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In the 1990's, Nintendo earned a reputation outside of Japan as a developer who catored to games for children. Brushing the stigmata off was no easy task as competitors extrapolated the term "kiddy" into a marketing campaign against Nintendo. That was then, and the now consists of a new Nintendo in the midst of a resurgence with a new internal campaign to develop software that appeals to the 18-60 demographic, female gamers, and non-gamers.
It is probable that the development spark came from the success of Animal Crossing and Wario Ware Inc. Nintendo still has divisions and teams inside its two central offices (Kyoto, Tokyo) still developing traditional sequels to the Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong franchises. Nintendo has also dedicated several of its R&D to push concepts and ideas specifically to target the aforemention demographic. Hideki Konno, Manager - Producer of EAD Software Development Group No. 1 produced the hit Nintendogs. Katsuya Eguchi, Manager - Producer of EAD Software Development Group No. 2 produced Animal Crossing. However, the biggest breakthrough in software has come from Shinya Takahashi's EAD Software Development Group No. 5 in the form of Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Jam With The Band, and English Training DS. Here is a couple of demonstration videos courtesy of Shigesato Itoi's online magazine showcase these new IPs from Nintendo.
Brain Age: Train Your Brain
©2006 Nintendo
*A concept created by the original creator of Wario Ware Inc. Kouichi Kawamoto designed a game based on the popular Brain Training books published in Japan.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/brain.asx
* A video in which several Nintendo staff get together for a multiplayer session of Train Your Brain.
Jam With The Band
©2004, 2005 Nintendo
*A concept Masaru Nishida and Noriko Kitamura were working on for over 4 years at Nintendo. The project originally started on the Gameboy Color.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/DS-demo.asx
The Jam With The Band development staff (Masaru Nishida, Noriko Kitamura, etc) get together for a live concert.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/jinguru_01.asx
The group's encore is Jingle Bells.
English Training for DS
©2006 Nintendo ©2006 Plato
*A Nintendo EAD port and remake of a popular Japanese PC program. The PC English trainer was originally developed by Plato Inc. Nintendo remade the title for DS, and the Jam With The Band team decided to add Kimberly as a mascot in the game.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/eigo-demo.asx
A small demonstration of the title.
It is probable that the development spark came from the success of Animal Crossing and Wario Ware Inc. Nintendo still has divisions and teams inside its two central offices (Kyoto, Tokyo) still developing traditional sequels to the Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong franchises. Nintendo has also dedicated several of its R&D to push concepts and ideas specifically to target the aforemention demographic. Hideki Konno, Manager - Producer of EAD Software Development Group No. 1 produced the hit Nintendogs. Katsuya Eguchi, Manager - Producer of EAD Software Development Group No. 2 produced Animal Crossing. However, the biggest breakthrough in software has come from Shinya Takahashi's EAD Software Development Group No. 5 in the form of Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Jam With The Band, and English Training DS. Here is a couple of demonstration videos courtesy of Shigesato Itoi's online magazine showcase these new IPs from Nintendo.
Brain Age: Train Your Brain
©2006 Nintendo
*A concept created by the original creator of Wario Ware Inc. Kouichi Kawamoto designed a game based on the popular Brain Training books published in Japan.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/brain.asx
* A video in which several Nintendo staff get together for a multiplayer session of Train Your Brain.
Jam With The Band
©2004, 2005 Nintendo
*A concept Masaru Nishida and Noriko Kitamura were working on for over 4 years at Nintendo. The project originally started on the Gameboy Color.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/DS-demo.asx
The Jam With The Band development staff (Masaru Nishida, Noriko Kitamura, etc) get together for a live concert.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/jinguru_01.asx
The group's encore is Jingle Bells.
English Training for DS
©2006 Nintendo ©2006 Plato
*A Nintendo EAD port and remake of a popular Japanese PC program. The PC English trainer was originally developed by Plato Inc. Nintendo remade the title for DS, and the Jam With The Band team decided to add Kimberly as a mascot in the game.
http://www.1101.com/asx/nintendo/eigo-demo.asx
A small demonstration of the title.
