The Nintendo Museum building in Kyoto, which was originally scheduled for completion in March, is now finished and is scheduled to open in Autumn 2024. This is according to information included in Nintendo's latest financial results.
This follows a month's delay to the site's completion date. The company revealed the scheduled opening window on a slide in its FY2024 results highlighting "Examples of Initiatives to Expand the Number of People Who Have Access to Nintendo IP":
Here are the notes included in the explanatory material:
Lastly, we would like to give an update on the status of Nintendo Museum in Uji City, Kyoto.
• The museum building is already complete and we are currently getting ready for opening. Since we anticipate these preparations will take some time, we have set the opening for Fall 2024.
• Going forward, we will continue to create points of contact with consumers by promoting various initiatives that utilize Nintendo IP in a wide range of fields
The report mentioned the Illumination's next Super Mario movie as well as the upcoming Donkey Kong Country area at Universal Studios, opening in the Japanese park later this year, and in Orlando in 2025.
Excited to see what the Nintendo Museum has exhibited? Wish there was something similar you could visit in the West? Head down to the comments and let us know.
[source nintendo.co.jp]
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It's so cool that they're making a museum for Nintendo stuff!
Glad it's finally complete, hope I'll be able to eventually visit it when I finally go to Japan at least on vacation!
It’s nice there’s now a center for Nintendo history for the public. Hopefully it marks the beginning of renewed effort for Nintendo to lead the way for video game history preservation
The irony being that most of the people here have a personal Nintendo museum already!
Definitely will be on the visit list once I make it to Japan one day
With the political turmoil going on over there (Japan) a lot of people will wisely not go until the dust clears. I won't say anymore for obvious reasons but I'm surprised Nintendo did all this in the current climate of things.
Well I know SEVERAL Summer trips to Japan that are now borked thanks to this. Wonder why such a delay though if construction is done? Setting up the exhibits take THAT long?
@Sakogha https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/japan/society/record-high-inbound-travelers/
It takes a little research to see that Japan has just experienced the highest number of inbound tourists on record. I’m not sure what the ‘obvious reasons’ are, but they don’t seem to be doing a very good job of keeping people away.
(…Unlike the preceding COVID travel restrictions which pretty much turned off the tourism tap entirely.)
Anyway, I was in Uji last week but had no idea they were building the museum there! I always assumed it would be in Kyoto City proper. I wish I’d known as it would have been fun to have a peek at the building, even if it’ll be a while until we can get inside!
As cool as having a Nintendo Museum is, the architecture of the building is so boring and generic, if not straight ulgy. Did they refuse to hire at least a cheap architect or something?
It look as a generic low profile office building.
I want to bring Nintendo stuff, to fill the museum.
Pure quality right there.
I hope they make a recreation of it on the next Animal Crossing LOL
I really hope that this is a sign of Nintendo being more comfortable showing concept art and stuff for their older games. They've done pretty good with the newer ones but I'd love older Mario concept art
Time to move to The Fall then.
@Sakogha What turmoil?
Welp I am planning on visiting Japan in about 3 years so yeah that is more incentive.
Awwww this is so cool! Can't wait to go!
So far away...now will that include Switch 2?
@PikaPhantom China has threatened Japan several times the last couple of years and buzzed Japan's borders recently getting a 'wee bit edgy'.
Their armed forces has beefed up to record levels and done all they could with peace time laws. All abled men have been ordered to be 'ready' should the crap hit the fan which I hope doesn't. I go to China Uncensored for their economy news time to time to see what's unfolding as a source since they go deeper then what the MSM shows which is pretty much garbage especially MSNBC type news.
@Sakogha I see.
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