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Nintendo Integrated Research & Development is a Nintendo first party development studio responsible for designing Nintendo hardware and doing research for the consoles. During the early game development years of Nintendo, IR&D also crated video games, though they no longer do.

Some of their heavy hitters include the likes of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, Super Punch-Out!!, StarTropics, NES Play Action Football, and Teleroboxer. When they were first created, they were known as Nintendo Research & Development 3 (or Nintendo R&D3) (headed by Genyo Takeda). According to Takeda, this R&D group was nicknamed Rumania due to their isolation from the others. Their motto was "there are no limitations, no boundaries; since we are on our own, there is nothing we cannot do; when you start with nothing you can do everything."

History

Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had decided to separate his research and development groups. This resulted in the creation of Nintendo R&D1, Nintendo R&D2, and Nintendo R&D3. Genyo Takeda was put in charge of managing R&D3, while Yamauchi would still be the head of all three groups. R&D3 is known for creating the Punch-Out!! and StarTropics series, as well as creating a bunch of games for the Virtual Boy, but they are perhaps most important for creating technology that allowed the other R&D's games to be created.

The first chips that were placed in Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges were very limited. Takeda's group had the intention of creating enhanced chips for newer types of cartridges. One of the earlier cartridges, called UNROM, allowed for more memory. Consequently the developers thrived in creating technology that would make games created by the other groups possible. Games such as The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Kid Icarus were all possible only because of chips that R&D3 created (in this case the MMC chip).

List of games

Ice Hockey - NES, Virtual Console
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! - NES, Virtual Console
NES Play Action Football - NES, Virtual Console
Pro Wrestling - NES
StarTropics - NES, Virtual Console
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II - NES, Virtual Console
Pilotwings - SNES, Virtual Console
Super Punch-Out!! - SNES, Virtual Console
Mario Clash - Virtual Boy
Mario's Tennis - Virtual Boy
Nester's Funky Bowling - Virtual Boy
Teleroboxer - Virtual Boy
V-Tetris - Virtual Boy
Wario Land VB - Virtual Boy
Arm Wrestling - Arcade

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-'''Nintendo Integrated Research & Development''' was a [[Nintendo]] first party development studio responsible for creating games and designing Nintendo hardware and doing research for the consoles. Some of their heavy hitters include the likes of ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'', ''[[Super Punch-Out!!]]'', ''[[StarTropics]]'', ''[[NES Play Action Football]]'', and ''[[Teleroboxer]]''. When they were first created, they were known as Nintendo Research & Development 3 (or Nintendo R&D3) (headed by [[Genyo Takeda]]). Their company merged with [[Nintendo EAD]] along with all of the other Research & Development studios. According to Takeda, this R&D group was nicknamed Rumania due to their isolation from the others. Their motto was "there are no limitations, no boundaries; since we are on our own, there is nothing we cannot do; when you start with nothing you can do everything."
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+| headquarters = [[File:JP.png|15 px]] Kyoto, Japan
+| people       = [[Genyo Takeda]]
+| products     = <center>'''Hardware'''</center> [[Nintendo 64]], [[Wii]], [[Wavebird]], [[Wii Remote]], [[Wii MotionPlus]] <center>'''Games'''</center>  ''[[Punch-Out!! (series)|Punch-Out!!'' series]], ''[[StarTropics (series)|StarTropics'' series]], ''[[Pilotwings]]'', ''[[Pro Wrestling]]''
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+'''Nintendo Integrated Research & Development''' is a [[Nintendo]] first party development studio responsible for designing Nintendo hardware and doing research for the consoles. During the early game development years of Nintendo, IR&D also crated video games, though they no longer do.
+Some of their heavy hitters include the likes of ''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'', ''[[Super Punch-Out!!]]'', ''[[StarTropics]]'', ''[[NES Play Action Football]]'', and ''[[Teleroboxer]]''. When they were first created, they were known as Nintendo Research & Development 3 (or Nintendo R&D3) (headed by [[Genyo Takeda]]). According to Takeda, this R&D group was nicknamed Rumania due to their isolation from the others. Their motto was "there are no limitations, no boundaries; since we are on our own, there is nothing we cannot do; when you start with nothing you can do everything."
 ==History==
-Former Nintendo president [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] had decided to separate his research and development groups. This resulted in the creation of [[Nintendo R&D1]], [[Nintendo R&D2]], and Nintendo R&D3. Genyo Takeda was put in charge of managing R&D3, while Yamauchi would still be the head of all three groups. R&D3 is known for creating the ''Punch-Out!!'' and ''StarTropics'' series, as well as creating a bunch of games for the [[Virtual Boy]], but they are perhaps most important for creating technology that allowed the other R&D's games to be created. The first chips that were placed in [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] cartridges were very limited. Takeda's group had the intention of creating enhanced chips for newer types of cartridges. One of the earlier cartridges, called UNROM, allowed for more memory. Consequently the developers thrived in creating technology that would make games created by the other groups possible. Games such as ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[Metroid (video game)|Metroid]]'' and ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' were all possible only because of chips that R&D3 created (in this case the MMC chip).
+Former Nintendo president [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] had decided to separate his research and development groups. This resulted in the creation of [[Nintendo R&D1]], [[Nintendo R&D2]], and Nintendo R&D3. Genyo Takeda was put in charge of managing R&D3, while Yamauchi would still be the head of all three groups. R&D3 is known for creating the ''Punch-Out!!'' and ''StarTropics'' series, as well as creating a bunch of games for the [[Virtual Boy]], but they are perhaps most important for creating technology that allowed the other R&D's games to be created.
+The first chips that were placed in [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] cartridges were very limited. Takeda's group had the intention of creating enhanced chips for newer types of cartridges. One of the earlier cartridges, called UNROM, allowed for more memory. Consequently the developers thrived in creating technology that would make games created by the other groups possible. Games such as ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[Metroid (video game)|Metroid]]'' and ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' were all possible only because of chips that R&D3 created (in this case the MMC chip).
 ==List of games==
+[[File:R&D 3.jpg|thumb|right|Some of the company's games.]]
-*''[[Ice Hockey]]'' - NES
-*''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'' - NES
+*''[[Ice Hockey]]'' - NES, Virtual Console
+*''[[Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'' - NES, Virtual Console
 *''[[NES Play Action Football]]'' - NES, Virtual Console
-*''[[Pro Wrestling]]''
+*''[[Pro Wrestling]]'' - NES
 *''[[StarTropics]]'' - NES, Virtual Console
 *''[[Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II]]'' - NES, Virtual Console
-*''[[Pilotwings]]''
+*''[[Pilotwings]]'' - SNES, Virtual Console
 *''[[Super Punch-Out!!]]'' - SNES, Virtual Console
 *''[[Mario Clash]]'' - Virtual Boy
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 *''[[Teleroboxer]]'' - Virtual Boy
 *''[[V-Tetris]]'' - Virtual Boy
-*''[[Wario Land VB]]'' - Virtual Console
+*''[[Wario Land VB]]'' - Virtual Boy
 *''[[Arm Wrestling]]'' - Arcade
-[[Category: Developers]]
 [[Category:First party developers]]
+[[Category:Nintendo divisions]]