User:Ehm/Shared Engines

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A compilation of games that share the same engine, either identical or modified to some degree. This is a collaboration project with Hiccup. Each engine will be named after the earliest game it was known to be used for, unless the engine was specifically given a name. All release dates are for the initial release, and in some cases localized versions may be released years after the initial release. This could arguably extend the life of an engine, but our focus here is to frame an engine's life as closely to development use as possible.

SEAD Related Games

To do: Detail some of the unique identifying features between each "generation".

Nintendo's longest running through-line, traceable across 30 releases (and counting) that span an 8 year period. The core evidence for majority of these listings is a highly similar internal data structure within each "generation". There are numerous references to "sead" functions in each game's executable code. SEAD likely stands for Software Entertainment Analysis & Development, derived from Nintendo's EAD division. This library of SEAD functions is shared between each of the 30 games, however that does not mean they all run on the same engine.

This table was originally compiled by Hiccup, and a large portion of detailed research was modified or omitted for the sake of simplicity.

Game	Generation	Platform	Project Name	Initial Release
Super Mario 3D Land	1-B	3DS	RedPepper	2011	November
Mario Kart 7	1-A	3DS	Dash	2011	December
New Super Mario Bros. 2	1-A	3DS	BigRed	2012	July
Animal Crossing: New Leaf	1-A	3DS	Garden	2012	November
New Super Mario Bros. U	1-A	Wii U	RedPro	2012	November
Photos with Mario	1-B	3DS	Kids	2013	April
Photos with Animal Crossing	1-B	3DS	KidsGarden	2013	November
Isshoni Photo Pikmin	1-B	3DS	KidsCarrot	2013	December
Super Mario 3D World	1-B	Wii U	RedCarpet	2013	November
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	1-B	3DS	Jack	2013	November
Mario Kart 8	1-A	Wii U	Turbo	2014	May
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	1-B	Wii U	Kinopio	2014	November
Nintendo Badge Arcade	1-A	3DS	Center	2014	December
Splatoon	1-A	Wii U	Gambit	2015	May
Super Mario Maker	1-A	Wii U	Block	2015	September
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes	1-B	3DS	Alice	2015	October
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS	1-A	3DS	Block-C	2016	December
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	1-A	Switch	TurboS	2017	April
ARMS	2	Switch	P4ARMS / Ashura	2017	June
Splatoon 2	2	Switch	Blitz	2017	July
Super Mario Odyssey	1-B	Switch	RedStar	2017	October
Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit	2	Switch	Babel_Var	2018	April
Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 02: Robot Kit	2	Switch	Babel_Rbt	2018	April
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	1-B	3DS	Kinopio-C	2018	July
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker	1-B	Switch	Kinopio-S	2018	July
Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit	2	Switch	Babel_Mtr	2018	September
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe	1-A	Switch	RedPro-S	2019	January
Nintendo Labo - Toy-Con 04: VR Kit	2	Switch	Babel_Cvr	2019	April
Super Mario Maker 2	2	Switch	Slope	2019	June
Game Builder Garage	2	Switch	Babel_Tpb	2021	June

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat engine

Each of these games shares a similar internal data structure and use GameCube file formats.

Game	Platform	Project Name	Initial Release
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	GameCube	Donkey	2004	December
Super Mario Galaxy	Wii	SMR	2007	November
New Play Control: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat	Wii	Donkey	2008	November
Super Mario Galaxy 2	Wii	mottemario	2010	May

Super Mario 64 engine

All of these games have a similar crash debug screen and map select screen. For certain releases this engine underwent heavy modification, to the point where it could be considered a brand new engine by the time each game was completed. Notable periods of heavy modification include Super Mario 64 -> Ocarina of Time, and Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask -> Doubutsu no Mori.

Game	Platform	Initial Release
Super Mario 64	Nintendo 64	1996	June
Yoshi's Story	Nintendo 64	1997	December
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Nintendo 64	1998	November
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	Nintendo 64	2000	April
Doubutsu no Mori	Nintendo 64	2001	April

Super Mario 64 DS engine

All of these games contain a very similar crash debugging screen.

Game	Platform	Initial Release
Super Mario 64 DS	DS	2004	November
Animal Crossing: Wild World	DS	2005	November
New Super Mario Bros.	DS	2006	May

Diddy Kong Racing engine

The games in this list share the same frontend map, debug map elements, and similar crash debug screens.

Each game also contains leftovers from the previous title(s) released.

Game	Platform	Initial Release
Diddy Kong Racing	Nintendo 64	1997	November
Jet Force Gemini	Nintendo 64	1999	October
Mickey's Speedway USA	Nintendo 64	2000	November

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne engine

Atlus's first major 3D game engine, seemingly used exclusively for PS2. This engine saw 6 releases over a 4.5 year period. The key similarity for all of these games is the same internal archive format (dds3.img / dds3.ddt).

Game	Platform	Initial Release
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne	PlayStation 2	2003	February
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (Maniax)	PlayStation 2	2004	January
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga	PlayStation 2	2004	July
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2	PlayStation 2	2005	January
Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army	PlayStation 2	2006	March
Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon	PlayStation 2	2008	October

Persona 5 engine

All of these games contain the same debug font file in their respective executables, and they share many unique file formats.

Game	Project Name	Platform	Initial Release
Persona 5	xrd664	PlayStation 3	2016	September
Persona 4: Dancing All Night	xrd722	PlayStation Vita	2015	June
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight	xrd757	PlayStation Vita	2018	May
Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight	xrd757	PlayStation Vita	2018	May