Childhood memories, giant game controllers… We visited the Nintendo museum in Kyoto, Japan, for a preview

Although this museum dedicated to the Japanese video game company will not officially open until October 2 in Kyoto, Japan, it is already fully booked until the end of November.

Here’s news that will excite entire families: Nintendo, the Japanese pioneer of video games, will open a museum on October 2 in its stronghold, the city of Kyoto, Japan. Success is guaranteed for this new entertainment space, as the company has fans all over the world.

In this former playing card factory, then manufacturing control of the first games consoles, 135 years of Nintendo history are exhibited: from board games to consoles, from the legendary Game & Watch to the latest Switch, with all the games produced by Nintendo that accompanied these consoles.

“Before coming, I was skeptical about the interest of this museum, but in the end, there are many things that I am happy to have seen.“, confides Satoshi, a forty-something Japanese journalist who recalls many childhood memories.”I’m from the generation that played with the NES console when I was a schoolboy. But there are a lot of games here that I didn’t know and I learn that Nintendo consoles sold a lot in the United States, which I didn’t know…“

Under the museum section, on the ground floor, a huge games room will delight fans of the brand, with the same concept: fun, family-friendly, intergenerational games.Depending on how old we are, the games that leave us with memories may be different. But we still played the same games and it’s really fun“, Satochi continues.

And as he picks up a Nes controller and replays the games of yesteryear, he realizes that he has lost almost none of his technique from back then: “It’s been a while, so I’m not used to the manipulation anymore, but it all comes back when playing. I was still better before” he smiled.

The place is a paradise for young and old, with the possibility of playing several games at the same time in XXL dimensions, with enormous controllers the size of a human. Or even to indulge in a sort of giant electronic clay pigeon shooting, where the goal is literally to shoot everything that moves. Many other surprises are to be discovered, but for that, you have to book in advance. To visit this Nintendo museum, you have to book and be drawn. And it’s already full until the end of November.