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Nintendo European Research & Development (also known as NERD), previously Mobiclip and Actimagine is subsidiary of Nintendo.

Originally a French research and development company for the development of mobile video and mobile TV software, it is situated in Paris. The company had a subsidiary in Tokyo, Japan as well as offices in Singapore and California.

As Mobiclip, they were are known for their Mobiclip Video Codec used in games such as those in the Professor Layton series and The Legendary Starfy.

The codec was licensed by Nintendo when the company was still known as Actimagine as a video compression technology offering high quality playback with respect to battery life on the Game Boy Advance for titles in the Game Boy Advance Video series, ^[1] and it has since been used in various games for the Nintendo DS , such as Metroid Prime Hunters and games in the Professor Layton series. It has also been licensed by various other companies, such as Sony Pictures Digital and Fisher-Price.

In The Legendary Starfy, the Mobiclip Video Codec was used in encoding the various animated Story cartoon.

As of February 2012, it was revealed on Mobiclip's official website that the company became a subsidiary of Nintendo. ^[2] It later changed its name to Nintendo European Research & Development.

The Mobiclip Video Codec logo, as it appears in *The Legendary Starfy* and various Nintendo DS games

External links

Nintendo European Research & Development on Wikipedia.

References

The Legendary Starfy
Characters	Starfy • Moe • Bunston • Starly • Old Man Lobber • Mermaid • Ruby • Bilge Monkeys • Bunneran Soldier • Fat Cat • Fork • Globerto • Herman • Herbert • Huffinfluff • Junior • Kit Fish • Kittana • Mama Star • Mini G • Modo • Moe's siblings • Old Man Vern • Papa Star • Piplion • Pufftop Guard • Puplion • Shurikit • The Jellato Sisters • The Moon • The Squirts • Bunnerans • Bunston's parents • The Colored Stars • Hot-spring seal (hidden) • Yellow creature (unused)
Items	Big pearl • Pearl • Red pearl • Heart Gem • Transforming Stone • Glowing mushroom • Rainbow droplet
Bosses	Big Squiddy • Hot-Spring Snapper • King Ping • Papes • Ronk • Snips • The Terrible Trio • Mashtooth • Konk • Master Lobber
Abilities	Air Jump (Starfy only) • Crawl (Starly only) • Dance • Dash • Dash & Jump • Dizziness • Done For‎ • Duck • Duck & Slide • Entering a Door • Glide • Good Night……‎ • Jump • Low Spin (Starly only) • Mine-Car‎ • Panting • Shooting Star‎ (Starfy only) • Slip‎ • Snowball • Star Spin (Mighty, Ultra) • Spin Jump • Surf Jump • Swim • Talk • Turbo Swim • Walk • Wall Jump (Starly only)
Bunston's Powers	Monstar • Starpedo • Roostar • Starfright Transformations in general, left unused: Frog • Cockroach • Mermaid • Helpful Stuff transformations
Story cartoons	The Adventure Begins • The First Shard • A Sudden Flashback • Head for Hotcha Springs • Prince Bunston…?! • Soaking in the Victory • The Big Find • Starfy Chills Out • Don't Mess with Starly • Three Odd Goons • Ronk, Papes, and Snips • Goal in Sight • The Shattered Spaceship • Memory Shards • Meanwhile… • A Heavy Conscience • Bunnera in Danger • The Paper-Cut Crusher • Mashtooth's Master Plan • Friends to the Rescue • Mega Mashtooth • Starfy's Ending • Starly's Ending • The Missing Chapter
Stuff	List of Stuff (Clothes - Extras - Specials - Bunston) • Helpful Stuff
Enemies	Astro Bagger • Bellybird • Blinkfin • Bobfin • Bullygoat • Cactot • Calaminer • Choby • Chumbrella • Clamstack • Coddies • Daffodile • Fidofin • Fleanut • Fluffy Unu • Flunder • Fwip • Glunk • Goblup • Grippit • Guppo • Helmet Crab • Hopalop • Hot Fludge • Hovercrab • Indigobo • Jaw Box • Jellysquish • Kappy • Land Swabbie • Kweenie • Liftwisp • Lurchin • Madcap • Madsac • Mega Snark • Mini Ping • Mombat • Mopple • Mushrew • Nogo • Nubble • Octopult • Pajammer • Patrol Crab • Pearl Sprite • Pingling • Pingoon • Pizzap • Puffy Chub • Q-pid • Red Malicious • Rock Bug • Rock Punk • Sand Snark • Scorpebble • Seagulp • Sea Swabbie • Seawee • Skelefin • Skiffler • Skullpin • Sky Swabbie • Slamclam • Smashcan • Snark • Snoin • Space Swabbie • Spinebelly • Splatch • Stangler • Stickler • Swerl • Taddletog • Trappa • Tuft Guy • Unu • Wahi Wahi • Whamster • Wiggyback • Woktopus • Yomper • Zunbie • Zunbie leader
Minigame	Coin Slinger • Dumpling Master • Fishing Derby • Sand Tracer • Depth Chargers
Stages	Gluglug Lagoon • Hotcha Springs • Chillydip Cove • Sogwood Forest • Glitzem Grotto • Skydye Heights • S.S. Logwater • Planet Bunnera (Bunnera Castle) • Pufftop • ??? • Test Stage (partially unused)
Touch Screen features	Mermaid Gossip • Moe's Sniffer • Bunston's Collection • Lobber's Logbook
Miscellany	Easter eggs • Error screens • Glitches • Mobiclip • Moe's Character Diagnosis • Moe's Corner • Paper-Cut Crusher Battle • Quizzes • Prerelease information • Regional differences • Soundtrack • Staff Credits • Staff records and strategies • Toys data • Unused content (Helpful Stuff)

[1] Actimagine report - PR Newswire

[2] Official Mobiclip website

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 '''Nintendo European Research & Development''' (also known as '''NERD'''), previously '''Mobiclip''' and '''Actimagine''' is subsidiary of Nintendo.
-Originally a [[wikipedia:French|French]] research and development company for the development of mobile video and [[wikipedia:Mobile television|mobile TV]] software, it was situated in [[wikipedia:Paris|Paris]]. The company had a subsidiary in [[wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo]], [[wikipedia:Japan|Japan]] as well as offices in [[wikipedia:Singapore|Singapore]] and [[wikipedia:California|California]].
+Originally a [[wikipedia:French|French]] research and development company for the development of mobile video and [[wikipedia:Mobile television|mobile TV]] software, it is situated in [[wikipedia:Paris|Paris]]. The company had a subsidiary in [[wikipedia:Tokyo|Tokyo]], [[wikipedia:Japan|Japan]] as well as offices in [[wikipedia:Singapore|Singapore]] and [[wikipedia:California|California]].
 As Mobiclip, they were are known for their Mobiclip Video Codec used in games such as those in the ''[[wikipedia:Professor Layton|Professor Layton]]'' series and ''[[The Legendary Starfy]]''.

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