Visitors playing the shooting game ‘Zapper and Scope SP’ during a media preview of the new Nintendo Museum, located inside a renovated old factory, in suburbs of Kyoto. Japan’s Nintendo opened its first museum on Oct 2, 2024 in a renovated factory in Kyoto, showcasing the long history of the video game giant from playing cards to ‘Super Mario’. — AFP
TOKYO: Nintendo opened its first museum on Oct 2 in a renovated factory in Kyoto, showcasing the long history of the Japanese video game giant from playing cards to Super Mario.
The company began life in 1889 producing Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" as well as Western-style ones. Nintendo launched its first home video-game machines in 1977.
