Nintendo Research & Development 2

Nintendo Research and Development 2

Former type	Private
Industry	Video game industry
Fate	Reassigned to the Nintendo EAD
Successor	Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
Founded	1972
Defunct	2005
Headquarters	Japan
Products	Games for Nintendo video game consoles

Nintendo Research and Development 2 (任天堂開発第二部 Nintendo Kaihatsu Dainibu) (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 1980s.^[1] While usually occupied in system operating software and technical support, the team would come back to early development in the 1990s 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 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.^[1]

Games developed

Title	Year	Platform(s)
Mach Rider	1985	NES
Ice Hockey	1988	NES
NES Open Tournament Golf	1991	NES
Marvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima	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

References

1. "Iwata Asks: New Super Mario Bros. Wii". Nintendo. 2009-11-31. Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-31. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)

External links

• IGN Listing for R&D2