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| '''Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development''' ('''Nintendo EAD''') was a division of [[Nintendo]] known for designing [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' games]], although they have also worked on other series, such as ''[[ZeldaWiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' and ''[[LylatWiki:Star Fox (series)|Star Fox]]''. The Chief Production Officer was [[Satoru Iwata]], but the general managers are [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and [[Takashi Tezuka]]. There is even a Nintendo character based off of this department named [[List of Mario references in Nintendo video games#F-Zero series|Mr. EAD]].
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| On September 14, 2015, Nintendo announced plans to merge EAD and the game development arm of [[Nintendo Software Planning & Development]] (Nintendo SPD) into a new division known as [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development]] (Nintendo EPD), effective September 16, 2015.<ref>Rad, Chloi, and Otero, Jose. [http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/09/14/nintendo-reveals-restructuring-plans Nintendo Reveals Restructuring Plans] (September 14, 2015), ''IGN''. Retrieved September 14, 2015</ref>
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| ==Staff working for Nintendo EAD==
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| ===General managers===
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| *[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]
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| *[[Takashi Tezuka]] (Executive Officer) | | *[[Takashi Tezuka]] (Executive Officer) |
| *[[Katsuya Eguchi]] (Department Manager) | | *[[Katsuya Eguchi]] (Department Manager) |
