{"id":562058,"date":"2026-03-12T21:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-purchasing-40m-plot-to-expand-kyoto-headquarters"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:34:15","slug":"nintendo-purchasing-40m-plot-to-expand-kyoto-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-purchasing-40m-plot-to-expand-kyoto-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo purchasing $40m plot to expand Kyoto headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/nintendo-purchasing-40m-plot-to-expand-kyoto-headquarters.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nNintendo will expand its Kyoto headquarters with a new 10,000 square metre building next door to its existing sites.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Mario maker has already stumped up the $40m required to purchase the land, on which it will build a new 12-storey office which will expand its notoriously-secretive research and development work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe new building (red in the diagram below) will sit next to other Nintendo buildings (in pink) and be open by the end of December 2027 (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/2022-04-12-nintendo-splashes-usd40m-on-land-for-new-development-building-near-headquarters\">GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>). Maybe we&#8217;ll have Switch 3 by then?\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-purchasing-40m-plot-to-expand-kyoto-headquarters\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-purchasing-40m-plot-to-expand-kyoto-headquarters\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo will expand its Kyoto headquarters with a new 10,000 square metre building next door to its existing sites. The Mario maker has already stumped up the $40m required to purchase the land, on which it will build a new 12-storey office which will expand its notoriously-secretive research and development work. The new building (red in the diagram below) will sit next to other Nintendo buildings (in pink) and be open by the end of December 2027 (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz). Maybe we&#8217;ll have Switch 3 by then? 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