Nintendo Research & Development 1

Nintendo Research & Development No. 1 Department

Nintendo logo, used during R&D1's existence
Exterior of the former Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, Japan, which housed the department
Native name	任天堂開発第一部
Romanized name	Nintendō Kaihatsu Daiichi Bu
Formerly	Nintendo Research & Development
Company type	Department
Industry	Video games
Genre	Video game development Video game console development
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Founder	Hiroshi Yamauchi
Defunct	2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Fate	1996: Spun-off to Nintendo Research & Engineering 2004: Merged with Nintendo R&D2
Successor	Nintendo Software Planning & Development
Headquarters	Kyoto , Japan
Owner	Nintendo
Number of employees	100+
Parent	Nintendo Manufacturing Division

Nintendo Research & Development 1, also known as Nintendo R&D1, was a division of Nintendo. They were responsible for the Metroid series and the WarioWare series, among others.

They were merged with Nintendo R&D2 in 2004.

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