Intelligent Systems

Not to be confused with Intelligent Games.

Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
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
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Founded	December 1986 (1986-12)^[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

List of video games developed by Intelligent Systems
Title	System	Release date			Publisher	Ref(s)
Title	System	Japan	Europe	North America	Publisher	Ref(s)
Tennis^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Nintendo Entertainment System	000000001984-01-14-0000January 14, 1984	000000001986-09-01-0000September 1, 1986	000000001985-10-18-0000October 18, 1985	Nintendo
Tennis^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Family Computer Disk System	000000001986-02-21-0000February 21, 1986	Unreleased
Wild Gunman^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Nintendo Entertainment System	000000001984-02-18-0000February 18, 1984	000000001988-02-15-0000February 15, 1988	000000001985-10-18-0000October 18, 1985
Devil World^{[lower-alpha 2]}		000000001984-10-05-0000October 5, 1984	000000001987-07-15-0000July 15, 1987	Unreleased
Soccer		000000001985-04-09-0000April 9, 1985	000000001987-01-15-0000January 15, 1987	000000001987-03-01-0000March 1987
Soccer	Family Computer Disk System	000000001986-02-21-0000February 21, 1986	Unreleased
Metroid^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Family Computer Disk System	000000001986-08-06-0000August 6, 1986				^[4]
Famicom Wars	Family Computer	000000001988-08-12-0000August 12, 1988
Alleyway^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Game Boy	000000001989-04-21-0000April 21, 1989	000000001990-09-28-0000September 28, 1990	000000001989-08-11-0000August 11, 1989
Baseball^{[lower-alpha 3]}			000000001990-09-28-0000September 28, 1990	000000001989-07-31-0000July 31, 1989
Yakuman			Unreleased
Golf		000000001989-11-28-0000November 28, 1989	000000001990-01-01-0000January 1990	000000001990-02-01-0000February 1990
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Family Computer	000000001990-04-20-0000April 20, 1990	Unreleased
Game Boy Wars^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Game Boy	000000001991-05-21-0000May 21, 1991
Fire Emblem Gaiden	Family Computer	000000001992-03-14-0000March 14, 1992
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Game Boy	000000001992-09-04-0000September 4, 1992
Battle Clash^{[lower-alpha 1]} ^JP Space Bazooka	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	000000001993-06-21-0000June 21, 1993	000000001993-03-18-0000March 18, 1993	000000001992-10-01-0000October 1992
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Unreleased	000000001993-12-01-0000December 1993
Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo	Super Famicom	000000001994-01-21-0000January 21, 1994	Unreleased
Super Metroid^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	000000001994-03-19-0000March 19, 1994	000000001994-07-28-0000July 28, 1994	000000001994-04-18-0000April 18, 1994
Galactic Pinball	Virtual Boy	000000001995-07-21-0000July 21, 1995	Unreleased	000000001995-08-14-0000August 14, 1995
Panel de Pon	Super Famicom	000000001995-10-27-0000October 27, 1995	Unreleased
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu	Super Famicom	000000001996-05-14-0000May 14, 1996	Unreleased
Tetris Attack^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Unreleased	000000001996-11-28-0000November 28, 1996	000000001996-08-01-0000August 1996
BS Yoshi's Panepon^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Satellaview	000000001996-11-03-0000November 3, 1996	Unreleased
Super Famicom Wars	Super Famicom	000000001998-05-01-0000May 1, 1998
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776	Super Famicom	000000001999-09-01-0000September 1, 1999
Paper Mario ^JP Mario Story	Nintendo 64	000000002000-08-11-0000August 11, 2000	000000002001-10-05-0000October 5, 2001	000000002001-02-05-0000February 5, 2001
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge ^JP Pokemon de Panepon	Game Boy Color	000000002000-09-21-0000September 21, 2000	000000002000-12-04-0000December 4, 2000	000000002001-06-15-0000June 15, 2001
Advance Wars ^JP Game Boy Wars Advance	Game Boy Advance	000000002004-11-25-0000November 25, 2004^{[lower-alpha 4]}	000000002002-01-11-0000January 11, 2002	000000002001-09-10-0000September 10, 2001
Mario Kart: Super Circuit ^JP Mario Kart Advance	Game Boy Advance	000000002001-07-21-0000July 21, 2001	000000002001-09-14-0000September 14, 2001	000000002001-08-27-0000August 27, 2001
Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest^{[lower-alpha 5]} ^JP\|EU\|AU Animal Leader	GameCube	000000002002-02-21-0000February 21, 2002	000000002002-07-19-0000July 19, 2002	000000002002-11-05-0000November 5, 2002	Nintendo ^WW
	GameCube	000000002002-02-21-0000February 21, 2002	000000002002-07-19-0000July 19, 2002	000000002002-11-05-0000November 5, 2002	Atlus ^NA
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Game Boy Advance	000000002002-03-29-0000March 29, 2002	Unreleased		Nintendo
Nintendo Puzzle Collection^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 6]}	GameCube	000000002003-02-07-0000February 7, 2003	Unreleased
Fire Emblem ^JP Fire Emblem: Rekka no Ken	Game Boy Advance	000000002003-04-25-0000April 25, 2003	000000002004-07-16-0000July 16, 2004	000000002003-11-03-0000November 3, 2003
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising ^JP Game Boy Wars Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	000000002004-11-25-0000November 25, 2004^{[lower-alpha 4]}	000000002003-10-03-0000October 3, 2003	000000002003-06-23-0000June 23, 2003
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$ ^JP Atsumare! Made in Wario	GameCube	000000002003-10-17-0000October 17, 2003	000000002004-09-03-0000September 3, 2004	000000002004-04-05-0000April 5, 2004
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door ^JP Paper Mario RPG	GameCube	000000002004-07-22-0000July 22, 2004	000000002004-11-12-0000November 12, 2004	000000002004-10-11-0000October 11, 2004
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones ^JP Fire Emblem: Seima no Kōseki	Game Boy Advance	000000002004-10-07-0000October 7, 2004	000000002005-11-04-0000November 4, 2005	000000002005-05-23-0000May 23, 2005
WarioWare: Twisted!^{[lower-alpha 7]} ^JP Mawaru Made in Wario	Game Boy Advance	000000002004-10-14-0000October 14, 2004	000000002005-05-19-0000May 19, 2005	000000002005-05-23-0000May 23, 2005
WarioWare: Touched!^{[lower-alpha 7]} ^JP Sawaru Made in Wario	Nintendo DS	000000002004-12-02-0000December 2, 2004	000000002005-03-11-0000March 11, 2005	000000002005-02-14-0000February 14, 2005
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance^{[lower-alpha 8]} ^JP Fire Emblem: Sōen no Kiseki	GameCube	000000002005-04-20-0000April 20, 2005	000000002005-11-04-0000November 4, 2005	000000002005-10-17-0000October 17, 2005
Advance Wars: Dual Strike ^JP Famicom Wars DS	Nintendo DS	000000002005-06-23-0000June 23, 2005	000000002005-09-30-0000September 30, 2005	000000002005-08-22-0000August 22, 2005
WarioWare: Smooth Moves^{[lower-alpha 7]} ^JP Odoru Made in Wario	Wii	000000002006-12-02-0000December 2, 2006	000000002007-01-12-0000January 12, 2007	000000002007-01-15-0000January 15, 2007
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn^{[lower-alpha 8]} ^JP Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami		000000002007-02-22-0000February 22, 2007	000000002008-03-14-0000March 14, 2008	000000002007-11-11-0000November 11, 2007
Super Paper Mario		000000002007-04-19-0000April 19, 2007	000000002007-09-14-0000September 14, 2007	000000002007-04-09-0000April 9, 2007
Planet Puzzle League ^EU Puzzle League DS ^JP Panel de Pon DS	Nintendo DS	000000002007-04-26-0000April 26, 2007	000000002007-06-29-0000June 29, 2007	000000002007-06-04-0000June 4, 2007
Face Training ^JP Facening de Hyōjō Yutaka ni Inshō Up: Otona no DS Kao Training	Nintendo DS	000000002007-08-07-0000August 7, 2007	Unreleased	Unreleased
	Nintendo DSi	000000002009-09-09-0000September 9, 2009		000000002010-09-24-0000September 24, 2010
Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Nintendo DS	000000002007-12-20-0000December 20, 2007		Unreleased
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin ^EU\|AU Advance Wars: Dark Conflict ^JP Famicom Wars DS: Ushinawareta Hikari	Nintendo DS	Unreleased	000000002008-01-25-0000January 25, 2008	000000002008-01-21-0000January 21, 2008
	Virtual Console (Nintendo 3DS)	000000002013-10-30-0000October 30, 2013	Unreleased			^[5]
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon^{[lower-alpha 8]} ^JP Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken	Nintendo DS	000000002008-08-07-0000August 7, 2008	000000002008-12-05-0000December 5, 2008	000000002009-02-16-0000February 16, 2009
WarioWare: Snapped!^{[lower-alpha 7]} ^JP Utsusu Made in Wario	Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)	000000002008-12-24-0000December 24, 2008	000000002009-04-03-0000April 3, 2009	000000002009-04-05-0000April 5, 2009
WarioWare D.I.Y.^{[lower-alpha 7]} ^JP Made in Ore	Nintendo DS	000000002009-04-29-0000April 29, 2009	000000002010-04-30-0000April 30, 2010	000000002010-03-28-0000March 28, 2010
WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase^{[lower-alpha 7]} ^JP Asobu Made in Ore	Wii (WiiWare)	000000002009-04-29-0000April 29, 2009	000000002010-04-30-0000April 30, 2010	000000002010-03-29-0000March 29, 2010
Dragon Quest Wars	Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)	000000002009-06-24-0000June 24, 2009	000000002009-10-09-0000October 9, 2009	000000002009-09-28-0000September 28, 2009	Square Enix
Eco Shooter: Plant 530 ^JP\|EU 530 Eco Shooter	Wii (WiiWare)	000000002009-11-24-0000November 24, 2009	000000002010-01-29-0000January 29, 2010	000000002009-12-21-0000December 21, 2009	Nintendo
Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner	Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)	000000002009-09-02-0000September 2, 2009	Unreleased	000000002010-03-29-0000March 29, 2010
Nintendo DSi Metronome		000000002009-09-02-0000September 2, 2009	Unreleased
Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function		000000002009-10-07-0000October 7, 2009	000000002009-09-04-0000September 4, 2009
Link 'n' Launch		000000002009-11-11-0000November 11, 2009	000000002010-08-06-0000August 6, 2010	000000002010-02-08-0000February 8, 2010
Spotto! ^EU\|AU Birds & Bombs		000000002009-11-25-0000November 25, 2009	000000002010-02-26-0000February 26, 2010	000000002010-02-15-0000February 15, 2010
Fire Emblem: Shin Monshō no Nazo: Hikari to Kage no Eiyū	Nintendo DS	000000002010-07-15-0000July 15, 2010	Unreleased
Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I · II · III	Wii	000000002011-09-15-0000September 15, 2011	Unreleased		Square Enix
Pushmo ^EU\|AU Pullblox ^JP Hiku Osu	Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo eShop)	000000002011-10-05-0000October 5, 2011	000000002011-12-08-0000December 8, 2011		Nintendo
Fire Emblem Awakening^{[lower-alpha 8]} ^JP Fire Emblem Kakusei	Nintendo 3DS	000000002012-04-19-0000April 19, 2012	000000002013-04-19-0000April 19, 2013	000000002013-02-04-0000February 4, 2013
Crashmo ^EU\|AU Fallblox ^JP Hiku Otsu	Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo eShop)	000000002012-10-31-0000October 31, 2012	000000002012-11-15-0000November 15, 2012	000000002012-11-22-0000November 22, 2012
Paper Mario: Sticker Star ^JP Paper Mario: Super Seal	Nintendo 3DS	000000002012-12-06-0000December 6, 2012	000000002012-12-07-0000December 7, 2012	000000002012-11-11-0000November 11, 2012
Game & Wario^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Wii U	000000002013-03-28-0000March 28, 2013	000000002013-06-28-0000June 28, 2013	000000002013-06-23-0000June 23, 2013
Daigasso! Band Brothers P^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Nintendo 3DS	000000002013-11-14-0000November 14, 2013	Unreleased
Pushmo World ^EU\|AUPullblox World ^JP Hiku Otsu Warudo	Wii U (Nintendo eShop)	000000002014-06-19-0000June 19, 2014				^[6]
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.	Nintendo 3DS	000000002015-05-14-0000May 14, 2015	000000002015-05-15-0000May 15, 2015	000000002015-03-13-0000March 13, 2015
Stretchmo ^EU\|AU Fullblox		000000002015-05-13-0000May 13, 2015	000000002015-05-14-0000May 14, 2015
Fire Emblem Fates ^JP Fire Emblem if		000000002015-06-25-0000June 25, 2015	000000002016-05-20-0000May 20, 2016	000000002016-02-19-0000February 19, 2016		^[7]
Paper Mario: Color Splash	Wii U	000000002016-10-13-0000October 13, 2016	000000002016-10-07-0000October 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	Nintendo

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.

External links

Official website

Nintendo development teams

International headquarters and distributors

Divisions

Business Development Division (BDD)
Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD)
Platform Technology Development (PTD)

Subsidiaries

Japan	1-UP Studio Nintendo Network Service Database (NSD) Monolith Soft Nd Cube

North America	Nintendo Software Technology (NST) Nintendo Technology Development (NTD) Retro Studios

Europe	Nintendo European Research & Development (NERD)

China	iQue

Affiliated

Former divisions

Research & Development 1
Research & Development 2
Research & Engineering Department (RED)
Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD)
Software Planning & Development (SPD)
Integrated Research & Development (IRD)
System Development (SD)

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