Nintendo has revealed that its new museum in Kyoto, Japan is completed and scheduled to open in autumn of this year.
The video game company confirmed an autumn opening for the Nintendo Museum in a statement with its latest financial results.
“The museum building is already complete and we are currently getting ready for opening. Since we anticipate these preparations will take some time, we have set the opening for fall 2024,” Nintendo said.
For the new museum, Nintendo has repurposed an old factory building (Nintendo Uji Ogura Plant) and its surrounding land. The Nintendo Museum will feature exhibits of gaming products and other experiences.
Nintendo IP in LBE
“Going forward, we will continue to create points of contact with consumers by promoting various initiatives that utilize Nintendo IP in a wide range of fields,” Nintendo added in its earnings statement.
The company is referring to its existing plans to take its intellectual property (IP) to “a variety of settings” beyond video games.
“We want to expand our video game characters to a variety of settings – not just in games, all while keeping their value,” said Nintendo game developer Shigeru Miyamoto in 2020. “In other words, we’ll be collaborating with various other companies.”
This will “continually invigorate our dedicated video game platform business”, Nintendo said in its new financial statement.
Nintendo’s location-based entertainment (LBE) expansion includes the new Donkey Kong Country area in Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan. This is in the final stages of completion and due to open in the second half of this year.
Super Nintendo World is also part of Universal Studios Hollywood, and is opening at Epic Universe in Orlando and Universal Studios Singapore.
The land at Epic Universe is divided into Super Mario Land and Donkey Kong Country.
Images courtesy of Nintendo and Universal
