commonly abbreviated as Nintendo SDD and formerly known as Nintendo Network Business & Development (NBD), Nintendo Network Service Development (NSD), and Nintendo Special Planning & Development (SPD), was a division of

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. It was located in the Nintendo Research Institute in

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, until it moved to the Nintendo Development Center, also in Kyoto. The division consisted of a single development team that focused on software and peripheral development. SDD was composed of two development departments with different duties: the Network Development & Operations Department, which handled

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service programming, in cooperation with Nintendo Network Service Database, and the Software Environment Development Department, which developed

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(SDKs), among other technologies. On September 16, 2015, SDD merged with

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(IRD), becoming

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History

The Nintendo Special Planning & Development team originated from former

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staff, and was mainly responsible for ports and in-house development for low profile hardware, such as the

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and the

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service. Most of the software developed by this group has remained domestic having hardly ever seen release outside Japan. The original general manager, Satoshi Yamato, produced all of the software which included in-house software for the

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, and the

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. The group also created mechanical devices and peripherals like the Pokéwalker and Pokémotion. The last general manager, Masaru Shimomura described the ''Mechanical Design Group'' as a small creative unit that has a hardware and a software team working jointly together to create innovative products. In 2008, Nintendo SPD was renamed to Nintendo Network Service Development, creating the Network Planning Group alongside it. In 2011, the Nintendo NSD development team was consolidated into a division and was renamed to Nintendo Network Business & Development, appointing Masaru Shimomura as manager. Following the change, the Nintendo Network Business Department was created. The department contained two different groups: the former Mechanical Design Group, which was responsible for developing software titles and peripherals, as well the Network Software Development Group, which was responsible for developing

services. In 2012, the Software Environment Development Department was created, which developed Software Development Kits (SDKs), among experimental technologies. In 2013, the division was renamed to Nintendo System Development Division. Nintendo consolidated the Nintendo Network Business Department into a department named Network Development & Operations Department which was responsible for handling

service programming in cooperation with Nintendo Network Service Database. With the change, the Mechanical Design Group was dissolved. On September 16, 2015, SDD merged with

(IRD), becoming the

Network Operations & Development Department

Deputy Manager: Kiyoshi Mizuki The Network Operations & Development Department was responsible for developing

services, in cooperation with the Nintendo Network Service Database. The department had the ''Network Software Development Group''. ;Notes:

Software Environment Development Department

Deputy Manager/Producer: Takeshi Shimada The Software Environment Development Department was responsible for developing online communication infrastructures and middleware tools. The department had the ''Application Group''.

Mechanical Design Group

The Mechanical Design Group was responsible for developing software titles and peripherals for Nintendo

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