Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
	Exterior of the Nintendo Development Center in Kyoto
Native name	任天堂企画制作本部
Romanized name	Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu
Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Predecessors	Nintendo EAD; Nintendo SPD;
Founded	September 16, 2015
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan
Number of locations	2 (Kyoto and Tokyo)
Key people	Executive General Manager; Shinya Takahashi; Senior General Manager; Yoshiaki Koizumi; Deputy General Managers; Katsuya Eguchi; Hisashi Nogami; Takayuki Shimamura; Senior Officers; Takashi Tezuka; Yoshio Sakamoto; Kensuke Tanabe; Eiji Aonuma; Koji Kondo;
Brands	Animal Crossing; Big Brain Academy; Brain Age; Donkey Kong; The Legend of Zelda; Mario Kart; Metroid; Pikmin; Splatoon; Star Fox; Super Mario;
Parent	Nintendo
Divisions	Co-Production Group; Production Group No. 3; Production Group No. 4; Production Group No. 5; Production Group No. 6; Production Group No. 7; Production Group No. 8; Production Group No. 9; Production Group No. 10; Smart Device Production Group; Programming Management Group; Design Management Group; Sound Management Group;

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development Division, abbreviated Nintendo EPD, is the largest division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division focuses on developing and producing video games, mobile apps, and other related entertainment software for the company. Nintendo EPD was established in September 2015 after merging their Entertainment Analysis & Development and Software Planning & Development divisions.