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Nintendo Research & Development No. 1 Department, shortened: Nintendo R&D1, is Nintendo's oldest development studio. Originally known simply as Nintendo Research & Development (shortened Nintendo R&D), the names was changed when Nintendo R&D2 and Nintendo R&D3 were formed.
R&D1 was originally headed by Gunpei Yokoi. In the early days, it was in charge of arcade games and the LCD Game & Watch series. The team included Shigeru Miyamoto until he earned his own team by creating Donkey Kong.
R&D1 was originally Nintendo's biggest development group, so most Nintendo games for the NES were developed by them. Some of the more popular games by R&D1 include Metroid, Kid Icarus, Excitebike, Duck Hunt, and Mach Rider. While R&D1 was responsible for many of Nintendo's heavy hitters, development on the Mario series and The Legend of Zelda series was not handled by them during the NES era.
Within R&D1, a group named Team Shikamaru emerged. Made up of Yoshio Sakamoto, Hitoshi Yamagami, and Toru Osawa, they were in charge of scripts and scenrios for R&D1. The group had written scripts for Metroid 2, Super Metroid, Detective Club, Detective Club 2, Card Hero, and For the Frog the Bell Tolls.
When the Super Nintendo was released, R&D1 was asked to develop titles for the Game Boy. Because of this, they were sometimes referred to as R&D Game Boy or EAD Game Boy.
Along with continuing with their own franchises, R&D1 also got to work with the Mario series by creating the Super Mario Land games. Eventually, they got to do their own take on it: Wario Land.
After the disastrous Virtual Boy, Gunpei Yokoi left Nintendo to form Koto Laboratory. Takehiro Izushi was appointed the new head of R&D1.
When the Game Boy Advance was released, R&D1 was once again the main group creating games for it. They created new Metroid and Wario Land games as well as the all-new WarioWare series.
In 2005, in order to consolidate all the game developers, president Satoru Iwata merged R&D1 with Nintendo Software Planning & Development.
Products[]
Hardware[]
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Computer Mah-jong Yakuman |
| 1984 | NES Zapper |
| 1985 | R.O.B. |
| 1989 | Game Boy |
| Game Boy Game Pak | |
| Game Boy Stereo Headphones | |
| Game Boy Rechargeable Adapter | |
| Game Boy Battery Case | |
| 1992 | Super Scope |
| Super NES Mouse | |
| 1993 | Game Boy Rechargeable Battery Pack II |
| 1995 | Virtual Boy |
| Virtual Boy controller | |
| Virtual Boy Battery Pack | |
| Virtual Boy Game Pak | |
| Virtual Boy Stereo Earphones | |
| 1996 | Game Boy Pocket |
| Game Boy Pocket Battery Pack |
Games[]
Arcade[]
Game & Watch[]
| Year | Name | Series |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ball | Silver |
| Flagman | Silver | |
| Vermin | Silver | |
| Fire | Silver Wide Screen | |
| Judge | Silver | |
| 1981 | Manhole | Gold New Wide Screen |
| Helmet | Gold | |
| Lion | Gold | |
| Parachute | Wide Screen | |
| Octopus | Wide Screen | |
| Popeye | Wide Screen Table Top Panorama | |
| Chef | Wide Screen | |
| Mickey Mouse | Wide Screen Panorama | |
| Egg | Wide Screen | |
| 1982 | Turtle Bridge | Wide Screen |
| Fire Attack | Wide Screen | |
| Snoopy Tennis | Wide Screen | |
| Oil Panic | Vertical Multi Screen | |
| Donkey Kong | Vertical Multi Screen | |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | New Wide Screen Table Top Panorama | |
| Mickey & Donald | Vertical Multi Screen | |
| Green House | Vertical Multi Screen | |
| 1983 | Donkey Kong II | Vertical Multi Screen |
| Mario Bros. | Horizontal Multi Screen | |
| Mario's Cement Factory | New Wide Screen Table Top | |
| Snoopy | Table Top Panorama | |
| Rain Shower | Horizontal Multi Screen | |
| Lifeboat | Horizontal Multi Screen | |
| Mario's Bombs Away | Panorama | |
| Pinball | Vertical Multi Screen | |
| 1984 | Spitball Sparky | Super Color |
| Crab Grab | Super Color | |
| Donkey Kong Circus | Panorama | |
| Boxing/Punch-Out‼ | Micro Vs. System | |
| Donkey Kong 3 | Micro Vs. System | |
| Donkey Kong Hockey | Micro Vs. System | |
| 1985 | Black Jack | Vertical Multi Screen |
| Tropical Fish | New Wide Screen | |
| 1986 | Squish | Vertical Multi Screen |
| Super Mario Bros. | Crystal Screen Special New Wide Screen | |
| Climber | Crystal Screen New Wide Screen | |
| Balloon Fight | Crystal Screen New Wide Screen | |
| 1987 | Bomb Sweeper | Vertical Multi Screen |
| 1988 | Safebuster | Vertical Multi Screen |
| Gold Cliff | Vertical Multi Screen | |
| 1989 | Zelda | Vertical Multi Screen |
| 1991 | Mario the Juggler | New Wide Screen |
Video games[]
External links[]
- Nintendo Research & Development 1 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia