Intelligent Systems
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Type | Subsidiary of Nintendo |
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Founded | February 18, 1984 October 18, 1985 |
Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan |
Industry | Computer and video game industry |
Products | Games for Nintendo video game consoles |
Employees | 123 |
Website | www.intsys.co.jp |
Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. (株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ Kabushiki-Gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu ) is a Japanese first-party video game developer and internal team of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Intelligent Systems entered the video game industry as a one-man team, named Toru Narihiro, who was hired by Nintendo to port over Famicom Disk software into the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used by the NES outside Japan. The team soon became an auxiliary program unit for Nintendo (like HAL Laboratory originally) that provided system tools and hired guns to program, fix, or port Nintendo-developed software. Thus much of the team's original discography contains minuscule contributions to several big Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D4 titles.
Chief programmer Toru Narihiro programmed his first actual game software with Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem 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. But because of Narihiro's success, Intelligent Systems began to hire graphic designers, programmers, and even musicians to extend the company from an auxiliary–tool developer to an actual game development group.
Intelligent Systems currently focuses on DS and Wii development, and has developed games for all of Nintendo's previous handhelds and consoles.
Contents |
[edit] List of games
[edit] Virtual Boy
Game | Date | Notes | |
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[edit] Consoles[edit] Nintendo Entertainment System (Family Computer) |
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Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken | 4/20/90 | Japan only. The first in the Fire Emblem series. | |
Fire Emblem Gaiden | 3/14/92 | Japan only. | |
Devil World | 10/5/84 | Japan and Europe only. | |
Wild Gunman | 10/18/85 | ||
[edit] Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom) |
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Super Famicom Wars | Japan only. The sequel to the Japan only turn-based strategy game. | ||
Super Metroid | The third entry in the Metroid series. (Designed by R&D1, programmed by Intelligent Systems) | ||
Panel de Pon | Japan only. A puzzle game starring a young girl named Lip. It was released in the United States under the name Tetris Attack, and re-released in the Japan only Nintendo Puzzle Collection. | ||
Tetris Attack | The American adaptation of Panel de Pon, using characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Starred Yoshi and Little Yoshi in various quests against Bowser and his minions in order to save their friends, doing puzzle fights between them and the enemies (The Game Boy version was later released in Japan as "Yoshi no Panepon"). | ||
Battle Clash | Known as Space Bazooka in Japan. It uses the Super Scope accessory. | ||
Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo | Japan only. Contains a remake of and sequel to the original Fire Emblem game. | ||
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu | Japan only. Spans two generations of characters. | ||
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 | Japan only. The last Fire Emblem game released for the Super Famicom/SNES. It takes place between chapters 5 and 6 of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu. | ||
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge | The sequel to Battle Clash, which was only released in North America and Europe. | ||
[edit] Nintendo 64 |
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Paper Mario | The quasi-sequel to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, featuring a new Paper style of visuals, and new style of gameplay. | ||
Fire Emblem 64 | Cancelled - The Nintendo 64 installment in the Fire Emblem series. No screenshots were released, and it was cancelled. However, early screenshots of Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi display a radical change in graphics and style from the game's final build, as well as include characters that were nowhere to be seen in the game. This, along with the game's original title, "Maiden in the Darkness," and the fact that at one point in Fuuin no Tsurugi one character is surreptitiously given that title, has caused speculation that perhaps much of the game's story and/or mechanics was transferred onto the Game Boy Advance.[citation needed] | ||
[edit] GameCube |
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | The sequel to Paper Mario. | ||
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance | The ninth game in the Fire Emblem series. | ||
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ | |||
Nintendo Puzzle Collection | (Panel de Pon) | ||
Cubivore | |||
[edit] Wii |
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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn | The tenth game in the Fire Emblem series. | ||
WarioWare: Smooth Moves | The fifth game in the WarioWare series. | ||
Super Paper Mario | The third game in the Paper Mario series. | ||
Asobu! Made in Ore | WiiWare Game | ||
Eco Shooter: Plant 530 | WiiWare Game | ||
[edit] Game handhelds[edit] Game Boy |
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Alleyway | 04/21/89 | Launch title | |
Baseball | Launch title | ||
Game Boy Wars | Japan only | ||
Golf | Launch title | ||
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru | A Nintendo R&D1 game designed by Nintendo's Yoshio Sakamoto. Intelligent Systems supplemented the programming. | ||
Yakuman | Japan only, launch title | ||
Galactic Pinball | |||
[edit] Game Boy Color |
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Pokémon Puzzle Challenge | |||
[edit] Game Boy Advance |
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Advance Wars | |||
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising | |||
WarioWare: Twisted! | |||
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi | Japan only | ||
Fire Emblem | The first Fire Emblem series game to be released outside of Japan | ||
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones | |||
Mario Kart: Super Circuit | |||
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League | Worked on the Puzzle League part only | ||
[edit] Nintendo DS |
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Advance Wars: Dual Strike | Known as Famicom Wars DS in Japan | ||
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin | Known as Advance Wars: Dark Conflict in Europe and Australia | ||
Light Speed Card Battle: Card Hero | Designed by Nintendo's Software Planning & Development team. Programmed by Intelligent Systems. | ||
Planet Puzzle League | |||
Dragon Quest Wars | |||
WarioWare: Touched! | |||
WarioWare D.I.Y. | |||
WarioWare: Snapped! | Released as the DSiWare title | ||
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon | Remake of Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken | ||
[edit] Hardware |
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Super Game Boy | |||
Super Game Boy 2 | |||
Game Boy Player | |||
Wide-Boy64 |
[edit] References
- Intelligent Systems website, game listing (Japanese)
- Intelligent Systems website, game listing (English)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Intelligent Systems profile on MobyGames
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