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'''Nd Cube Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: エヌディーキューブ株式会社 Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha), stylized NDcube, is a [[Nintendo]] subsidiary and Japanese video game developer based in Japan with offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. Nd Cube is a fully owned Nintendo subsidiary as of August, 2010. Originally the company was founded March 1, 2000 through a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu, hence the Nd in the name.
[[File:Nd Cube logo.png|thumb|left|150px|Previous logo.]]
'''Nd Cube Co., Ltd.''' (Japanese: エヌディーキューブ株式会社 Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha), stylized '''NDcube''', is a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo. Originally on founded March 1, 2000 through a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu (the "Nd" in the name reflecting this), the company was bought out by Nintendo in 2010 and is now a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo. Nd Cube has offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. Nd Cube is responsible for developing the most recent ''Mario Party'' games starting with ''[[Mario Party 9]]''.


By April 2006, many of the Nd Cube's employees had migrated to other companies, such as Nintendo and [[Square Enix]]. The company is now headed by Hidetoshi Endo, who was the former President of [[Hudson Soft]]. In addition, the key employees of the ''[[Mario Party]]'' team at Hudson have also joined the company. Nd Cube released ''Wii Party'' in 2010 and developed ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' which was released on March 2, 2012, both games for the [[Wii]] console.
By April 2006, many of Nd Cube's employees at the time had moved to other companies (including Nintendo themselves). At a later point, however, several previous employees of [[Hudson Soft]] moved to the company, including various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' games]] and former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the current president of Nd Cube.
In November 22, 2013 (January 17/18 2014 in PAL regions), ND Cube developed ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' on the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. Nd Cube will also develop the upcoming game ''[[Mario Party 10]]'' for the [[Wii U]].
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==''Mario'' installments by Nd Cube==
==''Mario'' installments by Nd Cube==
<gallery>
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 50%;text-align:center"
File:MP9 EUcover.jpg|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
!Title
File:Box NA - Mario Party Island Tour.png|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
!Year released
File:Mario Party 10 second logo.png|''[[Mario Party 10]]''
!Console
</gallery>
|-
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|2012
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''
|2013
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Mario Party 10]]''*
|2015
|[[Wii U]]
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> <small>- Indicates upcoming game.</small>


== External links ==
==External links==
*[http://www.ndcube.co.jp/ Nd Cube Official Webpage]
*[http://www.ndcube.co.jp/ Nd Cube Official Webpage]
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Revision as of 17:35, January 2, 2015

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Company logo for video game developer NDcube used until 2012
Previous logo.

Nd Cube Co., Ltd. (Japanese: エヌディーキューブ株式会社 Enudī Kyūbu Kabushiki Gaisha), stylized NDcube, is a Japanese video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo. Originally on founded March 1, 2000 through a joint venture between Nintendo and advertising firm Dentsu (the "Nd" in the name reflecting this), the company was bought out by Nintendo in 2010 and is now a fully owned subsidiary of Nintendo. Nd Cube has offices in Tokyo and Sapporo. Nd Cube is responsible for developing the most recent Mario Party games starting with Mario Party 9.

By April 2006, many of Nd Cube's employees at the time had moved to other companies (including Nintendo themselves). At a later point, however, several previous employees of Hudson Soft moved to the company, including various staff that had worked on the Hudson-developed Mario Party games and former president Hidetoshi Endo, who became the current president of Nd Cube.

Mario installments by Nd Cube

Title Year released Console
Mario Party 9 2012 Wii
Mario Party: Island Tour 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 10* 2015 Wii U

* - Indicates upcoming game.

External links

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