Nintendo EAD
Status: dead
Country: Japan
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Division,[e] commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EAD and formerly known as Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department[f] (abbreviated as Nintendo R&D4), was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was preceded by the Creative Department, a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged.[1][2] Both served as managers of the EARD studios and were credited in every game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the Donkey Kong, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, Star Fox, Animal Crossing, Pikmin and Wii series.
Following a large company restructuring after the death of company president Satoru Iwata, the division merged with Nintendo's Software Planning & Development division in September 2015, becoming Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development.
It is known for Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, Mario, Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros., Wave Race
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Top platforms
Wii U | 6 | ||
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3DS | 5 | ||
Switch | 5 | ||
NES | 5 | ||
Wii | 3 | ||
GameCube | 3 | ||
Arcade | 2 | ||
SNES | 2 | ||
GB | 2 | ||
N64 | 2 | ||
Atari 7800 | 1 | ||
Nintendo DS | 1 | ||
GBC | 1 |
GB 1993-06-06
GC 2002-12
WII 2011-11-18
NES 1983-07-15
GBC 1998-12-31
N64 1996-12-14
GC 2002-09
GC 2001-12-14
SNES 1993-07-14
SNES 1992-08-27
NES 1984-07-04
ARCD 1982-04
Nintendo EAD best rated games
Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 2020 | swtc | |||
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | 2011 | wii | |||
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | 2002 | gc | |||
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | 1993 | gb | |||
Super Mario Galaxy 2 | 2010 | wii | |||
Super Mario Kart | 1992 | snes | |||
Super Mario All-Stars | 1993 | snes | |||
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD | 2013 | wiiu | |||
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | 1998 | gbc | |||
Mario Kart 8 | 2014 | wiiu |
Nintendo EAD worst games
Donkey Kong Jr. Math | 1983 | nes | |||
Donkey Kong 3 | 1984 | nes | |||
Wave Race | 1992 | gb | |||
Donkey Kong Classics | 1988 | nes | |||
Donkey Kong | 1983 | nes |