Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Nintendo Software Planning & Development" in English language version.
Iwata: [...] In 2004, we established the Software Planning & Development Division to relieve Mr. Miyamoto from handling the games co-developed with second parties to enable him to concentrate on internal development. After that, I was in charge of the Software Planning & Development Division
Iwata: In 2004, the Software Planning and Development department had only just been created.
Yoshio Sakamoto is Metroid: Other M's producer. Apart from the Metroid series, he has been involved in the development of games such as Famicom Tantei Club, Card Hero and Tomodachi Collection. He is the manager of Production Group No.1 in Nintendo's Software Planning & Development Department.
I'm Hattori, also from SPD. I'm in Yamagami-san's group.