Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development

Japan Founded 1989

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development was the largest division inside Nintendo. It was preceded by the Creative Department, a team of designers with backgrounds in art responsible for many different tasks, to which Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka originally belonged. Both served as managers of the EAD studios and were credited in every game developed by the division, with varying degrees of involvement. Nintendo EAD was best known for its work on games in the Donkey Kong, Mario, The Legend of Zelda, F-Zero, Star Fox, Pikmin, and Animal Crossing series.

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development at a Glance

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development has been active in the gaming industry from 1991 to 2010, with 12 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Platform, Puzzle, with additional titles in Racing and Real Time Strategy (RTS). With an average community rating of 83.4/100, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development is among the highest-rated studios in our database -- 10 of their rated titles score 80 or above. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (96.1/100). Games from Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development are available across 9 platforms, most notably Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 64.

Total Games

83.4

Avg Rating

1991

First Release

2010

Latest Release