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 Video games
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 Integrated Research & Development

Title Released Added to Museum Notes
Game Boy Light 1998 Not Added Yet
Game Boy Color 1998 Not Added Yet
Game Boy Advance 2001 September 18, 2017
Game Boy Advance SP 2003 Not Added Yet
Nintendo DS 2004 Not Added Yet
Game Boy Micro 2005 Not Added Yet
Nintendo DS Lite 2006 Not Added Yet
Nintendo DSi 2008 November 3, 2018
Nintendo DSi XL 2009 Not Added Yet
Nintendo 3DS 2011 Not Added Yet

Video game peripherals by Nintendo Research & Engineering Development

Title Released Added to Museum Notes
Game Boy Camera 1998 Not Added Yet Camera for the Game Boy.
Game Boy Printer 1998 Not Added Yet Printer for the Game Boy.
Nintendo e-Reader 2002 September 18, 2017 A device for Game Boy Advance which would scan cards with dotcodes to load games and add-ons for games.
Nintendo MP3 Player 2005 Not Added Yet An MP3 Player released in Japan as PlayYan.
It was released in China as MP4 Player for GBA.
Shortly after release, there was an updated version called PlayYan Micro, which was released in Europe as Nintendo MP3 Player.
Circle Pad Pro 2011 Not yet A device that adds a circle pad to the Nintendo 3DS.
Circle Pad Pro XL 2012 Not yet A device that adds a circle pad to the Nintendo 3DS.