Nintendo Research & Engineering Development
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| Nintendo Research & Engineering Development | |
| Type | Division of Nintendo |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan |
| Key people | Satoru Okada, manager (1996-2012) |
| Industry | |
| Products | Video game consoles and hardware |
| Number of people | |
| Website | http://www.nintendo.com/ |
Nintendo Research & Engineering Development (開発技術部, RED) was formed in 1996.
History
In 1996 when Gunpei Yokoi, manager of Nintendo Research & Development 1 resigned from Nintendo, then-president of Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, created Nintendo Research & Engineering Development and appointed Satoru Okada its general manager.
The hardware development team of Nintendo Research & Development 1 was reassigned to Nintendo Integrated Research & Development, while the software development team remained at Nintendo Research & Development 1.
Throughout the lifespan of the development, Nintendo Research & Engineering Development designed Nintendo's portable video game consoles.
In January 2012, Satoru Okada retired from Nintendo. On February 16, 2012, Nintendo RED was merged into Nintendo Integrated Research & Development, which effectively combined the portable and home console development teams into one division.
Video game consoles by Nintendo Research & Engineering Development
| Title | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Light | 1998 | |
| Game Boy Color | 1998 | |
| Game Boy Advance | 2001 | |
| Game Boy Advance SP | 2003 | |
| Nintendo DS | 2004 | |
| Game Boy Micro | 2005 | |
| Nintendo DS Lite | 2006 | |
| Nintendo DSi | 2008 | |
| Nintendo DSi XL | 2009 | |
| Nintendo 3DS | 2011 |
Video game peripherals by Nintendo Research & Engineering Development
| Title | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Camera | 1998 | Camera for the Game Boy. |
| Game Boy Printer | 1998 | Printer for the Game Boy. |
| Nintendo e-Reader | 2002 | Dotcode scanner to load data on GBA. |
| Play-Yan | 2005 | A GBA MP3 Player released in Japan. It was released in China as MP4 Player for GBA. |
| Nintendo MP3 Player | 2005 | Updated GBA MP3 Player released in Japan as Play-Yan Micro. |
| Circle Pad Pro | 2011 | A device that adds a circle pad to the Nintendo 3DS. |
| Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure keyboard |
2011 | Keyboard for the Nintendo DS. |
| Circle Pad Pro XL | 2012 | A device that adds a circle pad to the Nintendo 3DS XL. |
