TheLastStarFighter on 05 January 2015
Nintendo EAD should be considered one developer. Just like how Naughty Dog has 2 teams now, or Square has about 4 working internally or Capcom Japan may have 5 or 6, Nintendo EAD has about 10. Retro or Monolithsoft should be considered separate developers. But "Nintendo" is a developer internally and should be regarded as such. You don't separate EAD team 1 or 2 or 3 anymore than you would separate the Naughty Dog's teams or the FFXIV team from the FFXV team as separate developers.
And yeah, I would say on any given year they could be called "developer of the year" without much objection.
