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There are 10 different R&D departments within Nintendo. Only three of them are involved with R&D for the next consoles, with a rumored 11th one to be open next year. Nintendo EAD is the biggest and is has 6 divisions itself. Most of them are for software development while only a few are involved with the design and implementation of the hardware, network and OS/apps.