Nintendo R&D4

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Nintendo internal team video game development division

Nintendo R&D4 was a key internal development division of Nintendo best known for creating the original Super Mario Bros. and pioneering many of the company’s classic NES-era franchises.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nintendo EAD	21
Nintendo Research & Development 4	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nintendo internal team ⓘ video game development division ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nintendo EAD predecessor ⓘ Nintendo Research & Development 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedToFranchise	Kid Icarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Metroid NERFINISHED ⓘ Punch-Out!! NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legend of Zelda NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
dissolvedInto	Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	8-bit era ⓘ NES era ⓘ
genreSpecialization	action-adventure games ⓘ platform games ⓘ side-scrolling action games ⓘ
industry	video games ⓘ
keyPerson	Gunpei Yokoi NERFINISHED ⓘ Kazuaki Morita NERFINISHED ⓘ Koji Kondo NERFINISHED ⓘ Shigeru Miyamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ Takashi Tezuka NERFINISHED ⓘ Toru Osawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Kyoto ⓘ
notableFor	establishing core Nintendo franchises ⓘ pioneering side-scrolling platformers on NES ⓘ
notableWork	Balloon Fight NERFINISHED ⓘ Clu Clu Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Devil World NERFINISHED ⓘ Donkey Kong (NES port) NERFINISHED ⓘ Excitebike (NES version) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ice Climber NERFINISHED ⓘ Kid Icarus NERFINISHED ⓘ Metroid NERFINISHED ⓘ Punch-Out!! (NES) NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Mario Bros. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Legend of Zelda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zelda II: The Adventure of Link NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	Nintendo NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Nintendo Research & Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
platformFocus	Family Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ Nintendo Entertainment System NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorOf	Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1980s ⓘ early 1990s ⓘ