List of Nintendo divisions

This is a list of different companies that either are devoted suportors, or are owned by Nintendo. First party companies are companies that are owned by Nintendo, second parties make games only for Nintendo, and third parties make exclusive games for Nintendo and other companies such as Microsoft and Sony.

Nintendo headquarters and primary offices

• Nintendo Co, Ltd.

• Nintendo of America
  • USA Offices
    • Nintendo Atlanta
    • Nintendo North Bend
    • Nintendo Austin
    • Nintendo Redmond
  • Nintendo of Canada
  • Nintendo LATAM
  • Nintendo Brazil
• Nintendo of Europe
  • Nintendo Benelux
  • Nintendo Spain
  • Nintendo France
  • Nintendo Germany
  • Nintendo Italy
  • Nintendo UK
• Nintendo Australia
• Nintendo of Korea
• Nintendo Hong Kong
• Nintendo Phuten Company (now closed)
• Active Boeki
  • Active Gulf
  • Maxsoft Ltd.
• Core Gaming Systems
• Latamel Inc.

Nintendo Central Research & Development (Japan)

Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development (EPD)

Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development or Nintendo EPD for short, is currently the largest division within Nintendo, consisting of around 1000+ developers who create Nintendo games. It was formed in 2015 with the merger between Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Nintendo Software Planning & Development (SPD).

Nintendo Platform Technology Development (PTD)

Nintendo Platform Technology Development or Nintendo PTD for short is Nintendo's Hardware division. It was formed in 2015 with Company President Tatsumi Kimishima combining Nintendo Integrated Research and Development with Nintendo System Development.

Nintendo Development Subsidiaries

• 1-Up Studio - formerly Brownie Brown. Various Mana titles, Mother 3, Magical series. co-development of 3D Mario and Ring Fit Adventure
• iQue - Translation to Chinese and support development
• Mario Club - Quality Assurance on Nintendo games
• Monolith Soft - Disaster: Day of Crisis, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Legend of Zelda
• Nd Cube - F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Wii Party, Mario Party 9, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
• Next Level Games - Punch-Out!! (Wii), Mario Strikers, Luigi's Mansion.
• Nintendo European Research & Development - Formerly Mobiclip. While it doesn't develop games, it does develop software. Wii U Chat, Wii U Internet Browser, emulator programs used in the NES Classic and Nintendo Switch Online applications
• Nintendo Software Technology Corporation - Wave Race: Blue Storm, 1080° Avalanche, Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Metroid Prime Hunters, Nintendo Puzzle Collection, others.
• Nintendo Technology Development- development kits and co-develops the hardware
• Nintendo Pictures - Assists with graphics on various titles starting with Tears of the Kingdom
• Nintendo Systems - A joint venture with DeNA to manage the Nintendo Account system and other services for Nintendo.
• Retro Studios - Metroid Prime series, Donkey Kong Country
• Shiver Entertainment - Ports to Nintendo platforms
• Systems Research and Development - Support studio responsible for programming numerous Nintendo games, including major EPD titles

Sales and marketing

• Nintendo Sales Co., Ltd.
• HFI Inc.
• NES Merchandising Inc.
• NHR Inc.
• Nintendo Research, Inc.

Others

• Nintendo Corporate Analysis and Administration
• Nintendo Finance and Information Systems
• Nintendo General Affairs
• Nintendo International Business - Overseas projects.
• Nintendo Licensing Division
• Nintendo Manufacturing Division
• Nintendo Personnel Department
• Siras
• Warpstar Inc. (50%)
• The Pokémon Company (32%)

Former divisions

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development (previously Nintendo R&D4) was a division within Nintendo that specialized in creating video games for their current consoles. It was merged with with Nintendo SPD to create Nintendo EPD

Nintendo Software Planning and Development

Nintendo Software Planning and Development's main purpose was to produce and overseee other developers in creating Nintendo published video games, though they themselves also developed original titles. They were consolidated into Nintendo EPD with EAD.

Nintendo Software Design & Development

Nintendo Software Design & Development has developed numerous products for the Wii and Nintendo DS ranging from the Wii channels to Photo Dojo on DSiWare.

• Nintendo Software Design & Development 1 - Products
• Nintendo Software Design & Development 2 - Products

Nintendo Integrated Research and Development

Nintendo Integrated Research and Development (Nintendo IRD for short) designed Nintendo hardware and accessories since their Arcade days in the mid 1970s

Nintendo Research and Engineering

Nintendo Research and Engineering designed Nintendo handhelds and handheld accessories including the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and more. They were combined with Nintendo IRD in 2013.

Nintendo System Development

Nintendo System Development began as the Nintendo Special Planning Department where it worked on low profile hardware like the e-Reader and Pokéwalker. It was turned into Nintendo Network Business & Development in 2011 and added the Nintendo Network Planning Group. In 2013, it was turned into Nintendo System Development and

• Nintendo Network Development & Operations Department - System Applications and Network services
• Nintendo Environment Development Department - Software Development Kits and Online Infrastructure
• Nintendo Mechanical Design Group (Dissolved) - Hardware design and associated software

Nintendo Network Service Database

Formerly known as Wii no Ma, Nintendo Network Service Database operates Nintendo Network service in conjunction with Nintendo Network Development & Operations

Nintendo Business Operation Technology

Nintendo Business Operation Technology assists in the development of video games developed by companies outside of Nintendo.