Nintendo European Research & Development
Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD) is a French subsidiary for Nintendo, located in Paris, which develops software technologies and middleware for Nintendo platforms. This includes retro console emulators, patented video codecs, and DRM technology.
| Formerly | Actimagine (2003–2011) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 2003 (as Actimagine) |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Key people | Alexandre Delattre (MD and CTO)|Jérôme Larrieu (Chief Science Officer)}} |
| Products | |
| Revenue | 10,870,600 euro (2020) |
| 1,381,700 euro (2020) | |
Number of employees | 75 (2023) |
| Parent | Nintendo |
| Website | www |
The organization originated as Mobiclip and Actimagine (/ˈɑːktɪmədʒiːn/) with notable customers including Nintendo, Sony Pictures Digital, and Fisher-Price. Nintendo licensed Mobiclip compression technology for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS video game consoles, used by popular games such as Square Enix's Final Fantasy III and Konami's Contra 4. Fisher-Price used them for its Pixter Multi-Media educational toy. Sony Pictures Digital and The Carphone Warehouse used Mobiclip software to deliver TV-like full-length movies on MicroSD memory cards for smart phones. Nintendo purchased the company, to create NERD.