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Nintendo Research & Development 2, shortened: Nintendo R&D2, was one of Nintendo's three original development groups. Led by Masayuki Uemura, the group focused on creating hardware in it's early years. They would often collaborate with Nintendo R&D1 on arcade games and the Game & Watch series. They were also responsible with porting many of Nintendo's popular arcade games to the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Late in the Game Boy Color's life cycle, R&D2 was put in charge of porting old games to the handheld. They continued with this when the Game Boy Advance came out.
In 2004, R&D2 was dissolved. The game development section was absorbed into Nintendo EAD while the division was merged with Nintendo R&D1 to form Nintendo SPD. Most of the team from R&D2 came together to form the faction known as Nintendo EAD4, and went on to develop hit games such as both New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario 64 DS, Yoshi Touch & Go, the Big Brain Academy series, and entries in the Pikmin series.
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| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Color TV-Racing 112 |
| 1979 | Color TV-Block Kuzushi |
| 1980 | Computer TV Game |
| 1983 | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| NES controller | |
| Family Computer Game Pak | |
| 1984 | Family BASIC |
| 1985 | Family BASIC V3 |
| 1986 | Family Computer Disk System |
| RAM Adapter | |
| Disk Card | |
| PlayChoice-10 | |
| 1987 | NES Advantage |
| Famicom 3D System | |
| 1988 | Famicom Network System |
| Famicom Network System controller | |
| 1989 | Hands Free Controller |
| 1990 | NES Four Score |
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | |
| SNES controller | |
| SNES Game Pak | |
| 1991 | Nintendo Super System |
| 1992 | Super Famicom Box |
| 1993 | SNES Score Master |
| Nintendo Gateway System | |
| New-Style NES | |
| New-Style NES controller | |
| 1994 | Super Game Boy |
| 1995 | Satellaview |
| SNES Slotted Game Pak | |
| Satellaview 8MB Memory Pak | |
| Rom Pak | |
| 1997 | Nintendo Power |
| SNES Jr. | |
| 1998 | Super Game Boy 2 |
| 2002 | Game Boy Advance Tilt Sensor Game Pak |
| 2003 | Game Boy Advance Solar Sensor Game Pak |
Video games[]
External links[]
- Nintendo Research & Development 2 at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia