros. 2 (based on Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic) Shigeru Miyamoto Kensuke Tanabe Koji Kondo 1987 NES
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link Shigeru Miyamoto Tadashi Sugiyama Akito Nakatsuka 1987 NES
Super Mario Bros. 3 Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Koji Kondo 1988 NES
Super Mario World Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Koji Kondo 1990 SNES
F-Zero Shigeru Miyamoto Kazunobu "Isshin" Shimizu Naoto Ishida 1990 SNES
Pilotwings Shigeru Miyamoto Tadashi Sugiyama Soyo Oka,
Koji Kondo 		1990 SNES
SimCity Shigeru Miyamoto Hideki Konno Soyo Oka 1991 SNES
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Koji Kondo 1991 SNES
Wave Race Shigeru Miyamoto Masayuki Kameyama Taisuke Araki 1992 GB
Super Mario Kart Shigeru Miyamoto Hideki Konno,
Tadashi Sugiyama 		Soyo Oka 1992 SNES
Super Mario All-Stars Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Koji Kondo,
Soyo Oka 		1993 SNES
Star Fox (assisted by Argonaut Games) Shigeru Miyamoto Katsuya Eguchi Hajime Hirasawa 1993 SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Kazumi Totaka,
Minako Hamano,
Kozue Ishikawa 		1993 GB
Donkey Kong Shigeru Miyamoto Takao Shimizu Taisuke Araki 1994 GB
Stunt Race FX (assisted by Argonaut Games) Shigeru Miyamoto Tatsuya Hishida Shinobu Amayake 1994 SNES
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka,
Toshihiko Nakago,
Shigefumi Hino,
Hideki Konno 		Koji Kondo 1995 SNES
Mole Mania Shigeru Miyamoto Masayuki Kameyama Taro Bando 1996 GB
Super Mario 64 Shigeru Miyamoto Shigeru Miyamoto Koji Kondo 1996 N64
Wave Race 64 Shigeru Miyamoto Katsuya Eguchi Kazumi Totaka 1996 N64
Mario Kart 64 Shigeru Miyamoto Hideki Konno Kenta Nagata 1996 N64
Star Fox 64 Shigeru Miyamoto Takao Shimizu Koji Kondo,
Hajime Wakai 		1997 N64
Yoshi's Story Takashi Tezuka Hideki Konno Kazumi Totaka 1997 N64
F-Zero X Shigeru Miyamoto Tadashi Sugiyama Taro Bando,
Hajime Wakai 		1998 N64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Shigeru Miyamoto Toru Osawa, Yoichi Yamada,
Eiji Aonuma, Yoshiaki Koizumi 		Koji Kondo 1998 N64
1080° Snowboarding Shigeru Miyamoto Masamichi Abe Kenta Nagata 1998 N64
Pokémon Stadium (Japan Only) Shigeru Miyamoto Takao Shimizu Kenta Nagata 1998 N64
Pokémon Stadium (Pokémon Stadium 2 in Japan) Shigeru Miyamoto Takao Shimizu Kenta Nagata 1999 N64
Mario Artist: Paint Studio Takao Sawano Hirofumi Matsuoka Kazumi Totaka 1999 64DD
Mario Artist: Communication Kit Takao Sawano Kazunobu Eri Hideaki Shimizu 2000 64DD
Mario Artist: Polygon Studio Takao Sawano Hirofumi Matsuoka Kazumi Totaka 2000 64DD
Mario Artist: Talent Studio Takao Sawano Hiroyuki Kimura Kazumi Totaka 2000 64DD
F-Zero X Expansion Kit Shigeru Miyamoto Tadashi Sugiyama Taro Bando,
Hajime Wakai 		2000 64DD
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Shigeru Miyamoto Eiji Aonuma,
Yoshiaki Koizumi 		Koji Kondo,
Toru Minegishi 		2000 N64
Pokémon Stadium 2
(Pokémon Stadium Kin Gin in Japan) 		Shigeru Miyamoto Takao Shimizu Kenta Nagata 2000 N64
Luigi's Mansion Shigeru Miyamoto Hideki Konno Kazumi Totaka,
Shinobu Tanaka 		2001 GCN
Pikmin Shigeru Miyamoto Shigefumi Hino,
Masamishi Abe 		Hajime Wakai 2001 GCN
Animal Crossing Takashi Tezuka Katsuya Eguchi,
Hisashi Nogami 		Kazumi Totaka,
Shinobu Tanaka,
Kenta Nagata,
Toru Minegishi 		2001 N64, GCN
Super Mario Sunshine Shigeru Miyamoto Yoshiaki Koizumi Koji Kondo,
Shinobu Tanaka 		2002 GCN
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Shigeru Miyamoto Eiji Aonuma Koji Kondo,
Kenta Nagata,
Hajime Wakai,
Toru Minegishi 		2003 GCN
Pokemon Box Shigeru Miyamoto Tatsuya Hishida Kenta Nagata 2003 GCN
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Shigeru Miyamoto Kiyoshi Mizuki Shinobu Tanaka,
Kenta Nagata 		2003 GCN
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures Eiji Aonuma,
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Toshiaki Suzuki Asuka Ohta,
Koji Kondo 		2004 GCN
Pikmin 2 Shigeru Miyamoto,
Takashi Tezuka 		Shigefumi Hino,
Masamishi Abe 		Hajime Wakai 2004 GCN
Super Mario 64 DS Shigeru Miyamoto Shinichi Ikematsu Koji Kondo,
Kenta Nagata 		2004 NDS
Yoshi Touch & Go Takashi Tezuka Hiroyuki Kimura Toru Minegishi,
Asuka Ohta 		2005 NDS
Big Brain Academy Hiroyuki Kimura Tomoaki Yoshinobu Kenta Nagata 2005 NDS
Nintendogs Hideki Konno Kiyoshi Mizuki Hajime Wakai 2005 NDS
Mario Kart DS Hideki Konno,
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Makoto Wada Shinobu Tanaka 2005 NDS
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Takao Shimizu Yoshiaki Koizumi Mahito Yokota 2005 GCN
Animal Crossing: Wild World Katsuya Eguchi,
Takashi Tezuka 		Hisashi Nogami Kazumi Totaka 2005 NDS
New Super Mario Bros. Hiroyuki Kimura,
Takashi Tezuka 		Shigeyuki Asuke Asuka Ohta 2006 NDS
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Shigeru Miyamoto Eiji Aonuma Koji Kondo,
Toru Minegishi,
Asuka Ohta 		2006 GCN, Wii
Wii Sports Katsuya Eguchi,
Kiyoshi Mizuki,
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Keizo Ohta,
Takayuki Shimamura,
Yoshikazu Yamashita 		Kazumi Totaka 2006 Wii
Wii Play Katsuya Eguchi Motoi Okamoto Ryoji Yoshitomi 2006 Wii
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Hiroyuki Kimura Tomoaki Yoshinobu Ryo Nagamatsu 2007 Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Eiji Aonuma,
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Daiki Iwamoto Kenta Nagata,
Toru Minegishi 		2007 NDS
Super Mario Galaxy Shigeru Miyamoto,
Takao Shimizu 		Yoshiaki Koizumi Mahito Yokota
Koji Kondo 		2007 Wii
Link's Crossbow Training Eiji Aonuma Makoto Miyanaga Kenta Nagata 2007 Wii
Wii Fit Tadashi Sugiyama
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Hiroshi Matsunaga Toru Minegishi 2008 Wii
Mario Kart Wii Hideki Konno,
Shigeru Miyamoto 		Yasuyuki Oyagi Asuka Ohta,
Ryo Nagamatsu 		2008 Wii
Wii Music Katsuya Eguchi Kazumi Totaka Kōji Kondō 2008 Wii
Animal Crossing: City Folk Katsuya Eguchi Hisashi Nogami Manaka Tominaga 2008 Wii
Moving Notepad Yoshiaki Koizumi Hideaki Shimizu 2008 Nintendo DSi
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Yoshiaki Koizumi Futoshi Shirai Mahito Yokota 2008 Wii
New Play Control! Pikmin Hiroyuki Kimura Hisashi Nogami Hajime Wakai 2008 Wii

References

  1. ^ a b Takao Imamura, Shigeru Miyamoto (1997). Nintendo Power August, 1997 - Pak Watch E3 Report "The Game Masters". Nintendo. pp. 104–105.
  2. ^ N-Sider. Nintendo Revolution FAQ
  3. ^ Cassidy, Kevin. NCL Team Structure work in progress. June 7, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
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