Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development

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Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development (or EAD; formerly Research & Development Team 4) is the largest division inside Nintendo of Japan, under the management of Shigeru Miyamoto. This team mostly focuses on the development of games.

EAD is best-known for their work on games in the Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Donkey Kong franchises, among several other titles.

[edit] Games Developed by EAD

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Title	Year	Platform(s)
Super Mario Bros.	1985	NES
Super Mario Bros. 2	1986	NES
The Legend of Zelda	1987	NES
Doki Doki Panic	1987	NES
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt	1988	NES
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	1988	NES
Super Mario Bros. 3	1988	NES
Super Mario World	1990	SNES
F-Zero	1990	SNES
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	1991	SNES
Super Mario Kart	1992	SNES
Super Mario All-Stars	1993	SNES
Star Fox	1993	SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening	1993	Game Boy
Donkey Kong (Game Boy)	1994	Game Boy
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island	1995	SNES
Mole Mania	1996	Game Boy
Super Mario 64	1996	Nintendo 64
Wave Race 64	1996	Nintendo 64
Mario Kart 64	1996	Nintendo 64
Star Fox 64	1997	Nintendo 64
Yoshi's Story	1997	Nintendo 64
F-Zero X	1998	Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	1998	Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	2000	Nintendo 64
Luigi's Mansion	2001	GameCube
Super Mario Advance	2001	Game Boy Advance
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	2001	Game Boy Advance
Pikmin	2001	GameCube
Super Mario Sunshine	2002	GameCube
Animal Crossing	2002	GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	2002	GameCube
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3	2002	Game Boy Advance
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	2003	GameCube
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	2003	Game Boy Advance
Hamtaro: Ham Ham Heartbreak	2003	Game Boy Advance
Pikmin 2	2004	GameCube
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures	2004	GameCube
Super Mario 64 DS	2004	Nintendo DS
Mario Kart DS	2005	Nintendo DS
Nintendogs	2005	Nintendo DS
Animal Crossing: Wild World	2005	Nintendo DS
New Super Mario Bros.	2006	Nintendo DS
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	2006	GameCube & Wii
Wii Sports	2006	Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass	2006	Nintendo DS
Wii Motor Sports	TBA	Wii
Wii Music	TBA	Wii
Animal Crossing Wii	TBA	Wii

**Nintendo Developers**
In-house & first-party : Integrated R&D \| R&D 1 \| R&D 2 \| EAD \| Intelligent Systems \| EAD Tokyo \| NST \| Retro Studios \| Brownie Brown
Second-party: HAL Laboratory \| Camelot \| Genius Sonority \| Creatures Inc. \| AlphaDream \| Game Freak \| NOISE