Developer · Japan
Nintendo R&D4
Miyamoto's original creative group, renamed Entertainment Analysis & Development in 1989.
Mechanics first shipped by Nintendo R&D4
Ideas this studio is credited with introducing to the medium, each with a full downstream history.
Space & Locomotion · 1985
Momentum-Based Platform Control
Momentum-based platform control gives an avatar acceleration, skidding and a jump whose height depends on how long the…
Origin: Super Mario Bros.
Progression & Persistence · 1986
Battery-Backed Save File
Battery-backed saving puts a small amount of powered memory inside the cartridge so a game can record its own state, a…
Origin: The Legend of Zelda
Games developed (2)
1985
Super Mario Bros. 1985 1 first
1986
The Legend of Zelda 1986 1 first