Nintendo Software Technology
| Nintendo Software Technology Corporation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1998 |
| Seat |
Redmond , Washington , United States
|
| Branch | Software development |
Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (short NST ) is a video game - developer based in Redmond, Washington . The company is a subsidiary and one of the eight internal or one of a total of 16 first-party developers at Nintendo .
history
NST was founded in the late 1990s as Nintendo's first US developer studio, with the aim of developing games specifically for the North American and western markets. NST's first projects were exclusively about porting older games to the then current Nintendo game consoles . On January 1, 2000, NST released Capcom's classic Bionic Commando for the Game Boy Color . In the same year, Namco's Ridge Racer was ported to the Nintendo 64 and SNK's Crystalis - again for Game Boy Color.
NST's premises are on the same site as Nintendo of America headquarters and the DigiPen Institute of Technology , a college for video game developers. Accordingly, a large part of the NST workforce, which consists of around 80 people, is made up of DigiPen graduates.
NST is currently headed by Shigeki Yamashiro .
Games
Developed games
In addition to games developed by NST themselves, they are often also responsible for porting other developers:
- Bionic Commando (port from NES to Game Boy Color )
- Ridge Racer 64 (ported from PlayStation to Nintendo 64 )
- Crystalis (port from NES to Game Boy Color )
- Pokémon Puzzle League (Nintendo 64)
- Wave Race: Blue Storm ( GameCube )
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Japan only, GameCube)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time & Master Quest (ports from Nintendo 64 to GameCube)
- 1080 ° Avalanche (GameCube)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong ( Game Boy Advance )
- Ridge Racer DS ( Nintendo DS )
- Big Brain Academy (Nintendo DS)
- Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo DS)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: March of the Mini Marios (Nintendo DS)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again (DSi Ware)
- Aura-Aura Climber (DSi Ware)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini Land Mayhem! (Nintendo DS)
- Crosswords Plus (Nintendo 3DS)
- Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (Nintendo 3DS)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (Wii U, Nintendo 3DS)
- Mini Mario and Friends: amiibo Challenge (Wii U, Nintendo 3DS)
Discontinued games
- Project HAMMER ( Wii )
Web links
- Nintendo Software Technology Corporation at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nintendo.com: Bionic Commando ( Memento from February 4, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Nintendo Press Release: Major Video Game Franchise Races to N64 ( Memento from January 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (February 14, 1999)
- ↑ IGN: Crysalis Review (June 21, 2000)
- ↑ N-Europe: Project HAMMER Canned ( Memento from May 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (September 13, 2007)