Earlier today, Nintendo streamed a “Nintendo Museum Direct”, highlighting various areas of the Nintendo Museum, set to open October 2nd, on the site of the original Nintendo factory where they first started making Hanafuda cards over 100 years ago.
Hosted by Nintendo CEO Shigeru Miyamoto, The white walled Nintendo Museum will have a Mario-themed Plaza outside, a contrast to the parking lot filled with trucks during the Famicom era.
The sneak peak started on the 2nd floor, where giant Nintendo controllers and handhelds were suspended on the ceiling. The 2nd floor essentially shows a history of Nintendo as a company, showcasing products it released from Hanafuda cards and various toys, all the way to the Famicom and Nintendo systems we know today.
Heading back down to the first floor there are a number of interactive exhibits. Miyamoto highlighted the interactive screen on the floor of the first level, in which you can play a version of Hanafuda via smartphone.
Miyamoto also highlighted “Zapper & Scope” a lazer clay shooting area where you used the Zapper or Super Scope to shoot at a screen in front of you, an area where you can used Nintendo products in a Japanese “home style” room, and Nintendo systems with giant controllers specifically designed to be used by 2 (or more?) people.
There will also be a café and goods shop inside the Nintendo Museum, and of course, a needlessly complicated lottery system to get tickets, in which you need not only a Nintendo account, but also need to apply three months in advance. (I understand that they don’t want the museum to be overrun, but still.)
Anyway, tickets range from 3300 Yen for Adults, 2200 Yen for Youths 12-17, 1100 Yen for kids 6-11. Those 5 and under get in for free! Non-Japanese Nationals will need to bring their passport as proof of ID. (If you’re lucky enough to get through the lottery process).
More information is available via the Nintendo Museum website: https://museum.nintendo.com/en/index.html
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