{"id":980435,"date":"2026-01-06T00:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/inside-the-nintendo-museum-a-joyful-celebration-of-machines-magic-and-the-art-of-play"},"modified":"2026-01-06T00:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:46:21","slug":"inside-the-nintendo-museum-a-joyful-celebration-of-machines-magic-and-the-art-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/inside-the-nintendo-museum-a-joyful-celebration-of-machines-magic-and-the-art-of-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Nintendo Museum: a joyful celebration of machines, magic and the art of play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/inside-the-nintendo-museum-a-joyful-celebration-of-machines-magic-and-the-art-of-play.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>To visit the Nintendo Museum in the leafy suburbs of Uji City&#8217;s Oguracho district, about a half hour train ride from their headquarters in Kyoto, is to journey back to simpler and happier times. Most museums, of course, strive to dig up the past and present it in such a way that contemporary audiences can easily digest it, but it&#8217;s rare to feel this transformation take place quite so literally. 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