Nintendo revealed that it will stream a new Direct program on August 19, 2024, at 3pm PT/6pm ET. However, it will feature a completely different topic. This Direct will exclusively focus on the Nintendo Museum that the company will open in Kyoto, Japan in Fall 2024.
The program will be available in not only Japanese, but also in English. The Japanese stream included fine print noting that it will not have any announcements about new video games or the Nintendo Switch’s successor console. This program will run for just around ten minutes.
Nintendo has been working on the museum since as early as 2021. When the company unveiled the museum’s official sign in late October 2023, it also announced plans to finish its construction by the end of the 2023 fiscal year in March 2024. The company later revealed that it will open public access to the museum in Fall 2024.
The company also wants its museum to be accessible to international tourists. When Nintendo opened job applications for the museum’s reception and guide staff in late February 2024, it specifically encouraged people who can also speak foreign languages other than Japanese.
The Nintendo Museum Direct program will go live simultaneously worldwide on August 19, 2024, at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET in the Americas and on August 20, 2024, at 7 AM JST in Japan.
Published: Aug 19, 2024 09:00 am