The Japanese video game giant now has its own museum. The establishment will open in Kyoto on October 2.
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The famous Japanese company Nintendo, founded in 1889, specialized in playing cards until the 1970s. It was later that the company turned to video games.
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Rich in a long history, The company decided to found a museum in his namein the city of Uji, very close to its headquarters in Kyoto.
With the opening scheduled for October 2, Nintendo took the opportunity to unveil some interactive pieces and installations that will allow visitors to explore its more than 130 years of history. The tour is done through a ten-minute video, presented by the father of Super Mario Bros. et The Legend of Zelda himself: Shigeru Miyamoto.
He can be seen walking through a room displaying many of the Japanese company’s products. You can see the playing cards, toys and board games that Nintendo manufactured at the time.
“We wanted to show the evolution of entertainment while highlighting the elements that have been shared and built over the years.”
Shigeru Miyamoto.
The museum also features many interactive experiences, such as playing with giant cards projected onto the floor, hitting balls with a bat in a 1960s Japanese interior, or “gaming” with a giant controller.
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To create the museum, Nintendo renovated an old factory built in 1969 that produced “hanafuda,” the traditional Japanese card games the company marketed when it was launched.
Reservations have been open on the manufacturer’s official website since August 20 via a lottery system. An adult ticket costs 3,300 yen, or about twenty francs.
In addition to its museum, the firm will open a new area dedicated to the character Donkey Kong in the immense Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka, in western Japan, by the end of the year.
Nintendo took its first steps in video games in 1977 with the launch of the very first home consoles TV Game 15 and TV Game 6. The company was also in the market of terminals and arcade games, such as the famous Donkey Kong released in 1981. Global success came with the Famicom console launched in Japan in 1983, and known in our latitudes as NES (for Nintendo Entertainment System).
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