Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development is the largest division inside the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division assumed both of its predecessors' role, focusing on the development of games and software for Nintendo platforms and mobile devices. It also manages and licenses the company's various intellectual properties.

Nintendo is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it first produced handmade hanafuda cards and also tried several small niche businesses such as a cab company and a love hotel. Nintendo developed into a video game company, becoming one of the most influential in the industry and Japan's third most valuable listed company. The name Nintendo translated from Japanese to English means "Leave luck to Heaven".