Intelligent Systems – some tidbits about the company’s history
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments
The folks over at Nintendo-Online recently decided to research the history of Intelligent Systems and were kind enough to send over some of their findings in English. There are some interesting tidbits about the company’s origins, among other things. Check out the full summary below.
– Intelligent Systems was founded in December 1986 as the successor studio to a company known as Iwasaki Giken.
– The cooperation between Nintendo and Iwasaki Giken started with the development of Donkey Kong jr. in 1982
– Contrary to common believe, Intelligent Systems is not a Nintendo subsidiary. It’s independent, but because of its strong connections to Nintendo, it can be refered to as a Nintendo studio. The case is comparable to other well known studios like HAL Laboratory or Next Level Games.
– In its early years, Intelligent Systems existed to help programming Nintendo games. Its first games were cooperations with Nintendo R&D1.
– Famicom Wars was not solely created by Intelligent Systems. Instead, it was designed by R&D1 and programmed by Intelligent Systems. After that, the team split up and R&D1 developed Super Mario Land, while Intelligent Systems started working on Fire Emblem. It was the first project where Intelligent Systems was deeply involved in designing the game.
– In the next years, Intelligent Systems developed many new games while continuing assisting on R&D1 games. The studio’s output decreased for a few years during the N64 and Virtual Boy era.
– Intelligent Systems is best known as a game development studio, but it is more of an engineering company. It had developed many dev kits and dev tools for Nintendo. In fact, Intelligent Systems is Nintendo’s most important source of dev kits.
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Off-screen Cubemen 2 footage
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Media Create software sales (3/10 – 3/16) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls II
02./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
03./03. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi #
04./01. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice ?
05./04. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking The New World
06./06. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear
07./09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
08./10. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
09./07. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin!
10./14. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V
11./11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z
12./12. [PS4] Battlefield 4
13./05. [PS3] Ar Nosurge: Umareizuru Hoshi e Inoru Uta #
14./00. [360] Dark Souls II
15./13. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin!
16./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
17./15. [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
18./23. [3DS] Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Daimakyou – Peko to 5-nin no Tankentai
19./22. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
20./17. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost #
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High Voltage working on 3DS version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2
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High Voltage Software, makers of the Conduit games, are working on the 3DS version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. That’s according to a page on Nintendo’s website, which lists the studio as the game’s developer.
This is a bit of a change compared to how Spider-Man entries on the 3DS have been handled in the past. Previously, Beenox created Spider-Man: Edge of Time and the first Amazing Spider-Man for Nintendo’s portable. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be the first 3DS title not developed by Beenox.
Thanks to Jake for the tip.
Jakks Pacific bringing out a bunch of Mario toys
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Jakks Pacific is releasing various Mario toys over the next couple of months. The New Super Mario Bros. U mini figure sets and “Micro Land” playsets kick things off this month, along with plushes (which come with Pikmin). Mario Kart 7 coin racers are also slated to launch in April.
Here’s the full roundup of items on the way:
The mini figures come in three packs:
1. Mario, Luigi, Goomba
2. Bob-Om, Princess Peach, Yoshi
3. Bowser, Koopa Troopa, Toad
4. Flying Squirrel Mario, Koopa Troopa, Nabbit
5. Flying Squirrel Luigi, Flying Squirrel Toad, Bob-Omb
6. Fire Mario, Bowser Jr., Bullet Bill
Micro Land playsets:
1. Acorn Plains w/ Mario
2. Acorn Plains w/ Flying Squirrel Mario
3. Layer Cake Desert w /Luigi
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4. Layer Cake Desert w/ Yoshi
Mario Coin Racers:
Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi are the only coin racers so far, with Luigi in the Bumble V and the other two in regular karts.
Plushes:
Wave 1
1. Mario
2. Goomba
3. Bob-Omb
4. Luigi
5. Toad
Wave 2
1. Mario
2. Yoshi
3. Link
4. Red Pikmin
5. Yellow Pikmin
