[3][4] The Nintendo Special Planning & Development team originated from former Nintendo R&D2 staff, and was mainly responsible for ports and in-house development for low profile hardware, such as the Pokémon Mini and the Super Famicom Satellaview service.

Most of the software developed by this group has remained domestic having hardly ever seen release outside Japan.

[5] The group also created mechanical devices and peripherals like the Pokéwalker and Pokémotion.

The last general manager, Masaru Shimomura described the Mechanical Design Group as a small creative unit that has a hardware and a software team working jointly together to create innovative products.

Manager/Producer: The Mechanical Design Group was responsible for developing software titles and peripherals for Nintendo video game consoles, until it was dissolved in 2013.