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{{Infobox_Company |
  company_name   = Nintendo Research & Development 3 |
  company_logo   = [[File:nintendo_rd3_logo.png]]|
  company_type   = Division of [[Nintendo]]|
  foundation     = 1974|
  fate           = staff members reassigned in 2003|
  location       = Kyoto, Japan|
  key_people     = [[Genyo Takeda]], manager (1972 - 2003)|
  industry       = Video games |
  products       = Video game consoles, hardware, games|
  homepage       = http://www.nintendo.com/|
}}
'''Nintendo Research & Development 3 (任天堂開発第三部, Nintendō Kaihatsu Daisan Bu, R&D3)''' was the third video game development group within [[Nintendo]]. This development group focused primarily on the development of video game hardware, however it did develop some software as well. It was managed by [[Genyo Takeda]] from its creation in 1974 until Nintendo's internal development groups were restructured by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in 2003.

==Formation of Nintendo Research & Development 3==
In 1972, [[Genyo Takeda]] joined Nintendo, working at [[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo Research & Development]] with [[Gunpei Yokoi]] and [[Masayuki Uemura]] on Nintendo's [[arcade]] system that utilized [[light gun|light guns]], the ''[[Simulation System]]''.  Later that year, when additional R&D divisions were created after the success of the ''Simulation System'', Gunpei Yokoi continued on as the manager of R&D1 and [[Masayuki Uemura]] became the manager of [[Nintendo Research & Development 2|R&D 2]]. Genyo Takeda became the manager of R&D3 upon its formation in 1974.

==Restructuring of Nintendo's development groups==
In 2003, Nintendo Research & Development 3 was split, forming [[Nintendo Integrated Research & Development]] (IRD) and [[Nintendo Research & Engineering Development]] (RED). Genyo Takeda became the general manager of Nintendo IRD, while [[Satoru Okada]] became the general manager of Nintendo RED.

==Video games by Nintendo Research & Development 3==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!| Title
!| Platform
!| Released
!| Notes
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Punch-Out!! (video game)|Punch-Out!!]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Z80 arcade hardware|Arcade]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Punch-Out!!]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Z80 arcade hardware|Arcade]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1984
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Arm Wrestling]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Z80 arcade hardware|Arcade]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1985
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Punch-Out!! (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Punch-Out!!]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mike Tyson was replaced with the fictional Mr. Dream after Nintendo's license to use Tyson expired in 1990.
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[StarTropics]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Punch-Out!! (1994 video game)|Super Punch-Out!!]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Super Famicom]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pilotwings 64]]''
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]]
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="background-color:#ffffff; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|}

==Home video game consoles by Nintendo Research & Development 3==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!| Title
!| Released
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | First Nintendo console to use optical disc media, which was a proprietary mini DVD format with a total capacity of 1.5 gigabytes.
|}

==Handheld video game consoles by Nintendo Research & Development 3==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!| Title
!| Released
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Pocket]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A ligher and smaller [[Game Boy]] that required less batteries.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Light]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Slightly larger than the [[Game Boy Pocket]], and includes an electroluminescent backlight.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Color]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Slightly larger and thicker than the [[Game Boy Pocket]], and includes a color screen.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Advance]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Successor to the [[Game Boy Color]], with a 32-bit processor, a horizontal layout with a color screen, two face buttons, start and select buttons, and two shoulder buttons.
|}

==Video game peripherals by Nintendo Integrated Research & Development==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!| Title
!| Released
!| Notes
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Pak]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1983-2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Nintendo cartridges from the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]] to the [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]. Coined by Nintendo advertisment executive [[Gail Tilden]], in order to distance it from the game cartridges of [[Atari, S.A.|Atari]], so that people wouldn't be reminded of the [[video game crash of 1983]]. 
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Controller Pak]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Memory card for the [[Nintendo 64]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Camera]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Camera for the [[Game Boy]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Boy Printer]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Printer for the [[Game Boy]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Transfer Pack]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Transfers data between [[Nintendo 64]] and [[Game Boy]] or [[Game Boy Color]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Rumble Pak]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Force feedback]] for the [[Nintendo 64]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Expansion Pak]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1998
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 4 megabytes of random access memory expansion for [[Nintendo 64]] which increases the console's total RAM from 4MB to 8MB.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo 64DD]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1999
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Drive that reads magnetic disks on the [[Nintendo 64]], with a total capacity of 64 megabytes, which was released only in Japan.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[GameCube controller]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A wired controller for the [[GameCube]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Memory Card 59]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2001
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The standard 4 megabit [[GameCube]] memory card.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Nintendo e-Reader]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A device for [[Game Boy Advance]] which would scan cards with dotcodes to load games and add-ons for games.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Memory Card 251]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A larger 16 megabit [[GameCube]] memory card.
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Wavebird wireless controller]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A radio frequency-based wireless controller for the [[GameCube]].
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Memory Card 1019]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2002
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | A larger 64 megabit [[GameCube]] memory card.
|}

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