Intelligent Systems

Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.
	Logotype
Native name	株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu
Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	December 1986; 37 years ago
Founder	Toru Narihiro
Headquarters	Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Number of locations	2 (2020)
Key people	Ryouichi Kitanishi; (chairman); Toshiyuki Nakamura; (president);
Products	Fire Emblem series; Paper Mario series; WarioWare series; Wars series;
Number of employees	190 (2022)
Subsidiaries	Purejio Co., Ltd. (株式会社プレジオ)
Website	intsys.co.jp/english ; intsys.co.jp

Short description: Japanese video game developer

Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd.^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a Japanese video game developer best known for developing games published by Nintendo with the Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, WarioWare, and Wars video game series. Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto,^[4] but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013.^[5] They were also responsible for the creation of various development hardware both first and 3rd party developers would use to make games for Nintendo systems, such as the IS Nitro Emulator, the official development kit for the Nintendo DS.

History

Intelligent Systems started when programmer Toru Narihiro was hired by Nintendo to port Famicom Disk System software to the standard ROM-cartridge format that was being used outside Japan on the NES. Similarly to the origins of HAL Laboratory, the team soon became an auxiliary program unit for Nintendo that provided system tools and hired people to program, fix, or port Nintendo-developed software. Much of the team's original work consists of minor contributions to larger games developed by Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo EAD.^[6]

Narihiro programmed his first video games, Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, towards the end of the Famicom's life cycle, although the game design, graphic design, and music was provided by the Nintendo R&D1 team. Because of Narihiro's success, Intelligent Systems began to hire graphic designers, programmers, and musicians to extend the company from an auxiliary–tool developer to a game development group. The company continued to develop new entries in the Wars and Fire Emblem franchises.

In 2000, Intelligent Systems produced Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64, which became a surprise hit, leading to five sequels. Three years later, the first entry in the WarioWare series was released on the Game Boy Advance, and it too became a successful series.

Not all games developed by Intelligent Systems are published by Nintendo. Cubivore (which was co-developed by Intelligent Systems) was published by Atlus in North America; Intelligent Systems also developed various Dragon Quest games, which were published by Square Enix.

List of games developed

List of video games developed by Intelligent Systems
Year	Title	Platform(s)	Ref.
1983	Mario Bros.^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
1984	Tennis^{[lower-alpha 2]}		^[7]
	Wild Gunman		^[7]
	Duck Hunt		^[7]
	Hogan's Alley		^[7]
	Donkey Kong 3		^[7]
	Devil World		^[7]
1985	Soccer		^[7]
	Wrecking Crew		^[7]
	Stack-Up		^[7]
	Gyromite		^[7]
1986	Tennis	Family Computer Disk System	^[7]
	Soccer		^[7]
	Metroid^{[lower-alpha 2]}		^[7]^[8]
1988	Famicom Wars^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Family Computer	^[7]
	Kaette Kita Mario Bros.	Family Computer Disk System	^[7]
	Wrecking Crew	Family Computer Disk System	^[7]
1989	Alleyway^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Game Boy	^[7]
	Baseball^{[lower-alpha 3]}		^[7]
	Yakuman		^[7]
	Golf		^[7]
1990	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Family Computer	^[7]
1991	SimCity	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
1991	Game Boy Wars^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Game Boy	^[7]
1992	Super Scope 6	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
	Fire Emblem Gaiden	Family Computer
	Mario Paint	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
	Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Game Boy	^[7]
	Battle Clash^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
1993	Metal Combat^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
1994	Fire Emblem	Super Famicom
1994	Super Metroid^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	^[7]
1995	Galactic Pinball	Virtual Boy
1995	Panel de Pon	Super Famicom
1996	Fire Emblem	Super Famicom
1996	Tetris Attack^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1998	Super Famicom Wars	Super Famicom
1999	Fire Emblem	Super Famicom
2000	Trade & Battle: Card Hero	Game Boy Color
	Paper Mario	Nintendo 64
	Pokémon Puzzle Challenge	Game Boy Color
2001	Advance Wars^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Game Boy Advance
2001	Mario Kart	Game Boy Advance
2002	Cubivore^{[lower-alpha 5]}	GameCube
2002	Fire Emblem	Game Boy Advance
2003	Nintendo Puzzle Collection^{[lower-alpha 2]}	GameCube
	Fire Emblem	Game Boy Advance
	Advance Wars 2^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Game Boy Advance
	WarioWare, Inc.^{[lower-alpha 2]}	GameCube
2004	Paper Mario	GameCube
	Fire Emblem	Game Boy Advance
	WarioWare^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Game Boy Advance
	WarioWare^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Nintendo DS
2005	Fire Emblem	GameCube
2005	Advance Wars	Nintendo DS
2006	WarioWare^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Wii
2007	Fire Emblem
	Super Paper Mario
	Planet Puzzle League	Nintendo DS
	Face Training
	Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero^{[lower-alpha 6]}
2008	Advance Wars
	Fire Emblem
	WarioWare^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Nintendo DS
2009	WarioWare D.I.Y.^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Nintendo DS
	WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Wii
	Dragon Quest Wars	Nintendo DS
	Eco Shooter	Wii
	Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner	Nintendo DSi
	Nintendo DSi Metronome
	Dictionary 6 in 1 with Camera Function
	Link 'n' Launch
	Spotto!
2010	Fire Emblem	Nintendo DS
2010	Face Training	Nintendo DS
2011	Pushmo	Nintendo 3DS
2011	Dragon Quest 25 Shūnen Kinen Famicom & Super Famicom Dragon Quest I・II・III (jp)	Wii	^[9]
2012	Fire Emblem Awakening	Nintendo 3DS
	Crashmo
	Paper Mario
2013	Game & Wario^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Wii U
2013	Daigasso! Band Brothers P^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Nintendo 3DS
2014	Pushmo World	Wii U	^[10]
2015	Code Name	Nintendo 3DS
	Stretchmo
	Fire Emblem Fates		^[11]
2016	Paper Mario	Wii U
2017	Fire Emblem Heroes	iOS, Android
2017	Fire Emblem Echoes	Nintendo 3DS
2018	WarioWare Gold	Nintendo 3DS
2019	Fire Emblem^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Nintendo Switch
2020	Paper Mario
2021	WarioWare
2023	Fire Emblem Engage
2023	WarioWare: Move It!
2024	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Notes

↑ Japanese: 株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 Co-developed by Nintendo R&D1.
↑ Responsible for porting the original game to the Game Boy.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Released as Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 in Japan on 2004.
↑ Co-developed by Saru Brunei.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 ^6.7 Co-developed by Nintendo SPD Group No. 1.
↑ Co-developed by Nintendo SDD.
↑ Co-developed with Koei Tecmo.

Cancelled

Title	System	Ref(s)
Dragon Hopper	Virtual Boy	^[12]
Fire Emblem 64	Nintendo 64DD	^[13]
Untitled Fire Emblem game	Wii	^[14]
Crashmo World	Wii U	^[15]

References

↑ "History" (in ja). Intelligent Systems. http://intsys.co.jp/company/outline/index.html.
↑ "(株)インテリジェントシステムズの採用データ | マイナビ2021". https://job.mynavi.jp/21/pc/search/corp80932/employment.html.
↑ "インテリジェントシステムズに就職したい！会社の概要と就職の際のポイント". September 2, 2020. https://game-creators.jp/media/career/299/.
↑ "Location". Intelligent Systems. http://www.intsys.co.jp/english/location/index.html.
↑ "Fire Emblem-Studio Intelligent Systems ist in neues Gebäude umgezogen" (in de-DE). https://nintendo-online.de/news/15818/fire-emblem-studio-intelligent-systems-ist-in-neues-gebaeude-umgezogen.
↑ "Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. (Company)" (in en). https://www.giantbomb.com/intelligent-systems-co-ltd/3010-333/.
↑ ^7.00 ^7.01 ^7.02 ^7.03 ^7.04 ^7.05 ^7.06 ^7.07 ^7.08 ^7.09 ^7.10 ^7.11 ^7.12 ^7.13 ^7.14 ^7.15 ^7.16 ^7.17 ^7.18 ^7.19 ^7.20 ^7.21 ^7.22 ^7.23 ^7.24 ^7.25 ^7.26 ^7.27 ^7.28 ^7.29 "Intelligent Systems – Works – Games" (in ja). https://www.intsys.co.jp/.
↑ Christian Nutt (23 April 2010). "The Elegance Of Metroid: Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks". Gamasutra. United Business Media LLC. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4333/the_elegance_of_metroid_yoshio_.php.
↑ "intsys.co.jp/company/gamesoft/index". https://www.intsys.co.jp/company/gamesoft/index.html.
↑ Whitehead, Thomas (May 28, 2014). "Nintendo of America Confirms Pushmo World Release Details". http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/05/nintendo_of_america_confirms_pushmo_world_release_details.
↑ Lehew, Alex (November 12, 2015). "Fire Emblem Fates releases February 19th; release details revealed". The Tanooki. http://www.thetanooki.com/2015/11/12/fire-emblem-fates-releases-february-19th-release-details-revealed/.
↑ "Nintendo Kills the Virtual Boy". GamePro (IDG) (101): 27. February 1997. https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_101_Volume_09_Number_02_1997-02_IDG_Publishing_US/page/n27/mode/2up.
↑ VincentASM (December 9, 2015). "Making of Fire Emblem 64". http://serenesforest.net/2015/12/09/the-making-of-fire-emblem-64/.
↑ VincentASM. "Making of Fire Emblem: The Illusive Wii Fire Emblem". http://serenesforest.net/2015/12/27/making-of-fire-emblem-the-illusive-wii-fire-emblem/.
↑ Jenni (December 28, 2016). "Crashmo World Apparently Was In Development For the Nintendo Wii U". http://www.siliconera.com/2016/12/28/crashmo-world-apparently-development-nintendo-wii-u/.

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[4] Japanese: 株式会社インテリジェントシステムズ Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Interijento Shisutemuzu

[rd1-8] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 ^2.13 Co-developed by Nintendo R&D1.

[baseball-11] Responsible for porting the original game to the Game Boy.

[wars-12] 4.0 ^4.1 Released as Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 in Japan on 2004.

[saru-13] Co-developed by Saru Brunei.

[spd1-14] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 ^6.7 Co-developed by Nintendo SPD Group No. 1.

[sdd-16] Co-developed by Nintendo SDD.

[19] Co-developed with Koei Tecmo.

[Company_Profile-1] "History" (in ja). Intelligent Systems. http://intsys.co.jp/company/outline/index.html.

[2] "(株)インテリジェントシステムズの採用データ | マイナビ2021". https://job.mynavi.jp/21/pc/search/corp80932/employment.html.

[3] "インテリジェントシステムズに就職したい！会社の概要と就職の際のポイント". September 2, 2020. https://game-creators.jp/media/career/299/.

[5] "Location". Intelligent Systems. http://www.intsys.co.jp/english/location/index.html.

[6] "Fire Emblem-Studio Intelligent Systems ist in neues Gebäude umgezogen" (in de-DE). https://nintendo-online.de/news/15818/fire-emblem-studio-intelligent-systems-ist-in-neues-gebaeude-umgezogen.

[7] "Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. (Company)" (in en). https://www.giantbomb.com/intelligent-systems-co-ltd/3010-333/.

[Works-9] 7.00 ^7.01 ^7.02 ^7.03 ^7.04 ^7.05 ^7.06 ^7.07 ^7.08 ^7.09 ^7.10 ^7.11 ^7.12 ^7.13 ^7.14 ^7.15 ^7.16 ^7.17 ^7.18 ^7.19 ^7.20 ^7.21 ^7.22 ^7.23 ^7.24 ^7.25 ^7.26 ^7.27 ^7.28 ^7.29 "Intelligent Systems – Works – Games" (in ja). https://www.intsys.co.jp/.

[intelsys-10] Christian Nutt (23 April 2010). "The Elegance Of Metroid: Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks". Gamasutra. United Business Media LLC. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4333/the_elegance_of_metroid_yoshio_.php.

[15] "intsys.co.jp/company/gamesoft/index". https://www.intsys.co.jp/company/gamesoft/index.html.

[17] Whitehead, Thomas (May 28, 2014). "Nintendo of America Confirms Pushmo World Release Details". http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/05/nintendo_of_america_confirms_pushmo_world_release_details.

[18] Lehew, Alex (November 12, 2015). "Fire Emblem Fates releases February 19th; release details revealed". The Tanooki. http://www.thetanooki.com/2015/11/12/fire-emblem-fates-releases-february-19th-release-details-revealed/.

[20] "Nintendo Kills the Virtual Boy". GamePro (IDG) (101): 27. February 1997. https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_101_Volume_09_Number_02_1997-02_IDG_Publishing_US/page/n27/mode/2up.

[21] VincentASM (December 9, 2015). "Making of Fire Emblem 64". http://serenesforest.net/2015/12/09/the-making-of-fire-emblem-64/.

[22] VincentASM. "Making of Fire Emblem: The Illusive Wii Fire Emblem". http://serenesforest.net/2015/12/27/making-of-fire-emblem-the-illusive-wii-fire-emblem/.

[23] Jenni (December 28, 2016). "Crashmo World Apparently Was In Development For the Nintendo Wii U". http://www.siliconera.com/2016/12/28/crashmo-world-apparently-development-nintendo-wii-u/.