Intelligent Systems Corporation

Intelligent Systems
Type	privately held
Founded	December, 1986
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Products	Games for Nintendo video game consoles
Employees	114
Website	Intelligent Systems - Official site

Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. (株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ, Kabushiki-Gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu^?) 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.

Game Consoles

Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom)

• Famicom Wars (Japan Only) - The first game in the Wars series, never released in the U.S.
• Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi, meaning "The Dragon of Darkness and the Sword of Light" (Japan Only)
• Fire Emblem Gaiden (Japan Only)
• Devil World (Japan/Europe Only)
• Wild Gunman

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.

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

• Game Boy Wars
• Alleyway
• Tetris Attack
• Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru
• Golf
• Metroid II: Return of Samus

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 see a North American release
• 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
• Light Speed Card Battle: Card Hero
• Planet Puzzle League
• WarioWare: Touched!
• Fire Emblem DS

Hardware

• Super Game Boy
• Super Game Boy 2
• Wide-Boy64
• Game Boy Player

Notes and references

External links

• (Japanese) Official website
• Intelligent Systems profile on MobyGames

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