List of Nintendo divisions

This is a list of diffrent companies that either are devoted supportors, or are owned by Nintendo. First party companies are companies that are owned by Nintendo, second parties make games only for Nintendo, and third parties make exclusive games for Nintendo and other companies such as Microsoft and Sony.

First Parties

 * HAL Laboratory - Kirby series, Super Smash Bros.
 * Intelligent Systems - Fire Emblem series, Metroid, Wario Ware series, Paper Mario series, Advance Wars series.
 * Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development - Primary franchises
 * Nintendo EAD Software Group No. 1 - Mario Kart, Nintendogs, Luigi's Mansion
 * Nintendo EAD Software Group No. 2 - Animal Crossing, Wii series
 * Nintendo EAD Software Group No. 3 - The Legend of Zelda series
 * Nintendo EAD Software Group No. 4 - Mario handheld titles, Yoshi, Brain Academy, Band Brothers
 * Nintendo EAD Software Group Tokyo]] - Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Super Mario Galaxy
 * Nintendo Intergrated Research & Development -
 * Nintendo Research & Development 1 -
 * Nintendo Research & Development 2 -
 * Nintendo Software Technology Corporation -
 * The Pokémon Company - Pokémon Series
 * Retro Studios - Metroid Prime series.

Second Parties

 * AlphaDream - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Tomato Adventure.
 * Brownie Brown - Magical Vacation, Sword of Mana, Heroes of Mana.
 * Cing - Trace Memory, Hotel Dusk: Room 215.
 * Creatures Inc. - Pokémon series, Game Boy Camera, EarthBound.
 * Fall Line - Disney franchises.
 * Fuse Games - Mario Pinball Land, Metroid Prime Pinball.
 * Game Freak -
 * Genius Sonority -
 * iQue -
 * NDCUBE -
 * NOISE -
 * skip Ltd. -

Former Second Parties

 * Camelot Software - Mario Golf series, Mario Tennis series, Golden Sun series.
 * Rare - Donkey Kong series, Banjo Kazooie, GoldenEye 007