Nintendo Research and Development 2 (R&D2) was a team within Nintendo that developed software and peripherals. R&D2 did not develop any software titles for the first decade at Nintendo. It was based in Kyoto.
R&D2 was originally led by Masayuki Uemura, who previously worked for Sharp Electronics Corporation, using an idea of Sharp's solar technology Uemura's department went on to develop the popular Nintendo beam gun games, selling over 1 million units. Kazuhiko Taniguchi took Uemura's position in 2004. Nintendo R&D2 was later merged into Nintendo's EAD.
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