NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT

'Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development' (or 'EAD'; formerly 'Research & Development Team 4') is the largest division inside Nintendo of Japan, under the management of Shigeru Miyamoto. This team mostly focuses on the development of games. In 1997, Miyamoto explained that twenty to thirty employees were devoted to each EAD title during the course of its development.^[1] He also disclosed the existence of a programming group within the division called SRD, a group of about two-hundred employees with proficiency in hardware development.¹
EAD is best-known for their work on games in the ''Mario'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', ''Pikmin'', and ''Donkey Kong'' franchises, among several other titles. EAD is headed by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Takao Shimizu.

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EAD Tokyo

Games developed by EAD and EAD Tokyo

References

EAD Tokyo

EAD Tokyo is the first in-house Nintendo development studio to be located outside of the Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto. Its first release was ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'', a platform game in which players control Donkey Kong via a pair of conga drum controllers (a tarukonga). Beating the drums causes DK to move and jump, while the sound of clapping triggers DK to clap his hands and stun enemies.
EAD Tokyo have been developing the highly-anticipated Mario title, ''Super Mario Galaxy'' since development of ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' was completed.

Games developed by EAD and EAD Tokyo

Title	Year	Platform(s)
''Super Mario Bros.''	1985	NES
''	1986	NES
''The Legend of Zelda''	1987	NES
''	1987	NES
''Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt''	1988	NES
''	1988	NES
''Super Mario Bros. 3''	1988	NES
''Super Mario World''	1990	SNES
''F-Zero''	1990	SNES
''Pilotwings''	1990	SNES
''SimCity''	1991	SNES
''	1991	SNES
''Super Mario Kart''	1992	SNES
''Super Mario All-Stars''	1993	SNES
''Star Fox (with Argonaut Software)''	1993	SNES
''	1993	GB
''Donkey Kong''	1994	GB
''	1995	SNES
''Mole Mania''	1996	GB
''Super Mario 64''	1996	N64
''Pilotwings 64 (with Paradigm Entertainment)''	1996	N64
''Wave Race 64''	1996	N64
''Mario Kart 64''	1996	N64
''Star Fox 64''	1997	N64
''Yoshi's Story''	1997	N64
''F-Zero X''	1998	N64
''	1998	N64
''1080° Snowboarding''	1998	N64
''	2000	N64
''Luigi's Mansion''	2001	GCN
''Super Mario Advance''	2001	GBA
''	2001	GBA
''Pikmin''	2001	GCN
''Super Mario Sunshine''	2002	GCN
''Animal Crossing''	2002	GCN
''	2002	GCN
''	2002	GBA
''	2003	GCN
''	2003	GBA
''Pikmin 2''	2004	GCN
''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''	2004	GCN
''	2004	GCN
''Super Mario 64 DS''	2004	DS
''Mario Kart DS''	2005	DS
''Nintendogs''	2005	DS
''	2005	DS
''New Super Mario Bros.''	2006	DS
''	2006	Wii
''Wii Sports''	2006	Wii
''	2006	GCN
''	2007	DS
''Super Mario Galaxy''	2007	Wii
''Wii Music''	2008	Wii
''Animal Crossing Wii''	TBA	Wii
''Star Fox 2 (with Argonaut Software)''	Cancelled	SNES

References

★ Casamassina, Matt. IGN. Retrieved Feb.10, 2005.

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