Main Offices
Nintendo Co., Ltd (NCL) has a central office located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (34°58′11.89″N 135°45′22.33″E / 34.9699694°N 135.7562028°E / 34.9699694; 135.7562028) and a nearby building, its pre-2000 headquarters, now serving as a research and development building, located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan (34°58′29.00″N 135°46′10.48″E / 34.97472°N 135.7695778°E / 34.97472; 135.7695778). Its original Kyoto headquarters can still be found at (34°59′30.03″N 135°45′58.66″E / 34.991675°N 135.7662944°E / 34.991675; 135.7662944). Additionally, Nintendo has a third operation in Tokyo, Japan, where research and development, manufacturing, and clerical work are conducted. All three offices are interconnected and have video conferences often for communication and presentation purposes.
In 2009, it was revealed that Nintendo was expanding both its Redmond and Kyoto offices. The new office building complex of Nintendo of America in Redmond is 275,250 square feet (25,572 m2) and would expand its localization, development, debugging, production, and clerical teams. Nintendo Co., Ltd. announced the purchase of 40,000 square-meter lot that would house an all new research and development (R&D) office that would make it easier for the company's two other Kyoto R&D offices to collaborate easier as well as expand the total work force on new upcoming console development and new software for current and future hardware.
Nintendo owns several buildings throughout Kyoto and Tokyo housing subsidiary and affiliated development studios. One of the more famous buildings is the Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo building – previously known as the Nintendo Tokyo Prefecture Building – now jokingly called The Pokémon Building, accommodates the complete Pokémon family which includes The Pokémon Company, Creatures Inc., and Genius Sonority.
- Nintendo Central Office – Kyoto, Japan – Nintendo main R&D divisions, SRD
- Nintendo Kyoto Research Center – Kyoto, Japan – Super Mario Club, Intelligent Systems
- Nintendo Tokyo Office – Tokyo, Japan – Nintendo EAD Tokyo Group
- Nintendo Osaka Office – Osaka, Japan –
- Nintendo Sapporo Office – Sapporo, Japan –
- Nintendo Australia Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Nintendo of Europe GmbH - Großostheim, Germany
- Nintendo Tokyo Prefecture Building - Tokyo, Japan – The Pokémon Company, Creatures Inc., Genius Sonority.
- Nintendo of America inc. Headquarters – Redmond, United States – NOA Treehouse, Nintendo Software Technology
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