Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

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Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
legal form Department of Nintendo
founding 16th September 2015
Seat Kyoto , Japan
management Shinya Takahashi (General Manager)
Branch Video game development

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development ( Japanese 任天堂 企 画 制作 本部 , Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu , German "Nintendō planning and development department"), abbreviated Nintendo EPD is the largest in-house video game studio of the Japanese video game manufacturer Nintendo . It was created in September 2015 from the merger of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and the Nintendo Software Planning & Development Division (SPD).

history

The Nintendo EPD was created on September 16, 2015 as a result of the internal restructuring of Nintendos by the new President Tatsumi Kimishima with a merger of Nintendo EAD and Nintendo SPD.

Since then, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development has formed the largest development studio in Nintendo and merged the two formerly largest development studios. As General Manager Shinya Takahashi has since been used, the previously selbige position held at Nintendo SPD. While the former General Manager of Nintendo EAD Shigeru Miyamoto now holds the position of Creative Fellow , Takashi Tezuka remained as Executive Officer at Nintendo EPD.

List of games from Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

Surname (First)
publication
date
Platforms producer director Remarks
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Oct 22, 2015 Nintendo 3DS Eiji Aonuma Hiromasa Shikata In collaboration with Grezzo , SRD and 1-UP Studio
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival Nov 13, 2015 Wii U In collaboration with Nd Cube
Star Fox Zero Apr 22, 2016 Wii U Shigeru Miyamoto Yugo Hayashi In collaboration with Platinum Games
Super Mario Run Dec 15, 2016 iOS , Android Shigeru Miyamoto
1-2 switch 03rd Mar 2017 Nintendo Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 03rd Mar 2017 Nintendo Switch , Wii U Eiji Aonuma Hidemaro Fujibayashi
ARMS June 16, 2017 Nintendo Switch Kosuke Yabuki
Splatoon 2 July 21, 2017 Nintendo Switch
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Oct 25, 2017 iOS Android
Super Mario Odyssey Oct. 27, 2017 Nintendo Switch Yoshiaki Koizumi Kenta Motokura
Nintendo Labo April 20, 2018 Nintendo Switch Kouichi Kawamoto Tsubasa Sakaguchi Both the Multi Set and the Robo set were from Nintendo EPD developed
Animal Crossing: New Horizons 20 Mar 2020 Nintendo Switch

Individual evidence

  1. a b gamezone.de Nintendo: Report on the structure of the video game giant , accessed on September 9, 2018.
  2. http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/09/14/nintendo-reveals-restructuring-plans