Nintendo EPD

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Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (abbreviated as Nintendo EPD) is one of Nintendo's current internal software divisions. Created in 2015 following the consolidation of Nintendo EAD and Nintendo SPD, it is split into eleven different groups and focuses on the creation of first-party Nintendo titles.[1]

Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3 is dedicated entirely to the production of games in The Legend of Zelda series, with Hidemaro Fujibayashi serving as project lead, Daiki Iwamoto and Makoto Miyanaga as group managers, and Eiji Aonuma as producer.

The Legend of Zelda Games

Developed

The following is a list of The Legend of Zelda games primarily developed by Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3. {{Data Table |game= TLoZ |columns= Game[Nowrap], System(s), Release date, Notes[Description] |- | Tri Force Heroes | Nintendo 3DS | October 22, 2015 | Co-developed with Grezzo
Additional support provided by 1-UP Studio |- | Breath of the Wild | Wii U / Nintendo Switch | March 3, 2017 | Additional support provided by Monolith Soft |- | Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo Switch | May 12, 2023 | Additional support provided by Monolith Soft |}

Supervised

The following is a list of The Legend of Zelda games Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3 supervised and provided additional support for.[citation needed]

Game
System(s)
Wii U
Release date
March 4, 2016
Notes

Supervision and additional support for Tantalus Media

Game
Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
System(s)
Nintendo Switch
Release date
September 20, 2019
Notes

Supervision and additional support for Grezzo

Game
System(s)
Nintendo Switch
Release date
November 20, 2020
Notes

Scenario, supervision, and additional support for Omega Force

Game
System(s)
Nintendo Switch
Release date
July 16, 2021
Notes

Supervision and additional support for Tantalus Media

GameSystem(s)Release dateNotes
Wii U
March 4, 2016

Supervision and additional support for Tantalus Media

Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
September 20, 2019

Supervision and additional support for Grezzo

Nintendo Switch
November 20, 2020

Scenario, supervision, and additional support for Omega Force

Nintendo Switch
July 16, 2021

Supervision and additional support for Tantalus Media

Nomenclature

TMC Forest Minish Artwork.png Names in Other Regions TMC Jabber Nut Sprite.png
Language Name
Japan Japanese 任天堂企画制作本部 (Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Takuya Yoshimura, Notice Regarding Personnel Change of a Representative Director and Role Changes of Directors , www.nintendo.co.jp, published September 14, 2015, retrieved October 5, 2022.