Nintendo Software Planning & Development
Nintendo Software Planning & Development Division, commonly abbreviated as Nintendo SPD, was a Japanese research, planning and development division owned by Nintendo and housed inside the Nintendo Development Center in Kyoto, Japan. The division had two departments: Software Planning & Development Department, which primarily co-produced games with external developers; and Software Development & Design Department, which primarily developed experimental and system software. The division was created during a corporate restructuring in September 2003, with the abolition of the Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D2 departments.
Nintendo's logotype, used during most of the division's existence | |
Exterior of the Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, which housed the division until 2014 | |
Native name | 任天堂企画開発本部 |
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Romanized name | Nintendō Kikaku Kaihatsu Honbu |
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Video games |
| Genre | Video game development |
| Predecessor | |
| Founded | September 30, 2003 in Kyoto, Japan |
| Founder | Satoru Iwata |
| Defunct | September 16, 2015 |
| Fate | Merged with Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development |
| Successor | Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development |
| Headquarters | Kyoto , Japan |
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| Parent | Nintendo |
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The group had the task of independently developing innovative games, assisting other development teams on projects, and managing overseas production of first-party franchises. Both SPD and SDD departments were divided into four separate groups, which worked concurrently on different projects.
In September 2015, Nintendo SPD merged with Nintendo's other software development division, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD), becoming Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development.