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'''Nd Cube''' is a [[Nintendo]] research and development group who is known in the early part of the company's history for creating ''[[F-Zero: Maximum Velocity]]'' and ''[[Tube Slider]]''. The company is currently headed by [[Hidetoshi Endo]], who was the former president of [[Hudson Soft]].
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'''Nd Cube''' is a [[Nintendo]] research and development subsidiary, founded in 2000. They are currently known for developing later entries in the ''Mario Party'' series. The company is currently headed by [[Hidetoshi Endo]], the former president of [[Hudson Soft]]. The "Nd" in the game comes from the original founders of the company, [[Nintendo]] and {{wp|Dentsu}}, and that Nintendo owns a majority of the company's shares.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The company was founded in 2000 when there was an agreement between Nintendo with seventy-eight percent of the shares, and their advertising firm [[Dentsu]] with twelve percent of the shares, hence the name "Nd". It started out as a subsidiary of Nintendo for developing [[Nintendo GameCube]] and [[Game Boy Advance]] games, with most of the games released exclusively in Japan under a low profile. Since then, the company was struggling as it lost employees to [[Sony]].
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In 2000, Nintendo and Dentsu founded Nd Cube as part of a joint venture, Nintendo owning 78% of the company's shares while Dentsu owned 13.3% of shares, the other 8.9% being undecided.
  
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In April 2006, many of the employees migrated to Nintendo, [[Square Enix]] and other third-party licensee publishers after Nintendo rejected the company's experimental projects. In that time, they posted job ads for [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo DS]] development.
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By April 2006, many of Nd Cube's employees had moved on to join other developers, primarily [[Nintendo]] and [[Square Enix]], after Nintendo rejected the company's experimental projects. In that time, they posted job ads for [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo DS]] development. At a later point, many former employees from Hudson Soft, including core ''Mario Party'' staff and former president Hidetoshi Endo, joined Nd Cube.
  
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In August 2010, Nintendo bought out all the shares from Dentsu, and is now currently the owner of the company, having ninety-six of the shares. Their first game under Nintendo's ownship is ''[[Wii Party]]'', lead by the [[Super Mario series#.27.27Mario Party.27.27 series games|''Mario Party'' series]] lead staff who left Hudson Soft to join NdCube.
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In August 2010, Nintendo bought all of Dentsu's shares, becoming the sole owner with 98% of the company's shares and making Nd Cube a first-party subsidiary of Nintendo.
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==Games published by Nintendo==
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{| class="wikitable" width="35%"
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|''[[F-Zero: Maximum Velocity]]''
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|2001
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|[[Game Boy Advance]]
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|''[[Dokodemo Taikyoku: Yakuman Advance]]''
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|2001
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|Game Boy Advance
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|''[[Wii Party]]''
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|2010
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|[[Wii]]
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|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
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|2012
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|Wii
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|''[[Wii Party U]]''
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|2013
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|[[Wii U]]
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|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
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|2013
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|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
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|''[[Mario Party 10]]''
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|2015
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|Wii U
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|''[[Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival]]''
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|2015
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|Wii U
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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* [http://www2.ndcube.co.jp/ Official japanese website]
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*{{wp|Nd Cube|Nd Cube on Wikipedia}}
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*{{smw|Nd Cube|Nd Cube on Super Mario Wiki}}
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Revision as of 22:59, 3 July 2016

Monolith Soft
Nd Cube logo.png
Founded: 2000
Founder: N/A
President: N/A
Parent / owner: Nintendo
Divisions / subsidiaries: N/A
Website:
www2.ndcube.co.jp/

Nd Cube is a Nintendo research and development subsidiary, founded in 2000. They are currently known for developing later entries in the Mario Party series. The company is currently headed by Hidetoshi Endo, the former president of Hudson Soft. The "Nd" in the game comes from the original founders of the company, Nintendo and Dentsu, and that Nintendo owns a majority of the company's shares.

History

In 2000, Nintendo and Dentsu founded Nd Cube as part of a joint venture, Nintendo owning 78% of the company's shares while Dentsu owned 13.3% of shares, the other 8.9% being undecided.

By April 2006, many of Nd Cube's employees had moved on to join other developers, primarily Nintendo and Square Enix, after Nintendo rejected the company's experimental projects. In that time, they posted job ads for Wii and Nintendo DS development. At a later point, many former employees from Hudson Soft, including core Mario Party staff and former president Hidetoshi Endo, joined Nd Cube.

In August 2010, Nintendo bought all of Dentsu's shares, becoming the sole owner with 98% of the company's shares and making Nd Cube a first-party subsidiary of Nintendo.

Games published by Nintendo

Game Year Console
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity 2001 Game Boy Advance
Dokodemo Taikyoku: Yakuman Advance 2001 Game Boy Advance
Wii Party 2010 Wii
Mario Party 9 2012 Wii
Wii Party U 2013 Wii U
Mario Party: Island Tour 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 10 2015 Wii U
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival 2015 Wii U

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  • Monolith Soft: Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • 1-Up Studio: Gen Kadoi
  • ND Cube: Hidetoshi Endo
  • Retro: Michael Kelbaugh
  • NERD: Alexandre Delattre
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