Nintendo Museum
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The Nintendo Museum is a museum located in Kyoto, Japan, that features exhibits of Nintendo's products, from the hanafuda playing cards it produced when it was founded in 1889 to the Nintendo Switch. It was built on the site of the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant where the hanafuda and other playing cards were manufactured and is set to open on October 2, 2024. The museum was announced in a press release on June 2, 2021, under the tentative name Nintendo Gallery,[1] until it was revealed under its final name in the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, when it was originally set to open before March 2024.[2] On August 19, 2024, a Nintendo Direct was published where Shigeru Miyamoto provided a tour of the museum, many of the areas of which are themed after the Super Mario franchise, in addition to displays of a large variety of Super Mario-related products released by Nintendo since the early 1980s.[3] It is located at 56 Kaguraden, Ogura-cho, Uji-shi, Kyoto 611-0042.[4]
When visitors enter the Nintendo Museum, they will be issued entry passes, with one design depicting a sprite of Mario from Super Mario Bros. Each entry pass contains 10 digital coins that can be used on the museum's interactive exhibits located on the first floor of Exhibition Building 1.
The roof of the Nintendo Museum features a large sprite of the ? Block from Super Mario Bros.[2]
Plaza
The outside of the Nintendo Museum includes a plaza featuring Blocks, a ? Block, an Empty Block, a Super Mushroom, and a pixelated Goal Pole with Mario from Super Mario Bros. grabbing it. The floor is decorated with tiles depicting sprites of enemies and objects from Super Mario Bros., being coins, a Goomba, a Lakitu, a Super Star, a Koopa Troopa, a Buzzy Beetle, and a big Super Mushroom.[5]
Main entrance
At the end of the Nintendo Museum Direct, Miyamoto is shown interacting with a group of multi-colored Toad statues at the entrance, which produce harmonized vocals. It is unknown if the statues will remain in the entrance as they were not present there at the beginning of the Direct.
Nintendo product exhibits
On the second floor of Exhibition Building 1, there is an area that shows many games and consoles that Nintendo published in exhibit boxes for each region, including games of the Super Mario franchise. Screens depicting gameplay are positioned above the exhibits. There is also a display that shows the ? Block's appearances throughout the series.
Shigureden SP
Shigureden SP is an interactive exhibit consisting in a floor with a screen that can be scanned with a smart device to play a traditional Japanese card game. In this area, there are pillars made up of Brick Blocks and ? Blocks.
Ultra Machine SP
Ultra Machine SP is an exhibit consisting of small rooms where visitors can play a reproduction of the Ultra Machine, an indoor pitching toy made by Nintendo in 1968 that uses balls similar to those used in table tennis. Visitors can hit objects in the room, including Super Mario ones such as bottles that, once hit, react by displaying Mario and Luigi's names while rotating.
Ultra Hand SP
Ultra Hand SP is a section that involves using an Ultra Hand toy to grab rolling balls and drop them into multi-colored pipes.
Zapper & Scope SP
Zapper & Scope SP is a Super Mario-themed activity in which visitors use either a NES Zapper or a Super Scope to shoot at enemies on a big screen. Points are awarded from shooting these enemies, while shooting Mario, Luigi, and Peach causes the player to lose points.
Nintendo Classics
Nintendo Classics is an area where over 80 single player and multiplayer Family Computer, Super Famicom, and Nintendo 64 games can be played for around five to seven minutes. Some Super Mario games like Donkey Kong for the Famicom are included in the exhibit. The library of games will consist of those already available on Nintendo Switch Online.
Big Controller
Big Controller is a section where visitors can play Family Computer, Super Famicom, Nintendo 64, and Wii games, except that the controllers are giant, requiring two people to play. Playable games in the exhibit include Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Dr. Mario, Super Mario Kart, and Super Mario 64. In the Nintendo Museum Direct, Miyamoto plays Super Mario Bros. with a Nintendo Museum employee as a demonstration.
Café and shop
A café and shop are located in Exhibition Building 3 and 2 respectively. The café, named Hatena Burger, allows visitors to create a custom burger with over 270,000 combinations and features seats with Brick Block textures. The shop, named Bonus Stage, features merchandise exclusive to the Nintendo Museum. The logos of both locations feature a ? Block.
Gallery
Artwork and logos
Artwork of Mario
Artwork of Mario jumping
Logo for Hatena Burger
Logo for Bonus Stage
On-site photographs
The first floor of Exhibition Building 1, featuring the Shigureden SP exhibit
The second floor of Exhibition Building 1, featuring the product exhibits
Miscellaneous
Satellite image showing the ? Block on the roof and the Super Mario Bros. sprites in the plaza
References
- ^ Nintendo Co., Ltd. (June 2, 2021). Utilization of the land of the Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 20, 2024. (Archived June 2, 2021, 01:05:18 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ a b Nintendo of America (September 14, 2023). Nintendo Direct 9.14.2023 - Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
- ^ Nintendo of America (August 19, 2024). Nintendo Museum Direct. YouTube. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
- ^ August 19, 2024. Nintendo Museum official website. nintendo.com. Retrieved August 20, 2024. (Archived August 19, 2024, 22:17:56 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ @JohnAndersen21 (June 25, 2024). An updated overhead view of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan has been revealed via a May 24th update on Google Earth. Stone tile designers have added many Super Mario Bros. characters and one huge mushroom. The Nintendo Museum is scheduled to open this fall.. X. Retrieved August 23, 2024. (Archived August 23, 2024, 07:44:11 UTC via archive.today.)
