Nintendo Software Technology

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Nintendo Software Technology
Software Technology
Type	Subsidiary of Nintendo
Industry	Video games
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington, USA
Key people	Shigeki Yamashiro (President)
Products	Various video game titles
Parent	Nintendo
Website	Nintendo.co.jp

Nintendo Software Technology (or NST) is an American video game developer located inside of Nintendo of America main headquarters, based in Redmond, Washington. NST was created by Nintendo as a first-party developer to create games for the North American market, though their games have also been released in other territories such as Europe and Japan, exclusively for Nintendo consoles. Although the development team is based in North America, there is a traditional Nintendo and Japanese-centric design applied to the development of the software. Co-founders Claude Comair (co-founder of DigiPen) and Scott Tsumura retired in 2002 and 2006, respectively. NST is currently headed by Shigeki Yamashiro.

Nintendo made the decision of transplanting several members of their development team in Japan over to America. The list of staff included Shigeki Yamashiro, Masamichi Abe, Katsuhiko Kanno, and Colin Reed. Nintendo Software Technology Corporation also recruited several veterans from companies like Rockstar, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft to further complete their development talent.

History

Nintendo Software Technology's headquarters in Redmond, Washington

The establishment took place in 1998 through the liaison of a Nintendo funded technology school called Digi-Pen. The offices opened with several doctorate level instructors and some recent graduates of the university working with several Nintendo of America designers and producers. Their first game, Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, was released for the Game Boy Color in 1999 and was a sequel of Capcom's Bionic Commando.

Over the years, NST has developed many games for Nintendo consoles such as the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series, Wave Race: Blue Storm, and Metroid Prime Hunters.

DigiPen's Main Campus was based in the same building as theirs until 2010.

Development

List of games developed

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces	1999	GBC	Josh Atkins	Andrew Hieke Minoru Arakawa
Crystalis	2000	GBC	Josh Atkins	Andrew Hieke
Ridge Racer 64	2000	N64	Akila Redmer	Andrew Hieke Minoru Arakawa
Pokémon Puzzle League	2000	N64	Yukimi Shimura	Takehiro Izushi
Wave Race: Blue Storm	2001	NGC	Shigeki Yamashiro	Shigeru Miyamoto Minoru Arakawa
Nintendo Puzzle Collection (Panel de Pon)	2003	NGC	Yukimi Shimura	Andrew Hieke Takehiro Izushi
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition	2003	NGC		Shigeru Miyamoto
1080° Avalanche	2003	NGC	Vivek Melwani	Shigeki Yamashiro Shigeru Miyamoto
Mario vs. Donkey Kong	2004	GBA	Yukimi Shimura	Shigeki Yamashiro Shigeru Miyamoto
Ridge Racer DS	2004	NDS	Vivek Melwani	Shigeki Yamashiro
Metroid Prime Hunters	2006	NDS	Masamichi Abe	Shigeki Yamashiro Kensuke Tanabe
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis	2006	NDS	Yukimi Shimura	Shigeki Yamashiro Kensuke Tanabe
Sin and Punishment (English translation)	2007	VC	Hideyuki Suganami (English tlanslation by Hiroto Alexander)	Masato Maegawa Takehiro Izushi
Super Smash Bros Brawl (Masterpiece Mode)	2008	Wii	Masahiro Sakurai	Kensuke Tanabe
Crosswords DS (Co-developed w/ Nuevo Retro Games)	2008	NDS	Yukimi Shimura	Shigeki Yamashiro Masao Yamamoto
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again	2009	DSiWare	Yukimi Shimura	Shigeki Yamashiro Kensuke Tanabe
Aura-Aura Climber	2010	DSiWare	Masamichi Abe	Yukimi Shimura
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!	2010	NDS	Yukimi Shimura	Shigeki Yamashiro Kensuke Tanabe
Crosswords Plus	2012	3DS	Stephen Mortimer	Yukimi Shimura
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move	2013	3DS	Stephen Mortimer	Yukimi Shimura Kensuke Tanabe

List of applications developed

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
Nintendo 64 Emulator	2006	VC
BBC iPlayer Channel	2009	Wii
Mario Calculator and Clock	2009	DSiWare		Shigeki Yamashiro
Animal Crossing Calculator and Clock	2009	DSiWare		Shigeki Yamashiro
Kirby TV Channel	2011	Wii
Wii U Chat (Co-developed w/ NERD and Vidyo)^[1]	2012	Wii U	Fumihiko Tamiya
Wii Street U^[2]	2013	Wii U	Toshiaki Suzuki	Keiichi Kawai

Cancelled games

Title	Platform(s)	Director	Producer
Project H.A.M.M.E.R.	Wii
Wii Crush	Wii

References

Nintendo World Report company profile. Retrieved Oct. 30, 2008.
PALGN company information. Retrieved Feb. 9, 2005.
N-Sider personnel view. Retrieved Feb. 9, 2005.
N-Sider. Retrieved May 9, 2005.

External links

Nintendo development teams

International Headquarters and Distributors

Divisions

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD)
Nintendo Software Planning & Development (SPD)
Nintendo Integrated Research & Development (IRD)
Nintendo System Development (SDD)

Subsidiaries

Japan	1-UP Studio Intelligent Systems Nintendo Network Service Database (NSD) Monolith Soft Nd Cube

North America	Nintendo Software Technology (NST) Nintendo Technology Development (NTD) Retro Studios

Europe	Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD)

Affiliated

Partners

Former

First-party	Nintendo Research & Engineering Department (RED) Project Sora

Affiliated	AiLive (iKuni) Left Field Productions Marigul Management Clever Trick Param Saru Brunei Mobile21 Midway Games Rare Silicon Knights

Partners	Artoon Cing Factor 5 Flagship Hudson Soft n-Space Radical Entertainment St.GIGA

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