Nintendo R&D2

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An internal Nintendo development studio that has developed many of Nintendo's peripherals and games.

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Nintendo R&D2 (Research and Development 2) is an internal development studio of Nintendo (Company). R&D2 has developed many peripherals for Nintendo's consoles (in fact, during their first ten years with the company, they only produced peripherals), but they have also developed software. The studio was originally headed by Masayuki Uemura (Person), whose ideas led to many of Nintendo's light gun games. In 2004, Kazuhiko Taniguchi (Person) took over the company. In 2005, R&D2 (as well as Randamp;amp;D1 and Randamp;amp;D3) were merged with Nintendo EAD (Company) (Entertainment Analysis and Development).

Games

1991

• NES Open Tournament Golf (Game) (NES)

1996

• Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (SNES)

1997

• BS Sutte Hakkun (BS-X)

1998

• Sutte Hakkun (SNES)
• Sutte Hakkun Event Version (SNES)

1999

• Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (GBC)

2000

• Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (GBC)

2001

• Super Mario Advance (Game) (GBA)

2002

• Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)
• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (GBA)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords (GBA)

2003

• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (GBA)

2004

• Daigasso! Band Brothers (DS)

Developed Games

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Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (Game)

20 September 2002

Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is a GBA port of the popular SNES game Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

GBA​ 3DSE​ WIIU​

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Game)

30 April 1999

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is a 1999 remake of the 1985 classic, Super Mario Bros. It featured many updates from the original version including fixes for several glitches and the ability to play as Luigi at any time.

GBC​ 3DSE​

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (Game)

14 December 2001

Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 is an enhanced re-release of the classic Super Nintendo game for the Game Boy Advance. It also includes Mario Bros. on the cart.

GBA​ WIIU​

NES Open Tournament Golf (Game)

1 September 1991

An NES golf game starring Mario. NES Open Tournament Golf features Stroke, Match, and Tournament modes on three different courses.

NES​ ARC​ NSW​ +3

Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4 (Game)

11 July 2003

Super Mario Advance 4 is the Game Boy Advance remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES.

GBA​ NSW​ WIIU​

Super Mario Advance (Game)

21 March 2001

A remake of the classic Super Mario Bros. 2 that was originally released on NES with updated visuals and sound for the Game Boy Advance.

GBA​ WIIU​

Donkey Kong Jr. Math (Game)

12 December 1983

An edutainment spin-off of the classic platformer Donkey Kong Jr., using the original game's assets and gameplay to reinforce math fundamentals and various levels of arithmetic.

NES​ NSW​ WSHP​ +1

Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (Game)

26 October 1996

The first video game directed by Eiji Aonuma. It has a major resemblance to The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past.

SNES​ NSW​ WIIU​

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Nintendo R&D2

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Developed Games

• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (Game)
• Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Game)
• Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (Game)
• NES Open Tournament Golf (Game)
• Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4 (Game)
• Super Mario Advance (Game)
• Donkey Kong Jr. Math (Game)
• Marvelous: Mouhitotsu no Takarajima (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Mario (Franchise)
• Super Mario (Franchise)
• Super Mario Advance (Franchise)
• Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
• Animal Crossing (Franchise)
• Daigasso! Band Brothers (Franchise)
• Donkey Kong (Franchise)
• Golf (Franchise)
• Kirby (Franchise)
• Mario Golf (Franchise)
• NES Remix (Franchise)
• Nintendo Vs. Series (Franchise)
• Super Mario World (Franchise)
• The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)
• Yoshi (Franchise)
• Yoshi's Island (Franchise)

People

• Eiji Aonuma (Person)
• Ian Kilmister (Person)
• Iggy Pop (Person)
• Koji Kondo (Person)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (Person)
• Paul Stanley (Person)
• Shigeru Miyamoto (Person)
• Takashi Tezuka (Person)

Characters

• Luigi (Character)
• Mario (Character)
• Princess Peach (Character)
• Lakitu (Character)
• Toad (Character)
• Bowser (Character)
• Yoshi (Character)
• Big Boo (Character)
• Hammer Bro (Character)
• Iggy Koopa (Character)
• Kamek (Character)
• Larry Koopa (Character)
• Lemmy Koopa (Character)
• Ludwig Von Koopa (Character)
• Morton Koopa Jr. (Character)
• Roy Koopa (Character)
• Wendy O. Koopa (Character)
• Blargg (Character)
• Boom Boom (Character)
• Donkey Kong (Character)

Concepts

• Virtual Console (Concept)
• Sprite (Concept)
• Titular Protagonist (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• High Score (Concept)
• Retroachievements (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Boo (Concept)
• Goomba (Concept)
• Head Jumping (Concept)
• Ice Stage (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Koopa (Concept)
• Remake (Concept)
• Toads (Concept)
• Auto-Scrolling Levels (Concept)
• Cheep-Cheep (Concept)
• Collectible (Concept)
• Death (Concept)
• Download Play (Concept)

Locations

• The Mushroom Kingdom (Location)
• Bowser's Castle (Location)
• Desert (Location)
• Waterfall (Location)
• Yoshi's Island (Location)
• Airship Fortress (Location)
• Australia (Location)
• Dark Land (Location)
• Desert Land (Location)
• Dinosaur Land (Location)
• Dream (Location)
• Dream Land (Location)
• Earth (Location)
• Giant Land (Location)
• Golf Course (Location)
• Grass Land (Location)
• Hawai'i (Location)
• Ice Land (Location)
• Japan (Location)
• Jungle (Location)

Objects

• Coin (Object)
• Mustache (Object)
• Bob-omb (Object)
• Fire Flower (Object)
• Lava (Object)
• POW block (Object)
• Starman (Object)
• Super Mushroom (Object)
• ! Switch (Object)
• 1-Up (Object)
• Bomb (Object)
• Donut Block (Object)
• Fireball (Object)
• Mario Block (Object)
• Mushroom (Object)
• Spring (Object)
• Vine (Object)
• Water (Object)
• 3-Up Moon (Object)
• Beanstalk (Object)