Intelligent Systems
🇯🇵 JapanIntelligent Systems Co., Ltd. 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, but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013. 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. 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. 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: Survival of the Fittest (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.
Developed Games
132
D-Hopper
2026
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
2026
Fire Emblem Shadows
2025
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
2024
WarioWare: Move It!
2023
Fire Emblem Engage: Fell Xenologue
2023
Fire Emblem Engage
2023
WarioWare: Get It Together!
2021
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - 30th Anniversary Edition
2020
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
2020
Paper Mario: The Origami King
2020
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
2020
Fire Emblem: Three Houses + Expansion Pass
2019
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
2019
WarioWare Gold
2018
Fire Emblem Warriors: Special Edition
2017
Fire Emblem Warriors: Limited Edition
2017
Fire Emblem Warriors
2017
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Limited Edition
2017
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
2017
Fire Emblem Heroes
2017
Paper Mario: Color Splash
2016
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE: 3 Support Quest Set
2016
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE: Fortissimo Edition
2016
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation - Heirs of Fate
2016
Fire Emblem Fates: Special Edition
2016
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
2015
Tokyo Millennium Collaboration
2015
Atlus Collaboration Costume Set
2015
Fire Emblem Fates: Before Awakening
2015
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
2015
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
2015
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
2015
Stretchmo
2015
Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
2015
Pushmo World
2014
Daigasso! Band Brothers P
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Challenge Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Smash Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Lost Bloodlines Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Rogues Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Future Past Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Golden Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Scramble Pack
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Champions Pack
2013
Game & Wario
2013
Fire Emblem: Awakening - Apotheosis
2012
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
2012
Crashmo
2012
Fire Emblem Awakening
2012
Pushmo
2011
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem
2010
Spotto!
2009
Eco Shooter: Plant 530
2009
Card Hero Speed Battle Custom
2009
WarioWare D.I.Y.
2009
Puzzle League Express
2009
WarioWare: Snapped!
2008
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
2008
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
2008
Face Training: Facial Exercises to Strengthen and Relax from Fumiko Inudo
2007
Planet Puzzle League
2007
Super Paper Mario
2007
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
2007
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
2006
Dr. Mario & Puzzle League
2005
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
2005
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
2005
WarioWare: Touched!
2004
Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2
2004
WarioWare: Twisted!
2004
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
2004
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
2004
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
2003
Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
2003
Puzzle League
2003
Yoshi no Cookie
2003
Nintendo Puzzle Collection
2003
Panel de Pon
2003
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
2002
Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest
2002
Advance Wars
2001
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
2001
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
2000
Paper Mario
2000
Trade & Battle: Card Hero
2000
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
1999
Super Famicom Wars
1998
Super Famicom Wars BS Ban
1998
Super Famicom Wars BS Ban: Soramame-jima
1998
Super Famicom Wars BS Ban: Tsukinowa-jima
1998
Super Famicom Wars BS Ban: Noakazan-tou
1998
Super Famicom Wars BS Ban: Hagoromo-jima
1998
Panel de Pon Event '98
1997
BS Fire Emblem: Archanea Senki-hen - Dai-4-wa: Hajimari no Toki
1997
BS Fire Emblem: Archanea Senki-hen - Dai-3-wa: Seigi no Touzokudan
1997
BS Fire Emblem: Archanea Senki-hen - Dai-2-wa: Akai Ryuu Kishi
1997
BS Fire Emblem: Archanea Senki-hen - Dai-1-wa: Palace Kanraku
1997
BS Fire Emblem: Archanea Senki-hen
1997
BS Yoshi no Panepon
1996
Yoshi no Panepon
1996
Tetris Attack
1996
Tetris Attack
1996
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
1996
Panel de Pon: Event Version 2
1996
Panel de Pon
1995
Panel de Pon: Event Version
1995
Galactic Pinball
1995
Tetris & Dr. Mario
1994
Tetris
1994
Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem
1994
Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
1993
Battle Clash
1992
Mario Paint
1992
Fire Emblem Gaiden
1992
Game Boy Wars
1991
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
1990
Yakuman
1989
Alleyway
1989
Famicom Wars
1988
Soccer
1985
Vs. Hogan's Alley
1985
Hogan's Alley
1984
Tennis
1984
Vs. Tennis
1984
Panel de Pon GB
Doubutsu Banchou
Fire Emblem: Ankoku no Miko
Super Mario RPG 2
Super Paper Mario
Birds & Bombs
Space Pinball