Nintendo EAD

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (usually abbreviated to EAD) is the largest of Nintendo's internal divisions.

In 2004, after corporate restructuring, Nintendo Research and Development teams 1 and 2 were absorbed into EAD, which now comprises at least five teams of twenty to thirty employees. You can usually tell which team developed any given game from it's director. Aside from Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, each team only works on their own individual title at any given time. It is assumed further unknown teams exist, or are formed temporarily for specific individual projects. There is also a programming group of two-hundred employees within the division known as SRD.

Structure

EAD Software Group No. 1

Director: Hideki Konno

• Luigi's Mansion (2001)
• Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
• Nintendogs (2005)
• Mario Kart DS (2005)
• Mario Kart Wii (2008)
• Nintendogs + Cats (2011)
• Mario Kart 7 (2011)

EAD Software Group No. 2

Director: Katsuya Eguchi

• Animal Crossing (2002)
• Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)
• Star Fox Command (2006)
• Wii Sports (2006)
• Wii Play (2006)
• Wii Music (2008)
• Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008)
• Wii Sports Resort (2009)
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)
• Nintendo Land (2012)

EAD Software Group No. 3

Director: Eiji Aonuma

• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure (2004)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007)
• Link's Crossbow Training (2007)
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)

EAD Software Group No. 4

Director: Hiroyuki Kimura

• Super Mario Advance (2001)
• Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2002)
• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002)
• Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4 (2003)
• Super Mario 64 DS (2004)
• Yoshi Touch N' Go (2005)
• Big Brain Academy (2005)
• New Super Mario Bros. (2006)
• Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (2007)
• New Play Control! Pikmin (2008)
• New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (2009)
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009)
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)
• New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
• Pikmin 3 (2013)

EAD Software Group No. 5

Director: Tadashi Sugiyama

• Wii Fit (2007)
• Wii Fit Plus (2009)
• Steel Diver (2011)
• Star Fox 64 3D (2011)
• Wii Fit U (2013)

EAD Software Group Tokyo No. 1

Director: Takao Shimizu

• Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
• Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004)
• Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
• Jibun de Tsukuru Nintendo DS Guide (2010)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011)
• The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition (2011)

EAD Software Group Tokyo No. 2

Director: Yoshiaki Koizumi

• Flipnote Studio (2008)
• New Play Control!: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008)
• Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
• Super Mario 3D Land (2011)