Nintendo’s 135-year history will soon be brought to life inside the walls of a new purpose-built Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Tokyo – and ahead of its opening on 2nd October, legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed some of its intriguing exhibits in a new video tour.
The Nintendo Museum has been built on the site of the factory where Nintendo originally made its Hanafuda cards, and which was later used for quality checks during the Famicom era. That building and its unremarkable carpark is no longer standing, though, now replaced by a shiny two-floor monument to Nintendo’s history and a Mario-themed plaza.
Miyamoto’s 13-minute tour begins on the second floor of the museum, where several huge curved glass displays – containing many of the products Nintendo has released since its founding in 1889 – can be found. This whole area is intended to chart the evolution of Nintendo’s approach to entertainment, from its earlier non-video game products – including copy machines, baby strollers, RC cars, and pitching machines – into more familiar territory, beginning with 1977’s early video game forays, the Color TV-Game 6 and Color TV-Game 15.
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