Summary
According to a recent construction notice,Nintendo’s official museum opening will be missing its targeted March 2024 and will be ready for next month.Nintendo had first announced its plans to open a museumback in 2021, with the intent of sharing its “product development history and philosophy” among all gamers. This museum was going to put a wide variety of Nintendo products on display. The museum style facility was first announced as “Nintendo Gallery,” and it was going to be built on the site of its old Uji Ogura Plant in Kyoto.
Two years later,Nintendorevealed the opening date of this museum during the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, announcing that it would be completed by the end of March 2024, along with revealing its new name of Nintendo Museum. The announcement also revealed a rough architectural rendering of the building, along with an aerial shot that showed the roof being emblazoned with the classic “Question Block” from theSuper Mario Bros.games on top. While construction seemed to have been going well according to Nintendo, it appears the building won’t be open just yet.
A photo was posted by Japanese Twitter user @hanayohaneNEKO, which displayed a construction notice taken at the site ofNintendo’s upcoming museum. According to this notice, the listed completion date is April 30, and it will be open during Golden Week 2024. This delay puts it a month past its original projected opening date. It’s a little unclear how long this notice has been put up, but it’s very unlikely the museum will be open by the end of March.
When will Nintendo Museum open?
When the company first announced its plans to open a museum, it was expected to be completed withinNintendo’s 2023 fiscal year, which ends in March 2024. While a month delay isn’t too bad, Nintendo has yet to provide a statement regarding a revised opening date.
Nintendo has provided very few details about what will be on display at the museum itself, other than stating that a number of historical Nintendo products will be on display. Past attractions likeSuper Nintendo Worldwere more focused on immersing fans in the world of theMariogames, so it’s likely that the museum will go in the opposite direction and focus on its history for things like its hardware. Maybe prototypes of Nintendo’s consoles could be part of the exhibits at the museum. Fans will just need to wait until Nintendo provides more information and provides a new opening date for the museum.
Nintendo
Nintendo is a Japanese video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. While producing highly popular hardware consoles like the Switch, the company is known for its many first party video game franchises like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, Pokemon, and many more.
