Nintendo EPD

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development (abbreviated as Nintendo EPD) is one of Nintendo's current internal software divisions. Created in 2015 following the consolidation of Nintendo EAD and Nintendo SPD, it is split into eleven different groups and focuses on the creation of first party Nintendo titles.^[1]

Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 3 is dedicated entirely to the production of games in The Legend of Zelda series, with Hidemaro Fujibayashi serving as project lead, Daiki Iwamoto and Makoto Miyanaga as group managers, and Eiji Aonuma as producer.

The Legend of Zelda Games

Game	Systems	Release Date	Additional notes
Tri Force Heroes	Nintendo 3DS	October 22, 2015	Co-developed by Grezzo. Additional support by 1-UP Studio.
Twilight Princess HD	Wii U	March 4, 2016	Co-developed by Tantalus Media.
Breath of the Wild	Wii U / Nintendo Switch	March 3, 2017	Additional support by Monolith Soft.
Tears of the Kingdom	Nintendo Switch	May 12, 2023	Additional support by Monolith Soft.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name
	Japanese	任天堂企画制作本部 (Nintendō Kikaku Seisaku Honbu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Takuya Yoshimura, Notice Regarding Personnel Change of a Representative Director and Role Changes of Directors, www.nintendo.co.jp, published September 14, 2015, retrieved October 5, 2022.

[EPD-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Takuya Yoshimura, Notice Regarding Personnel Change of a Representative Director and Role Changes of Directors, www.nintendo.co.jp, published September 14, 2015, retrieved October 5, 2022.

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