Intelligent Systems
Not to be confused with Intelligent Games.
 The Intelligent Systems logo since its establishment in 1986. | |
Native name | 株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ |
|---|---|
| Kabushiki gaisha | |
| Founded | December 1986[1] |
| Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan |
Key people |
Shouzou Kaga Yuka Tsujiyoko |
| Products | Various video game titles |
Number of employees | 142 (as of May 2015)[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ Hepburn: Kabushiki-Gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu) is a Japanese video game developer closely affiliated with Nintendo and best known for developing the Fire Emblem, Wars, and Paper Mario series. Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto,[2] but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013.[3]
History
Intelligent Systems makes development kits for first and third parties, like this ROM burner for the Nintendo DS.
Intelligent Systems started out in the video game industry when developer Tohru Narihiro was hired by Nintendo to port Famicom Disk System software to the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used outside Japan on the NES. Similarly to the origins of HAL Laboratory, the team soon became an auxiliary program unit for Nintendo that provided system tools and hired people to program, fix, or port Nintendo-developed software. Much of the team's original work consists of minor contributions to larger titles developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo EAD.
Chief programmer Tohru Narihiro programmed his first video games, Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, towards the end of the Famicom's life cycle, although the game design, graphic design, and music was provided by the Nintendo R&D1 team. Because of Narihiro's success, Intelligent Systems began to hire graphic designers, programmers, and musicians to extend the company from an auxiliary–tool developer to a game development group. The company has since continued to develop new entries in the Wars and Fire Emblem franchises.
Intelligent Systems currently focuses on development of Wii U and Nintendo 3DS software, and has developed games for every Nintendo system to date.
Gameography
| Title | System | Release date | Publisher | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Europe | North America | ||||
| Tennis[lower-alpha 1] | Nintendo Entertainment System | January 14, 1984 | September 1, 1986 | October 18, 1985 | Nintendo | |
| Family Computer Disk System | February 21, 1986 | Unreleased | ||||
| Wild Gunman[lower-alpha 1] | Nintendo Entertainment System | February 18, 1984 | February 15, 1988 | October 18, 1985 | ||
| Devil World[lower-alpha 2] | October 5, 1984 | July 15, 1987 | Unreleased | |||
| Soccer | April 9, 1985 | January 15, 1987 | March 1987 | |||
| Family Computer Disk System | February 21, 1986 | Unreleased | ||||
| Metroid[lower-alpha 1] | August 6, 1986 | [4] | ||||
| Famicom Wars | Family Computer | August 12, 1988 | ||||
| Alleyway[lower-alpha 1] | Game Boy | April 21, 1989 | September 28, 1990 | August 11, 1989 | ||
| Baseball[lower-alpha 3] | July 31, 1989 | |||||
| Yakuman | Unreleased | |||||
| Golf | November 28, 1989 | January 1990 | February 1990 | |||
| Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi[lower-alpha 1] | Family Computer | April 20, 1990 | Unreleased | |||
| Game Boy Wars[lower-alpha 1] | Game Boy | May 21, 1991 | ||||
| Fire Emblem Gaiden | Family Computer | March 14, 1992 | ||||
| Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru[lower-alpha 1] | Game Boy | September 4, 1992 | ||||
| Battle Clash[lower-alpha 1] JP Space Bazooka |
Super Nintendo Entertainment System | June 21, 1993 | March 18, 1993 | October 1992 | ||
| Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge[lower-alpha 1] | Unreleased | December 1993 | ||||
| Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo | Super Famicom | January 21, 1994 | Unreleased | |||
| Super Metroid[lower-alpha 1] | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | March 19, 1994 | July 28, 1994 | April 18, 1994 | ||
| Galactic Pinball | Virtual Boy | July 21, 1995 | Unreleased | August 14, 1995 | ||
| Panel de Pon | Super Famicom | October 27, 1995 | Unreleased | |||
| Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu | May 14, 1996 | |||||
| Tetris Attack[lower-alpha 1] | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Unreleased | November 28, 1996 | August 1996 | ||
| BS Yoshi's Panepon[lower-alpha 1] | Satellaview | November 3, 1996 | Unreleased | |||
| Super Famicom Wars | Super Famicom | May 1, 1998 | ||||
| Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 | Super Famicom | September 1, 1999 | ||||
| Paper Mario JP Mario Story |
Nintendo 64 | August 11, 2000 | October 5, 2001 | February 5, 2001 | ||
| Pokémon Puzzle Challenge JP Pokemon de Panepon |
Game Boy Color | September 21, 2000 | December 4, 2000 | June 15, 2001 | ||
| Advance Wars JP Game Boy Wars Advance |
Game Boy Advance | November 25, 2004[lower-alpha 4] | January 11, 2002 | September 10, 2001 | ||
| Mario Kart: Super Circuit JP Mario Kart Advance |
July 21, 2001 | September 14, 2001 | August 27, 2001 | |||
| Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest[lower-alpha 5] JP|EU|AU Animal Leader |
GameCube | February 21, 2002 | July 19, 2002 | November 5, 2002 | Nintendo WW | |
| Atlus NA | ||||||
| Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi[lower-alpha 1] | Game Boy Advance | March 29, 2002 | Unreleased | Nintendo | ||
| Nintendo Puzzle Collection[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 6] | GameCube | February 7, 2003 | ||||
| Fire Emblem JP Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken |
Game Boy Advance | April 25, 2003 | July 16, 2004 | November 3, 2003 | ||
| Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising JP Game Boy Wars Advance 2 |
November 25, 2004[lower-alpha 4] | October 3, 2003 | June 23, 2003 | |||
| WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ JP Atsumare! Made in Wario |
GameCube | October 17, 2003 | September 3, 2004 | April 5, 2004 | ||
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door JP Paper Mario RPG |
July 22, 2004 | November 12, 2004 | October 11, 2004 | |||
| Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones JP Fire Emblem: Seima no Kōseki |
Game Boy Advance | October 7, 2004 | November 4, 2005 | May 23, 2005 | ||
| WarioWare: Twisted![lower-alpha 7] JP Mawaru Made in Wario |
October 14, 2004 | May 19, 2005 | ||||
| WarioWare: Touched![lower-alpha 7] JP Sawaru Made in Wario |
Nintendo DS | December 2, 2004 | March 11, 2005 | February 14, 2005 | ||
| Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance[lower-alpha 8] JP Fire Emblem: Sōen no Kiseki |
GameCube | April 20, 2005 | November 4, 2005 | October 17, 2005 | ||
| Advance Wars: Dual Strike JP Famicom Wars DS |
Nintendo DS | June 23, 2005 | September 30, 2005 | August 22, 2005 | ||
| WarioWare: Smooth Moves[lower-alpha 7] JP Odoru Made in Wario |
Wii | December 2, 2006 | January 12, 2007 | January 15, 2007 | ||
| Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn[lower-alpha 8] JP Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami |
February 22, 2007 | March 14, 2008 | November 11, 2007 | |||
| Super Paper Mario | April 19, 2007 | September 14, 2007 | April 9, 2007 | |||
| Planet Puzzle League EU Puzzle League DS JP Panel de Pon DS |
Nintendo DS | April 26, 2007 | June 29, 2007 | June 4, 2007 | ||
| Face Training JP Facening de Hyōjō Yutaka ni Inshō Up: Otona no DS Kao Training |
August 7, 2007 | Unreleased | Unreleased | |||
| Nintendo DSi | September 9, 2009 | September 24, 2010 | ||||
| Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero[lower-alpha 7] | Nintendo DS | December 20, 2007 | Unreleased | |||
| Advance Wars: Days of Ruin EU|AU Advance Wars: Dark Conflict JP Famicom Wars DS: Ushinawareta Hikari |
Nintendo DS | Unreleased | January 25, 2008 | January 21, 2008 | ||
| Virtual Console (Nintendo 3DS) | October 30, 2013 | Unreleased | [5] | |||
| Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon[lower-alpha 8] JP Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken |
Nintendo DS | August 7, 2008 | December 5, 2008 | February 16, 2009 | ||
| WarioWare: Snapped![lower-alpha 7] JP Utsusu Made in Wario |
Nintendo DSi (DSiWare) | December 24, 2008 | April 3, 2009 | April 5, 2009 | ||
| WarioWare D.I.Y.[lower-alpha 7] JP Made in Ore |
Nintendo DS | April 29, 2009 | April 30, 2010 | March 28, 2010 | ||
| WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase[lower-alpha 7] JP Asobu Made in Ore |
Wii (WiiWare) | March 29, 2010 | ||||
| Dragon Quest Wars | Nintendo DSi (DSiWare) | June 24, 2009 | October 9, 2009 | September 28, 2009 | Square Enix | |
| Eco Shooter: Plant 530 JP|EU 530 Eco Shooter |
Wii (WiiWare) | November 24, 2009 | January 29, 2010 | December 21, 2009 | Nintendo | |
| Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner | Nintendo DSi (DSiWare) | September 2, 2009 | Unreleased | March 29, 2010 | ||
| Nintendo DSi Metronome | ||||||
| Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function | October 7, 2009 | September 4, 2009 | ||||
| Link 'n' Launch | November 11, 2009 | August 6, 2010 | February 8, 2010 | |||
| Spotto! EU|AU Birds & Bombs |
November 25, 2009 | February 26, 2010 | February 15, 2010 | |||
| Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyū | Nintendo DS | July 15, 2010 | Unreleased | |||
| Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I · II · III | Wii | September 15, 2011 | Square Enix | |||
| Pushmo EU|AU Pullblox JP Hiku Osu |
Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo eShop) | October 5, 2011 | December 8, 2011 | Nintendo | ||
| Fire Emblem Awakening[lower-alpha 8] JP Fire Emblem Kakusei |
Nintendo 3DS | April 19, 2012 | April 19, 2013 | February 4, 2013 | ||
| Crashmo EU|AU Fallblox JP Hiku Otsu |
Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo eShop) | October 31, 2012 | November 15, 2012 | November 22, 2012 | ||
| Paper Mario: Sticker Star JP Paper Mario: Super Seal |
Nintendo 3DS | December 6, 2012 | December 7, 2012 | November 11, 2012 | ||
| Game & Wario[lower-alpha 7] | Wii U | March 28, 2013 | June 28, 2013 | June 23, 2013 | ||
| Daigasso! Band Brothers P[lower-alpha 9] | Nintendo 3DS | November 14, 2013 | Unreleased | |||
| Pushmo World EU|AUPullblox World JP Hiku Otsu Warudo |
Wii U (Nintendo eShop) | June 19, 2014 | [6] | |||
| Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. | Nintendo 3DS | May 14, 2015 | May 15, 2015 | March 13, 2015 | ||
| Stretchmo EU|AU Fullblox |
May 13, 2015 | May 14, 2015 | ||||
| Fire Emblem Fates JP Fire Emblem if |
June 25, 2015 | May 20, 2016 | February 19, 2016 | [7] | ||
| Paper Mario: Color Splash | Wii U | October 13, 2016 | October 7, 2016 | |||
- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Co-developed by Nintendo R&D1.
- ↑ Co-developed by Nintendo EAD.
- ↑ Responsible for porting the original game to the Game Boy.
- 1 2 Released as Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 in Japan.
- ↑ Co-developed by Saru Brunei.
- ↑
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Co-developed by Nintendo SPD Group No. 1.
- 1 2 3 4 Co-developed by Nintendo SPD Group No. 2.
- ↑ Co-developed by Nintendo SDD.
Cancelled
| Title | System | Publisher | Reason | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Hopper JP Jump Dragon |
Virtual Boy | Nintendo | ||
| Fire Emblem 64 (tentative title) | Nintendo 64DD |
Other
This is another list of games to which Intelligent Systems has contributed.[8]
- Wrecking Crew (NES/FDS)
- Mario Bros. (NES/FDS)
- Donkey Kong (NES)
- Hogan's Alley (NES)
- Duck Hunt (NES)
- Mario Paint (SNES)
- Sim City (SNES)
- Trade & Battle: Card Hero (GBC)
- Dr. Mario & Panel de Pon (GBA)
- Kaite oboeru eitango-chō (lit. Learn how to write English) (DSiWare)
- Kaite oboeru shashin tango-chō (lit. Learn how to write with pictures) (DSiWare)
- Ato nan-nichi? Kazoeru nintendō DSi karendā (lit. How many days? Learn how to count with Nintendo DSi Calender) (DSiWare)
- Card Hero: Custom Speed Battle (DSiWare)
- Atsumeru egao-chō (lit. Smile Book Collection) (DSiWare)
- Chotto panerudepon (lit. A little bit of... Panel de Pon) (DSiWare)
- Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS (Nintendo DS)
References
- 1 2 "History" (in Japanese). Intelligent Systems. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Location". Intelligent Systems. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ↑ Nintendo-Online.de
- ↑ Christian Nutt (23 April 2010). "The Elegance Of Metroid: Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks". Gamasutra. United Business Media LLC. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ↑ ファミコンウォーズＤＳ 失われた光 (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ Whitehead, Thomas (May 28, 2014). "Nintendo of America Confirms Pushmo World Release Details". Nintendo Life. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- ↑ Lehew, Alex (November 12, 2015). "Fire Emblem Fates releases February 19th; release details revealed". The Tanooki. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. ゲームソフト". Intelligent Systems. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
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