R&D 2

R&D 2
Type	First Party
Founded	1984
Status	Defunct
Base	Kyoto, Japan
Bestseller	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Homepage	Japanese Site; US Site
Notable Members	Kazuhiko Taniguchi; Masayuki Uemura

R&D 2 was one of Nintendo's original development groups. Headed by engineer Mayasuki Uemura, R&D 2 original only made peripherals. After a decade with the company, they began to produce software titles. Their games were not very successful. When the Gameboy Color came out, they were put in charge of porting old games to the system. They continued to port games for the Gameboy Advance.

In 2004, Taniguchi replaced Uemura as the head of R&D 2. With the DS, they resumed creating original titles.

Like R&D 1, R&D 2 was absorbed by Nintendo EAD in 2005.