Nintendo Software Technology
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The exterior of Nintendo Software Technology's headquarters in Redmond
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1998 Redmond, Washington, U.S. |
| Founder |
Minoru Arakawa Claude Comair |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, United States |
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Key people
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Shigeki Yamashiro (President) |
| Products | List of software developed |
| Owner | Nintendo |
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Number of employees
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50 (2016) |
| Parent | Nintendo of America |
Nintendo Software Technology (or NST) is an American video game developer located inside of Nintendo of America main headquarters, based in Redmond, Washington. NST was created by Nintendo as a first-party developer to create games for the North American market, though their games have also been released in other territories such as Europe and Japan, exclusively for Nintendo consoles. Although the development team is based in North America, there is a traditional Nintendo and Japanese-centric design applied to the development of the software. Co-founders Claude Comair (founder of DigiPen) and Scott Tsumura retired in 2006 and 2002, respectively. NST is currently headed by Shigeki Yamashiro.
Nintendo made the decision of transplanting several members of their development team in Japan over to America. The list of staff included Shigeki Yamashiro, Masamichi Abe, Katsuhiko Kanno, and Colin Reed. Nintendo Software Technology Corporation also recruited several veterans from companies like Rockstar, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft to further complete their development talent.
The establishment took place in 1998 through a collaboration with the private university DigiPen Institute of Technology, also located in Redmond. The offices opened with several doctorate level instructors and some recent graduates of the university working with several Nintendo of America designers and producers. Their first game, Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, was released for the Game Boy Color in 1999 and was a sequel of Capcom's Bionic Commando.
Over the years, NST has developed many games for Nintendo consoles such as the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Wave Race: Blue Storm, and Metroid Prime Hunters.
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