Intelligent Systems

is a video game developer and internal team of Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Intelligent Systems came into being when members of Nintendo's Nintendo Research & Development 1 division headed by Gunpei Yokoi splintered off into its own development team. Yokoi worked alongside Intelligent Systems on a number of its titles before his departure from Nintendo following the failure of the Virtual Boy. Intelligent Systems is known for creating or expanding some of the most well-received Nintendo franchises, including Metroid, Nintendo Wars, Puzzle League, Paper Mario, WarioWare and Fire Emblem. In the past it has also designed many of Nintendo's development tools including the Super Nintendo Emulator SE.

Intelligent Systems currently focuses on DS and Wii development, and has developed games for all of Nintendo's previous handhelds and consoles.

List of Games

Game	Date	Notes
Consoles Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom)
Famicom Wars	8/12/88	Japan only. The first game in the Wars series
Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken	4/20/90	Japan only. The first in the Fire Emblem series.
Fire Emblem Gaiden	3/14/90	Japan only.
Devil World	10/5/84	Japan and Europe only.
Wild Gunman	10/18/85
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)
Super Famicom Wars		Japan only. The sequel to the Japan only turn-based strategy game.
Super Metroid		The third entry in the Metroid series. (Designed by R&D1, programmed by Intelligent Systems)
Panel de Pon		Japan only. A puzzle game starring a young girl named Lip. It was released in the United States under the name Tetris Attack, and re-released in the Japan only Nintendo Puzzle Collection.
Tetris Attack		The American adaptation of Panel de Pon, using characters from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Starred Yoshi and Little Yoshi in various quests against Bowser and his minions in order to save their friends, doing puzzle fights between them and the enemies (The Game Boy version was later released in Japan as "Yoshi no Panepon").
Battle Clash		Known as Space Bazooka in Japan. It uses the Super Scope accessory.
Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo		Japan only. Contains a remake of and sequel to the original Fire Emblem game.
Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu		Japan only. Spans two generations of characters.
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776		Japan only. The last Fire Emblem game released for the Super Famicom/SNES. It takes place between chapters 5 and 6 of Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu.
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge		The sequel to Battle Clash, which was only released in North America and Europe.
Nintendo 64
Paper Mario		The quasi-sequel to Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, featuring a new Paper style of visuals, and new style of gameplay.
64 Wars		Cancelled - The Nintendo 64 sequel to Game Boy Wars. Not much is known about it, as the game was never released.
Fire Emblem 64		Cancelled - The Nintendo 64 installment in the Fire Emblem series. No screenshots were released, and it was cancelled. However, early screenshots of Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi display a radical change in graphics and style from the game's final build, as well as include characters that were nowhere to be seen in the game. This, along with the game's original title, "Maiden in the Darkness," and the fact that at one point in Fuuin no Tsurugi one character is surreptitiously given that title, has caused speculation that perhaps much of the game's story and/or mechanics was transferred onto the Game Boy Advance.
GameCube
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door		The sequel to Paper Mario.
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance		The ninth game in the Fire Emblem series.
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$
Nintendo Puzzle Collection		(Panel de Pon)
Wii
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn		The tenth game in the Fire Emblem series.
WarioWare: Smooth Moves		The fifth game in the WarioWare series.
Super Paper Mario		The third game in the Paper Mario series.
Game Handhelds Game Boy
Alleyway	04/21/89	Launch title
Baseball		Launch title
Game Boy Wars
Golf		Launch title
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
Yakuman		Japan only, launch title
Virtual Boy
Galactic Pinball
Game Boy Color
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
Game Boy Advance
Advance Wars
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
WarioWare: Twisted!
Fire Emblem: Fūin no Tsurugi		Japan only
Fire Emblem		The first Fire Emblem series game to be released outside of Japan
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League		Worked on the Puzzle League part only
Nintendo DS
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin		Known as Advance Wars: Dark Conflict in Europe and Australia, and Famicom Wars DS 2 in Japan
Light Speed Card Battle: Card Hero
Planet Puzzle League
WarioWare: Touched!
Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi		Remake of Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi
Hardware
Super Game Boy
Super Game Boy 2
Game Boy Player
Wide-Boy64
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IS-NITRO-DEBUGGER
IS-NITRO-WRITER

References

Intelligent Systems website, game listing (japanese)
Intelligent Systems website, game listing (english)

External links

Official website
Intelligent Systems profile on MobyGames

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Intelligent Systems

List of Games

Consoles

Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)

Game Handhelds

Hardware

References

External links