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Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

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.

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Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Native name
任天堂企画制作本部
Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
Company typeDivision
IndustryVideo games
Predecessors
FoundedSeptember 16, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-09-16)
Headquarters,
Japan
Number of locations
2 (Kyoto and Tokyo)
Key people
Brands
ParentNintendo
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
  • Programming Management Group
  • Design Management Group
  • Sound Management Group
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History

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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

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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. The division also houses the Programming Management, Design Management, and Sound Management groups.[10][11] There are currently 10 game production groups within Nintendo EPD:

Games developed

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List of video games developed by Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
Year Title Genre(s) Platform(s) Notes Ref.
2015 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Action-adventure Nintendo 3DS Co-developed with Grezzo [29]
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival Party Wii U Co-developed with NDCube [30]
2016 Star Fox Zero Shoot 'em up Wii U Co-developed with PlatinumGames [31]
Star Fox Guard Tower defense Wii U
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo Social simulation Nintendo 3DS [32]
Miitopia Role-playing game Nintendo 3DS [33]
Super Mario Run Platformer Android, iOS [34]
Miitomo Social networking service Android, iOS [35]
2017 Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Social simulation Android, iOS [36]
Metroid: Samus Returns Action-adventure Nintendo 3DS Co-developed with MercurySteam [37]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Action-adventure [38]
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Kart racing Nintendo Switch [39]
1-2-Switch Party Nintendo Switch [40]
Arms Fighting, sports Nintendo Switch [41]
Splatoon 2 Third-person shooter Nintendo Switch [42]
Super Mario Odyssey Platformer Nintendo Switch [43]
2018 Nintendo Labo[c] Construction set Nintendo Switch [44]
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Action puzzle Switch port co-developed with Nintendo Software Technology. [45]
2019 Dr. Mario World Puzzle Android, iOS Co-developed with LINE and NHN Entertainment [46]
Mario Kart Tour Kart racing Android, iOS [47]
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Platformer Nintendo Switch [48]
Super Mario Maker 2 Level editor, platformer Nintendo Switch [49]
Ring Fit Adventure Exergame, role-playing Nintendo Switch [50]
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch Puzzle Nintendo Switch Co-developed with indieszero [51]
2020 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Life simulation Nintendo Switch [52]
Super Mario 3D All-Stars Platformer Nintendo Switch Co-developed with 1-Up Studio and Nintendo European Research & Development [53][54]
Pikmin 3 Deluxe Action, puzzle Nintendo Switch Co-developed with Eighting [55]
2021 Bowser's Fury Platformer Nintendo Switch Co-developed with Nintendo Software Technology and 1-Up Studio [56]
Game Builder Garage Programming Nintendo Switch [57]
Metroid Dread Action-adventure Nintendo Switch Co-developed with MercurySteam [58]
Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Puzzle Nintendo Switch Co-developed with indieszero [59]
2022 Nintendo Switch Sports Sports Nintendo Switch [60]
Splatoon 3 Third-person shooter Nintendo Switch [61]
2023 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Action-adventure Nintendo Switch [62]
Everybody 1-2-Switch! Party Nintendo Switch Co-developed with NDcube [63]
Pikmin 4 Action, puzzle Nintendo Switch Co-developed with Eighting [64]
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Platformer Nintendo Switch [65]
2024 Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club Adventure Nintendo Switch Co-developed with MAGES [66]
2025 Mario Kart World Kart racing Nintendo Switch 2 [67]
Donkey Kong Bananza Platformer Nintendo Switch 2 [68]
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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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