Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
	Exterior of the Nintendo Development Center in Kyoto
Native name	任天堂企画制作本部
Romanized name	Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Predecessors	Nintendo EAD; Nintendo SPD;
Founded	September 16, 2015
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan
Number of locations	2 (Kyoto and Tokyo)
Key people	General Manager; Shinya Takahashi; Deputy General Managers; Katsuya Eguchi; Hisashi Nogami; Yoshiaki Koizumi; Takayuki Shimamura; Senior Officers; Takashi Tezuka; Yoshio Sakamoto; Kensuke Tanabe; Eiji Aonuma; Koji Kondo;
Brands	Animal Crossing; Big Brain Academy; Brain Age; Mario Kart; Metroid; Pikmin; Splatoon; Star Fox; Super Mario; The Legend of Zelda;
Number of employees	700 (2019)
Parent	Nintendo

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division, commonly abbreviated as Nintendo EPD, is the largest division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division focuses on developing and producing video games, mobile apps, and other related entertainment software for the company. EPD was created after merging their Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD) divisions in September 2015.

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