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Warioware
is a video game series, a spin-off of the ''Mario'' franchise. It comprises various video games created by Nintendo, starring the character Wario. The series began with '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', the first game to feature Wario as a playable character. The ''Wario'' series includes mostly platforming video games and minigame compilations, but also includes other genres. ''Wario Land'' series The ''Wario Land'' series is a platforming series that started with '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', following Wario's first appearance in '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. ''Wario Land'' games In ''Wario Land'', Wario has a castle in Kitchen Island, and often journeys to find treasure. Its gameplay consists of platforming through levels, tossing enemies, breaking blocks and using other abilities. ''Wario Land'' characters * was designed as an antagonist to Mario, and first appeared in the 1992 handheld video game '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' as the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WarioWare
is a video game series, a spin-off of the ''Mario'' franchise. It comprises various video games created by Nintendo, starring the character Wario. The series began with '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', the first game to feature Wario as a playable character. The ''Wario'' series includes mostly platforming video games and minigame compilations, but also includes other genres. ''Wario Land'' series The ''Wario Land'' series is a platforming series that started with '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', following Wario's first appearance in '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. ''Wario Land'' games In ''Wario Land'', Wario has a castle in Kitchen Island, and often journeys to find treasure. Its gameplay consists of platforming through levels, tossing enemies, breaking blocks and using other abilities. ''Wario Land'' characters * was designed as an antagonist to Mario, and first appeared in the 1992 handheld video game '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' as the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wario Land (series)
is a video game series, a spin-off of the ''Mario'' franchise. It comprises various video games created by Nintendo, starring the character Wario. The series began with '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', the first game to feature Wario as a playable character. The ''Wario'' series includes mostly platforming video games and minigame compilations, but also includes other genres. ''Wario Land'' series The ''Wario Land'' series is a platforming series that started with '' Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', following Wario's first appearance in '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''. ''Wario Land'' games In ''Wario Land'', Wario has a castle in Kitchen Island, and often journeys to find treasure. Its gameplay consists of platforming through levels, tossing enemies, breaking blocks and using other abilities. ''Wario Land'' characters * was designed as an antagonist to Mario, and first appeared in the 1992 handheld video game '' Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' as the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo SPD
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo SPD, was a Japanese research, planning and development division housed inside the Nintendo Development Center in Kyoto, Japan. The division had two departments: ''Software Planning & Development Department'', which primarily co-produced games with external developers; and ''Software Development & Design Department'', which primarily developed experimental and system software. The division was created during a corporate restructuring in September 2003, with the abolition of the Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D2 departments. The group had the task of independently developing innovative games, assisting other development teams on projects, and managing overseas production of first-party franchises. Both SPD and SDD departments were divided into four separate groups, which worked concurrently on different projects.Cassidy, KevinNCL Team Structure work in progress June 7, 2006. Retrieved October 26, 2007. In September 2015, Nintendo SPD merged with Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wario
is a fictional character in Nintendo's Mario (franchise), ''Mario'' series, designed as an Arch rival, arch-rival to Mario. He first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' as the main antagonist and final Boss (video games), boss. His name is a portmanteau of Mario's name and the Japanese word ''warui'' (wikt:悪い, 悪い), meaning "bad". Wario was designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, and is voiced by Charles Martinet, who voices many other characters in the series, including Mario, Luigi, and Waluigi. Wario has become the protagonist and antihero of the Wario (franchise)#Wario Land series, ''Wario Land'' and ''WarioWare'' series, spanning handheld and Video game console, console markets. In addition to appearances in spin-off (media), spin-offs in the ''Mario'' series, he has appeared in other Nintendo properties, such as in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series of Crossover (fiction), crossover fighting games. He has also been featured in other media s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligent Systems
is a Japanese video game developer best known for developing games with Nintendo and the ''Fire Emblem'', ''Paper Mario (series), Paper Mario'', ''WarioWare'', and ''Wars (series), Wars'' video game series. Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013. They were also responsible for the creation of various development hardware both first and 3rd party developers would use to make games for Nintendo systems, such as the IS Nitro Emulator, the official development kit for the Nintendo DS. History Intelligent Systems started when programmer Toru Narihiro was hired by Nintendo to port Famicom Disk System software to the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used outside Japan on the NES. Similarly to the origins of HAL Laboratory, the team soon became an auxiliary program unit for Nintendo that provided system tools and hired people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroji Kiyotake
Hiroji Kiyotake (清武 博二 Kiyotake Hiroji, born December 21, 1960 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) is a game designer for Nintendo and has been a part of the history of Nintendo since 1983. Education Kiyotake graduated from Kyoto Seika University with a BA of Visual Design and was part of the rugby club. Career Kiyotake started his employment at Nintendo in 1983, working in the Nintendo Research & Development 1 and Product Engineering Departments, and is currently a member of the Planning and Development Department. Game design ''Metroid'' Hiroji was a designer for ''Metroid'', which was originally designed for the Famicom Disk System. Hiroji is the character designer of Samus Aran and named the '' Metroid'' character after Pelé, but he later found out that Pelé's full name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, not Samus Arantes. Hiroji and Yoshio Sakamoto and the rest of the team decided at the end of ''Metroid'' to reveal that Samus was a female character, making Samus Aran o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo EPD
commonly abbreviated as 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. EPD was created after merging their Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD) divisions in September 2015. History The division was created on September 16, 2015, after the consolidation of two of Nintendo's former software divisions, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD), as part of a company-wide organizational restructure that took place under Nintendo's then newly appointed president, Tatsumi Kimishima. The division assumed both of its predecessors' roles, focusing on the development of games and software for Nintendo platforms and mobile devices; it also manages and licenses the company's various intellectual properties, alongside producing an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo R&D1
commonly abbreviated as Nintendo R&D1, was Nintendo's oldest video game development team. It was known as before splitting in 1978. Its creation coincided with Nintendo's entry into the video game industry, and the original R&D1 was headed by Gunpei Yokoi. The developer has created several notable Nintendo series such as ''Metroid'', ''Mario Bros.'' and ''Donkey Kong''. R&D1 developed the hugely successful Game Boy line, which was released in 1989. They developed some of the line's most popular games, such as ''Super Mario Land'', and created the character of Wario. Team Shikamaru was a small club within Nintendo R&D1 that was composed of Makoto Kano (video game designer), Makoto Kano, Yoshio Sakamoto, and Toru Osawa. The group was responsible for designing characters and coming up with scripts for several games including ''Metroid'', ''Kid Icarus'', ''Famicom Detective Club'', ''Trade & Battle: Card Hero'', and several others. After Yokoi's resignation in 1997, this group w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nintendo DS
The is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one being a touchscreen), a built-in microphone and support for wireless network, wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network. Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-defunct Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Its main competitor was Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation Portable during the seventh generation of video game consoles. Prior to its release, the Nintendo DS was marketed as an experimental "third pillar" in Nintendo's cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minigame
A minigame (also spelled mini game and mini-game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short game often contained within another video game. A minigame contains different gameplay elements, and is often smaller or more simplistic, than the game in which it is contained. Some video games consist entirely of minigames which tie into an overall theme, such '' Olympic Decathlon'' from 1980. Minigames are also used to represent a specific experience, such as hacking or lock picking or scanning an area, that ties into a larger game. Minigame compilations Some games, such as the ''WarioWare'' series (which are called microgames in the series), Universal Research Laboratories's '' Video Action'', some Cinemaware titles like ''Defender of the Crown'', David Whittaker's ''Lazy Jones'' or the smartphone satire ''Phone Story'' are made up of many minigames strung together into one video game. Some similar games, such as Nintendo's ''Mario Party'' series, are considered party gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2001, and in mainland China as iQue Game Boy Advance on June 8, 2004. The GBA is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles. The original model does not have an illuminated screen; Nintendo addressed that with the release of a redesigned model with a frontlight, frontlit screen, the Game Boy Advance SP, in 2003. Game Boy Advance SP#Backlit model (AGS-101), A newer revision of the redesign was released in 2005, with a backlight, backlit screen. Around the same time, the final redesign, the Game Boy Micro, was released in September 2005. As of June 2010, 81.51 million units of the Game Boy Advance series have been sold worldwide. Its successor, the Nintendo DS, was released in November 2004 and is backward compatible with Game B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Mario Land 3
''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' is a 1994 platform game developed by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first video game to feature Wario as both a playable character and the main character, as well as the first appearance of Captain Syrup and her Brown Sugar Pirates, recurring villains in the ''Wario Land'' series. The game was then later released for the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console service via the Nintendo eShop on which it gained positive reviews from critics. Gameplay ''Wario Land'' features gameplay markedly different from the previous two games in the ''Super Mario Land'' series. The game takes place on a route through several themed areas, which are split into several courses culminating in a boss fight. Wario is able to jump on or bump into enemies to knock them over. Enemies thus stunned can be picked up and thrown at other enemies. When in his grown form, Wario is also able to perform a shoulder charge, which is used to attack enemies, break through bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
