Nintendo Software Planning & Development
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Native name
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任天堂 企画開発 |
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Romanized name
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Nintendo Planning and Development |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Predecessor |
Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo R&D2 |
| Successor | Nintendo EPD |
| Founded | September 30, 2003 |
| Defunct | September 16, 2015 |
| Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan |
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Key people
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Shinya Takahashi (General Manager) Yoshio Sakamoto (Deputy Manager) Kensuke Tanabe (Executive Officer) |
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Number of employees
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~70 |
| Parent | Nintendo |
| Divisions |
Software Planning & Development Software Development & Design |
| Website | www |
The Nintendo Software Planning & Development Division (Japanese: 任天堂 企画開発本部 Hepburn: Nintendō Kikaku Kaihatsu Honbu?, lit. Nintendo Planning and Development Division) (commonly abbreviated to Nintendo SPD) was a research, planning and development division housed inside the Nintendo Development Center in Kyoto, Japan. The division had two departments: Software Planning & Development Department, which primarily co-produced games with external developers; and Software Development & Design Department, which primarily developed experimental and system software. The division was created during a corporate restructuring on September 30, 2003, with the abolition of the Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D2 departments.
The group had the task of independently developing innovative games, assisting other development teams on projects, and managing overseas production of first-party franchises. Both SPD and SDD departments were divided into four separate groups, which worked concurrently on different projects.
Nintendo SPD merged with Nintendo's other software development division, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) in September 2015, becoming Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development.
The General Manager of the Nintendo Software Planning & Development Division was Shinya Takahashi, assisted by both Keizo Kato, the Assistant Manager and Kensuke Tanabe, the Executive Officer. The division was split into two different departments: the Software Planning & Development Department, which was split into four separate groups, which was supervised by Deputy Manager Yoshio Sakamoto; and the Software Development & Design Department which was split into three separate groups, supervised by Deputy Manager Masaru Nishita. All of the groups worked concurrently on different projects.
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