Intelligent Systems
Intelligent Systems | |
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legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
founding | December 1986 |
Seat | Higashiyama-ku (Kyōto) , Japan |
management | Ryōichi Kitanishi (Chairman), Toshiyuki Nakamura (President) |
Number of employees | 169 (2020) |
Branch | Software development |
Website | www.intsys.co.jp |
As of January 7, 2018 |
KK Intelligent Systems ( Japanese 株式会社 イ ン テ リ ジ ェ ン ト シ ス テ ム ズ , Kabushiki-gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu , English Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. ) is a game developer belonging to Nintendo Japan . The team is responsible for the development of numerous successful video games from well-known Nintendo game series, including Metroid , Kid Icarus , Nintendo Wars and Fire Emblem . In the past, they also programmed many of Nintendo's development tools , such as the Super Nintendo Emulator SE .
history
Intelligent Systems was founded in December 1986 when some members of Nintendo's R&D 1 team formed a new development team under Gunpei Yokoi .
During the SNES era, Intelligent Systems was internally split into different teams: Team Deer Force, responsible for programming Super Metroid , Team Battle Clash ( Super Scope games), Team Emblem ( Fire Emblem ) and Team Shikamaru ( Mario Paint ).
The team is currently developing games for Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch . The studio was originally located in Nintendo's Kyoto Research Institute office building, but moved to a newly built building near Nintendo's headquarters in October 2013.
Some games from Intelligent Systems
(Years of first publication - mostly in Japan)
- Duck Hunt (1984, NES ) - was included with the NES
- Metroid series (from 1986, NES, SNES , Game Boy , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo Switch Online )
- Kid Icarus (1986, NES, Nintendo Switch Online)
- Nintendo Wars series (from 1988, Famicom , Super Famicom , Game Boy)
- Alleyway (1989, Game Boy) - one of the Game Boy launch titles
- Fire Emblem series (from 1990, Famicom, NES, Super Famicom, SNES, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Wii, DS, Nintendo Switch Online)
- Panel de Pon series (from 1995, SNES, GBA, N64, NGC, NDS, Wii-VC)
- Paper Mario (2000, Nintendo 64, Wii U-VC)
- Mario Kart - Super Circuit (2001, Game Boy Advance, Wii U-VC)
- Advance Wars series (from 2001, Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS ) - continuation of the Nintendo Wars series
- WarioWare series (from 2003, Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS , Wii )
- Paper Mario: The Legend of the Gate of Eons (2004, GameCube)
- Super Paper Mario (2007, Wii)
- Pullblox (2011, 3DS download)
- Fallblox (2012, 3DS download)
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star (2012, 3DS)
- Fire Emblem: Awakening (2013, 3DS)
- Game & Wario (2013, Wii U )
- Pullblox World (2014, Wii U)
- Code Name STEAM (2015, 3DS)
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. (2015, 3DS)
- Fire Emblem Fates (2016, 3DS)
- Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016, Wii U)
- Fire Emblem Heroes (2017, Android , iOS )
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017, 3DS)
- Fire Emblem Warriors (2017, New 3DS & Switch)
- WarioWare Gold (2018, 3DS)
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019, Switch)
- Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020, Switch)
Web links
- Official homepage of Intelligent Systems (English)
- Intelligent Systems at MobyGames (English)
- List of Intelligent Systems games on IGN
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Company Profile. Intelligent Systems, accessed February 22, 2020 (Japanese).
- ^ History. Intelligent Systems, accessed May 31, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/companies/intelligent-systems
- ↑ Nintendo-Online.de