Vorlage:Infobox Company
Vorlage:Nihongo, commonly abbreviated as EAD, is the largest division inside Nintendo. It was preceded by the Vorlage:Nihongo, a team of designers with an art background responsible for many different tasks, which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged to.[1][2] Both developers currently serve as managers of the EAD studios and are credited in each game developed by the division, 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, Donkey Kong, and Pikmin franchises.
In 1997, Miyamoto explained that twenty to thirty employees were devoted to each EAD title during the course of its development.[3] 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.[3]
In 2004 Nintendo underwent a corporate restructuring, in which several members of the Nintendo Research & Development 1 and Nintendo Research & Development 2 were reassigned under the EAD banner.[4] Nintendo EAD is itself split into five separate teams in Kyoto who work concurrently on different projects in addition to a sister group in Tokyo.[5]
EAD Software Development Department
Comprehensive Software Development Group
Manager/Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Takao Sawano
Not necessarily responsible for a specific franchise or genre
Games developed:
Software Development Group No. 1
Manager/Producer: Hideki Konno
Responsible for Nintendogs and new Mario Kart games
Games developed:
Software Development Group No. 2
Manager/Producer: Katsuya Eguchi
Responsible for all Wii branded games and the Animal Crossing series
Games developed:
Software Development Group No. 3
Manager/Producer: Eiji Aonuma
Primarily responsible for the Zelda series
Games developed:
Software Development Group No. 4
Manager/Producer: Hiroyuki Kimura
Responsible for remakes and ports of older titles, and the New Super Mario Bros. series
Software Development Group No. 5
Manager/Producer: Tadashi Sugiyama
Responsible for developing games that attract casual gamers
Games developed:
Tokyo Development Group
Manager/Producer: Takao Shimizu, Yoshiaki Koizumi
Mainly responsible for the Mario series
Developer hierarchy
Games developed
Vorlage:Unreferenced section
Title
|
Producer
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Director
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Music
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Year
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Platform(s)
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Devil World
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Takashi Tezuka
|
Akito Nakatsuka
|
1984
|
NES
|
Excitebike
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Minoru Maeda
|
Soyo Oka
|
1984
|
NES
|
Super Mario Bros.
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
|
Koji Kondo
|
1985
|
NES
|
Ice Climber
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Kenji Miki
|
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
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
|
Koji Kondo
|
1987
|
NES
|
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (Dream Factory Throb-Throb 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
|
Ice Hockey
|
Shigeru Miyamoto Masayuki Uemura
|
Hideki Konno
|
Soyo Oka
|
1988
|
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
|
Isshin Shimizu
|
Yumiko Kanki, 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
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Kazumi Totaka, Minako Hamano, Kozue Ishikawa
|
1993
|
GB
|
Donkey Kong
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Takao Shimizu
|
Taisuke Araki
|
1994
|
GB
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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
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Pilotwings 64 (with Paradigm Entertainment and Nintendo IRD)
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Makoto Wada
|
Akito Nakatsuka
|
1996
|
N64
|
Wave Race 64
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Katsuya Eguchi, Shinya Takahashi
|
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, Mitsuhiro Takano
|
Kenta Nagata
|
1998
|
N64
|
Pokémon Stadium (Japan Only)
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Miki, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Satoru Iwata
|
Takao Shimizu
|
Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi, Mitsuhiro Hikino
|
1998
|
N64
|
Pokémon Stadium (Pokémon Stadium 2 in Japan)
|
Kenji Miki, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Takao Shimizu
|
Hajime Wakai, Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi
|
1999
|
N64
|
Mario Artist: Paint Studio (with Software Creations)
|
Lorraine Starr, Takao Sawano
|
Hirofumi Matsuoka
|
Chris Jojo, Martin Goodall, Suddi Raval, 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, Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi
|
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)
|
Kenji Miki, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Takao Shimizu
|
Kenta Nagata
|
2000
|
N64
|
Luigi's Mansion
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
|
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, Kenta Usui
|
Koji Kondo, Shinobu Tanaka
|
2002
|
GCN
|
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
|
Eiji Aonuma
|
Kenta Nagata Hajime Wakai Toru Minegishi Koji Kondo
|
2003
|
GCN
|
Pokémon Box
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Miki, Hiroaki Tsuru
|
Tatsuya Hishida, Kenta Usui, Junichi Masuda
|
Kenta Nagata, Tōru Asakawa
|
2003
|
GCN
|
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Kiyoshi Mizuki
|
Shinobu Tanaka, Kenta Nagata
|
2003
|
GCN
|
Pac-Man Vs.
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
|
|
2003
|
GCN
|
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
|
Eiji Aonuma, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Toshiaki Suzuki
|
Asuka Ota, 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 Ota
|
2005
|
NDS
|
Big Brain Academy
|
Hiroyuki Kimura
|
Tomoaki Yoshinobu
|
Kenta Nagata
|
2005
|
NDS
|
Nintendogs
|
Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
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 Ota, Hajime Wakai Koji Kondo
|
2006
|
NDS
|
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
|
Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Eiji Aonuma
|
Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ota
|
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
|
Shinobu Tanaka, Ryo Nagamastsu
|
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, Takao Sawano
|
Hiroshi Matsunaga
|
Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Shiho Fujii
|
2008
|
Wii
|
Mario Kart Wii
|
Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Yasuyuki Oyagi
|
Asuka Ota, Ryo Nagamatsu
|
2008
|
Wii
|
Wii Music
|
Takashi Tezuka, Katsuya Eguchi
|
Kazumi Totaka
|
Kenta Nagata, Toru Minegishi, Mahito Yokota
|
2008
|
Wii
|
Animal Crossing: City Folk
|
Katsuya Eguchi
|
Hisashi Nogami
|
Manaka Tominaga, Shiho Fujii
|
2008
|
Wii
|
Flipnote Studio
|
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka
|
Hideaki Shimizu, Yoshiaki Koizumi
|
|
2008
|
NDSi
|
New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
|
Yoshiaki Koizumi
|
Futoshi Shirai
|
Mahito Yokota
|
2008
|
Wii
|
New Play Control! Pikmin
|
Hiroyuki Kimura
|
Shigefumi Hino
|
Hajime Wakai
|
2008
|
Wii
|
New Play Control! Pikmin 2
|
Hiroyuki Kimura
|
Shigefumi Hino
|
Hajime Wakai
|
2008
|
Wii
|
Wii Sports Resort
|
Katsuya Eguchi
|
Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
|
Ryo Nagamatsu
|
2009
|
Wii
|
Wii Fit Plus
|
Tadashi Sugiyama, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Hiroshi Matsunaga
|
Ryoji Yoshitomi, Asuka Ota
|
2009
|
Wii
|
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
|
Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Shigeyuki Asuke
|
Shiho Fujii, Ryo Nagamatsu Kenta Nagata
|
2009
|
Wii
|
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
|
Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma
|
Daiki Iwamoto
|
Toru Minegishi, Manaka Tominaga, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo
|
2009
|
NDS
|
Super Mario Galaxy 2
|
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto
|
Kōichi Hayashida
|
Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo
|
2010
|
Wii
|
Nintendogs + Cats
|
Hideki Konno
|
Yasuyuki Oyagi
|
Asuka Hayazaki
|
2011
|
3DS
|
Steel Diver (with Vitei)
|
Tadashi Sugiyama
|
Takaya Imamura
|
Atsuko Asahi, Toru Minegishi
|
2011
|
3DS
|
References
Vorlage:Reflist
Vorlage:Nintendo developers
- ↑ Using the D-pad to Jump. In: Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary Vol. 5: Original Super Mario Developers. Nintendo of America, Inc., 1. Februar 2011, abgerufen am 1. Februar 2011.
- ↑ I'd Never Heard Of Pac-Man. In: Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros. Wii Vol. 2. Nintendo of America, Inc., 11. Dezember 2009, abgerufen am 1. Februar 2011.
- ↑ a b Takao Imamura, Shigeru Miyamoto: Nintendo Power August, 1997 - Pak Watch E3 Report "The Game Masters". Nintendo, 1997, S. 104–105.
- ↑ N-Sider. Nintendo Revolution FAQ
- ↑ Cassidy, Kevin. NCL Team Structure work in progress. June 7, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
- ↑ http://kyoto-report.blogspot.com/2011/02/star-fox-command.html
- ↑ http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=28567