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I rewrote this from one of my earlier posts. I thought it might be interesting as its own OP. This a listing of Nintendo's teams and a hodge podge listing of titles they've worked on, are working on or are rumored to be working on:

1st Party

EAD Software Development Group No. 1 - Hideki Konno
- Nintedogs (finished)
- Mario Kart Wii (Finished)
- Nintendogs 2 (?)

EAD Software Development Group No. 2 - Katsuya Eguchi
- Wii Sports (finished)
- Wii Play (finished)
- Wii Music (nearing completion)
- Animal Crossing (nearing completion)
- Wii Sports Resort (it looks like Motor Sports turned into Sports Resort, nearing completion)

EAD Software Development Group No. 3 - Eiji Aonuma
- Phantom Hourglass (finished)
- Link's Crossbow Training (finished)
- Zelda Wii ?

EAD Software Development Group No. 4 - Hiroyuki Kimura
- NSMB (finished)
- Pikmin 3 ?
- NSMB2 ?

EAD Software Development Group No. 5 - Tadashi Sugiyama
- Wii Fit (finished)

EAD Software Development Group TOKYO - Takao Shimizu
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (finished)
- Super Mario Galaxy (finished)

Software Planning and Development Division No. 1 - Yoshio Sakamoto
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (nearing completion)
- Card Hero DS

Software Planning and Development Division No. 2 - Hitoshi Yamagami
- Dr. Mario Wii (finished)
- Densetsu no Starfy (finished)

Software Planning and Development Division No. 3 - Kensuke Tanabe
- Various collaborations internal and external

Software Planning and Development Division No. 4 - Shinya Takakashi
- Wii Channels (ongoing, "Check Mii Out" finished)
- DS Letter Training (finished)
- Daigasso Band Brothers DX (finished)

Intelligent Systems (Spiritually led by the ghost of Gunpei Yokoi)
- Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (finished)
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (finished)
- Card Hero DS
- Fire Emblem Remake

Monolith Soft - Hirohide Sugiura
- Soma Bringer (finished)
- Disaster: Day of Crisis (delayed lol)

Retro Studios - Michael Kelbaugh
- Metroid Prime 3 (finished)

Nintendo Software Technology Corp. - Shigeki Yamashiro
- Nintendo Crossword DS (finished)
- H.A.M.M.E.R. (cancelled?)

Brownie Brown
- Magical Starsign (finished)
- Heroes of Mana (finished)
- Blue Dragon


2nd Party

HAL Laboratory Inc.
- Kirby Canvas Curse (finished)
- Pokemon Ranger (finished)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (finished)
- Kirby Super Star Deluxe (nearing completion)
- Kirby Wii

Genius Sonority - Manabu Yamana
- Dragon Quest Swords (finished)
- DS Literature Collection (ongoing)

Alpha Dream
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (finished)

Camelot

- We Love Golf! (finished)
- Golden Sun (?)

Game Freak
- Pokemon Platinum

Ambrella
- Pokemon Ranch (finished)

Noise
- Custom Robo Arena (finished)

skip Ltd.
- Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol (finished)
- Captain Rainbow

Factor Five
- Kid Icarus ?


So more interestingly, seeing as how one division (EAD no.2) showed all of their titles at E3, what ARE all the other in-house developers working on? Some of the earlier games that have been completed have been sketched in and some rumored games have been put under the team most likely to be working on them.

Earlier this year Nintendo said it was shifting support from the DS to the Wii so I would guess some of the teams finishing up DS projects are moving on to Wii titles. Obviously the teams are of different sizes but at least three of them (EAD no.1, no.2 and TOKYO) can work simultaneously on two or three Wii games and the rest can work on at least 2 DS games at the same time.

Comments anyone?



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Well, its NST I'm rather disappointed in. It doesn't seem they've been doing much these days. Why not a Wave Race Online or 1080. For WaveRace in particular, I just want more varied locales, more storm and weather effects. They actually nailed most of its goodness in the very first game. Just some refining with about 16 players online so we can start a league or something :) (I love waverace).

Also, I wish there'd be a remake of StarFox 64 since Nintendo doesn't want to do a new one in that format. For me that is the most enjoyable game I've played ever and I started gaming on the NES. I must have replayed that thing at least a 100 times(no exaggeration). Get to it Nintendo!



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Nice list! There must be loads of games coming in the future!



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Xbox360: MW2

Very good post.

What are they doing? all I can think is, Pikmin 3, next Zelda, Pilot Wings, 1080.



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What happened to Kirby Wii?

Even as a ghost Gunpei Yokoi can make games!

Also WiiFit was made by the newly formed EAD team 5, led by Tadashi Sugiyama, not EAD Tokyo.



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Seriously, I'm looking at this, and I can't stop thinking about Star Fox. What are they planning for the series? And what is going to be Retro Studios' next game? Lots of questions, barely any answers.

By the way, Brownie Brown is an awesome name for a developer. =P



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Gunpei Yokoi story makes me cry every time. It is much worse than Kojima story. At least Intelligent Systems delivers and Metroid is still a amazing game. Miyamoto needs an awesome pupil just like he was to Yokoi.



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Don't forget that Miyamoto confirmed Pikmin 3 is in development and preliminary work has started on a new Wii Zelda.

@ItsaMii: Yokoi wasn't really Miyamoto's mentor--they learned from each other.



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Wow. Thanks. Very informative. Project H.A.M.M.E.R. should be put under NST, perhaps.



Soleron said:
Wow. Thanks. Very informative. Project H.A.M.M.E.R. should be put under NST, perhaps.

They were the developers from the start. If it starts developement again then they will most likely be developing it. Also it better be good unlike said metroid prime hunters game made by NST.