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Nintendo Integrated Research & Development

Nintendo
Integrated Research & Development
Native name
任天堂 統合研究開発
Romanized name
Nintendo Integrated Research and Development
Division
Industry Video games
Predecessor Nintendo R&D3
Successor Nintendo PTD
Founded September 30, 2003; 13 years ago (2003-09-30)
Defunct September 16, 2015 (2015-09-16)
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Key people
Genyo Takeda
(General Manager)
Satoru Okada
(RED General Manager)
Products Various Nintendo video game consoles
Number of employees
~280
Parent Nintendo
Divisions Integrated Research & Development
Research & Engineering Department
Nintendo Research & Engineering Department
R&D Branch and Subsidiary of Nintendo
Industry Video games
Founded September 30, 2003
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Key people
Satoru Okada (General manager)
Products Handheld game consoles
Number of employees
150
Website Nintendo.co.jp

The Nintendo Integrated Research & Development (or IRD) division handled everything related to producing Nintendo's console hardware and associated peripherals. The department was the oldest development faction of Nintendo. Originally formed in the 1980s with engineer Genyo Takeda acting as manager, Nintendo Research & Development 3 was responsible for various hardware technologies and even developed several arcade and console titles. As technology evolved into the 3D era, Takeda's group renamed itself into Integrated Research & Development, and began spending longer periods of time researching and testing the various and rapidly evolving hardware that would power Nintendo's next generation of consoles.

The Nintendo IRD Division was broken up into two departments: the Integrated Research & Development Department (or IRD), which focused on the development of Nintendo home video game console hardware and associated peripherals, and the Research & Engineering Development Department (or RED), which focused on the development of Nintendo handheld video game console hardware and associated peripherals. Both departments were split into several sub-groups. Unlike the software departments, the hardware groups generally worked together on most projects.

On February 16, 2013, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Research & Engineering Department (or RED), the former hardware group specialized in all engineering and technological aspects of Nintendo's handheld development, was absorbed into Nintendo IRD Division. On September 16, 2015, IRD merged with the Nintendo System Development division, becoming the Nintendo Platform Technology Development.

General Manager: Genyo Takeda

The Integrated Research & Development Department (or IRD) was the hardware development team responsible for all of Nintendo's home video game consoles and associated peripherals. The department was split into five different groups who worked together on most projects, with each group generally focusing on a different aspect of product design. The manager, Genyo Takeda, and most of the chief engineers originated from the Nintendo R&D3 hardware division.


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