Nintendo R&D4
Nintendo Research & Development No. 4 was the largest software development division within the Japanese video game company 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.
Nintendo R&D4 at a Glance
Nintendo R&D4 has been active in the gaming industry from 1985 to 1988, with 8 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Platform, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), with additional titles in Sport and Arcade. The studio carries a solid 77.5/100 average rating across their catalog, with 6 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Super Mario Bros. 3 (89.5/100). Games from Nintendo R&D4 are available across 7 platforms, most notably Wii U, Wii, Family Computer Disk System.
Genre Breakdown
Platform Spread
Rating Distribution
Highest Rated Titles
8.9Super Mario Bros. 3
7.1Ice Hockey
Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race
6.6Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
7.4Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Vs. Super Mario Bros.
8.0The Legend of Zelda
8.4
