Nintendo Research & Development 2

Nintendo Research & Development 2
Basic Information
Company Type	Private
Foundation	1972
Defunct	2005
Product(s)	Games for Nintendo video game consoles
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Successor company	[[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development]]

Nintendo Research and Development 2 (R&D2) was a team within Nintendo that developed software and peripherals. R&D2 ported several of the Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D3 games over to the Famicom in the early 1980's. While usually occupied in system operating software and technical support, the team would come back to early development in the 1990's where several new designers got their start at game development, the most famous being Eiji Aonuma who developed Marvelous: Treasure Island.

R&D2 was originally led by Masayuki Uemura, who previously worked for Sharp Electronics Corporation, using an idea of Sharp's solar technology Uemura's department went on to develop the popular Nintendo beam gun games, selling over 1 million units. Kazuhiko Taniguchi took Uemura's position in 2004. Nintendo R&D2 was later merged into Nintendo SPD .

Games developed

Title	Year	Platform(s)
NES Open Tournament Golf	1991	NES
Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajim	1996	SNES
BS Sutte Hakkun	1997	Satellaview
Sutte Hakkun	1998	SNES
Sutte Hakkun Event Version	1998	SNES
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe	1999	GBC
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble	2000	GBC
Super Mario Advance	2001	GBA
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	2002	GBA
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3	2002	GBA
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords	2002	GBA
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	2003	GBA

External links

• IGN Listing for R&D2

References

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