Nintendo R&D4
Renamed12gamesJapanFounded 1983
Renamed in 1989 — became Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Part of Nintendo
Nintendo Research & Development No. 4 was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. It was preceded by the Creative Department, a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged.
12
Games
12
Developed
Shipping 1985–1988
Releases by year
12 across 1985–19881985peak 4 in one year1988
Developed
12
1988Super Mario Bros. 3
1988Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
1988Ice Hockey
1988Super Mario Bros. 2
1987Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race
1987Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima
1987Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
1986All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
1986Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
1986The Legend of Zelda
1986VS. Super Mario Bros.
1985Super Mario Bros.Game and studio data from IGDB, with release information from Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo.