Nintendo Software Planning & Development

Basic Information
Company Type	N/A}
Company Industry	N/A
Company Status	Active
Foundation	September 30, 2003
Key People	Yoshio Sakamoto: Manager
Products	Various video game titles
Location(s)
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Nintendo Software Planning & Development (or SPD) is a research, planning, and development division inside of Nintendo Co., Ltd main central headquarters. The division was created during a corporate restructuring in late 2003 with the abolishment of the old Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D2 teams. While several of the remaining Nintendo R&D1 designers reside in the division along with a staggered group of former Nintendo R&D2 and Nintendo EAD staff, the programmers and artists consist of a lot of new talent. The group has the task of independently developing small innovative games, assisting other development teams on projects, and managing overseas production of first-party franchises. It is currently split into three separate departments who work concurrently on different projects.

Current Structure of Nintendo SPD

Nintendo SPD Group No.1

Manager/producer: Yoshio Sakamoto
Responsible for developing titles like the WarioWare series and the Metroid titles on handhelds.

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
WarioWare: Twisted!1	2004	GBA	Goro Abe	Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: Touched!1	2004	NDS	Goro Abe	Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: Smooth Moves1	2006	Wii	Goro Abe	Yoshio Sakamoto
Rhythm Tengoku	2006	GBA	Kazuyoshi Osawa	Yoshio Sakamoto
Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero	2007	NDS	Kazuyoshi Osawa	Yoshio Sakamoto
Rhythm Heaven	2008	NDS	Kazuyoshi Osawa	Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: Snapped!1	2009	DSi	Goro Abe	Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare D.I.Y.1	2009	NDS	Goro Abe	Yoshio Sakamoto
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase1	2009	WiiWare	Goro Abe	Yoshio Sakamoto
Friend Collection	2009	NDS	Ryutaro Takahashi	Yoshio Sakamoto
Metroid: Other M*2	2010	Wii	Currently Unknown	Yoshio Sakamoto

• ¹ Co-production with Intelligent Systems
• ² Co-production with Team Ninja

Nintendo SPD Group No.2

Manager/producer: Hitoshi Yamagami
Responsible primarily for first party puzzle games on Nintendo handhelds.

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!	2005	NDS	Kouichi Kawamoto	Hitoshi Yamagami
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day	2005	NDS	Hirsohi Honjo, Masaki Tawara	Hitoshi Yamagami
Mahjong DS	2005	NDS	Masaki Tawara	Hitoshi Yamagami
Super Princess Peach1	2005	NDS	Akio Imai, Azusa Tajima	Hitoshi Yamagami, Yasuhiro Minamimoto
Tetris DS	2006	NDS	Masaki Tawara	Hitoshi Yamagami

• ¹ Co-produced with TOSE.

Nintendo SPD Group No.3

Manager/producer: Kensuke Tanabe
Responsible for overseeing the development of titles by overseas and outhouse teams. Currently overseeing an unknown number of internal and external projects.

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
Metroid Prime1	2002	GCN	Mark Pacini	Kensuke Tanabe
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes1	2004	GCN	Mark Pacini	Kensuke Tanabe
Battalion Wars2	2005	GCN		Kensuke Tanabe
Super Mario Strikers3	2005	GCN		Kensuke Tanabe
Geist4	2005	GCN		Kensuke Tanabe, Hideki Konno
Metroid Prime Hunters5	2006	NDS		Kensuke Tanabe
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis5	2006	NDS		Kensuke Tanabe
Excite Truck6	2006	Wii		Kensuke Tanabe, Keisuke Terasaki
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption1	2007	Wii	Mark Pacini	Kensuke Tanabe
Battalion Wars 22	2007	Wii		Kensuke Tanabe
Mario Strikers Charged3	2007	Wii		Kensuke Tanabe
Punch-Out!!3	2009	Wii		Kensuke Tanabe
Excitebots: Trick Racing6	2009	Wii		Kensuke Tanabe

• ¹ Co-produced with Retro Studios.
• ² Co-produced with Kuju Entertainment.
• ³ Co-produced with Next Level Games.
• ⁴ Co-produced with n-Space.
• ⁵ Co-produced with Nintendo Software Technology.
• ⁶ Co-produced with Monster Games.

See also

• Full list of Nintendo development teams

References

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