Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
The Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Division (Nintendo EAD for short) is Nintendo's biggest game studio. It was responsible for making many of Nintendo's biggest games, including the Mario series and The Legend of Zelda series. It was merged with Nintendo SPD in September 2015 to create the Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division.
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Native name | 任天堂情報開発本部 |
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Romanized name | Nintendō Jōhō Kaihatsu Honbu |
Formerly | Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department |
| Division | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Fate | Merged with Nintendo Software Planning & Development |
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| Successor | Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development |
| Founded | September 30, 1983 |
| Founder | Hiroshi Yamauchi |
| Defunct | September 16, 2015 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Number of locations | 2 (Kyoto and Tokyo) |
| Services | Video game development |
| Parent | Nintendo |
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Media
The success of Shigeru Miyamoto's Donkey Kong arcade game was a deciding factor in the creation of Nintendo R&D4.
Yoshiaki Koizumi became manager of a second department of the Nintendo EAD division in Tokyo after 2007.
