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 The exterior of Nintendo Software Technology's headquarters inRedmond, Washington | |
| Nintendo Software Technology | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) |
| Founders | Minoru Arakawa Claude Comair Scott Tsumura |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Tim Bechtel[1] (president) |
| Products | List of software developed |
| Owner | Nintendo |
Number of employees | ~50 (2019)[2] |
| Parent | Nintendo |
Nintendo Software Technology Corporation,doing business asNintendo Software Technology (NST), is an Americanvideo game developer. NST was created byNintendo as afirst-party developer to create games for theNorth American market, though their games have also been released worldwide. The company was founded byMinoru Arakawa,Claude Comair and Scott Tsumura in 1998 and is located inside of Nintendo of America's headquarters inRedmond, Washington.
The establishment took place in 1998 through a collaboration with the private universityDigiPen Institute of Technology, also located in Redmond. The offices opened with several doctorate level instructors and some recent graduates of the university working with several Nintendo of America designers and producers. Their first game,Bionic Commando: Elite Forces, was released for theGame Boy Color in 2000 and was a sequel ofCapcom'sBionic Commando.
Over the years, NST has developed many games for Nintendo consoles such as theMario vs. Donkey Kong series,Wave Race: Blue Storm, andMetroid Prime Hunters.
NST started developingProject H.A.M.M.E.R. for the Nintendo Wii but several problems landed the project in 'development hell'. A large amount of funding was spent on cut-scenes early in development, and so when the project started to fall behind, senior staff didn't want to end it because of the capital already spent. The American developers suggested that the problem was the gameplay, however, the Japanese managers believed the problem was the environments. This dispute, among others, made the project drag on for a number of years, before it was completely abandoned in 2009 and a large number of staff were made redundant.[3]
DigiPen's Main Campus was based in the same building as theirs until 2010.
| Year | Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Nintendo 64 Emulator | Wii |
| 2009 | BBC iPlayer Channel | Wii |
| Mario Calculator and Clock | DSiWare | |
| Animal Crossing Calculator and Clock | DSiWare | |
| 2011 | Kirby TV Channel | Wii |
| 2013 | Wii Street U[6] | Wii U |
| Title | Platform(s) |
|---|---|
| Project H.A.M.M.E.R. | Wii |
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