Detailed 2014 R&D Restructure Thread
- Shinya Takahashi now is General Manager of Two Divisions. Software Planning & Development Division, and Development Administration & Support Division.
- Shinya Takahashi's Software Planning & Development Division might have shrunk considerably during this restructure. Which justifies why he is also heading up the new support division.
- Shinya Takahashi, General Manager of Development Administration & Support Division. This new division, looks to be the parent of "General Support Group" which is basically a swing man production collective of Nintendo, Contract Nintendo, Nintendo subsidiary, and external partners forged to create large production teams to finish Nintendo games.
- Software Planning & Development Production Group No. 1 (Sakamoto) regrouped into new team and new identity? Hitoshi Yamagami SPD Production Group No. 2 takes over No. 1 slot. Purely production and planning group.
- EAD Kyoto has absorbed several SPD planners, graphic artist, and sound engineers. SDD has absorbed much of the SPD programmers and graphic artists as well. I believe SPD no longer has development units. Just production, cinematography and localization units.
- EAD has not absorbed much of Sakamoto's development unit. Only one member (Yasutaka Takeuchi).
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Monolith Soft Kyoto, 1-Up Studio, Contract Employees, Namco-Bandai, Indies Zero, Alpha Dream can all be classified as staff that can be pooled into the GENERAL SUPPORT GROUP.