Miyamoto Said There Are No Nintendo Museum Expansion Plans

During a press preview on September 25, 2024, Shigeru Miyamoto discussed the upcoming Nintendo Museum, which will open in Kyoto on October 2, 2024. The museum will highlight Nintendo’s history, featuring exhibits that trace its journey from producing hanafuda cards to becoming a global leader in video games. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

Miyamoto addressed the possibility of expanding the museum to other locations, clarifying that there are no such plans at this time. He emphasized that the Nintendo Museum was designed to serve as a way to help both Nintendo employees and the public better understand the company’s history and legacy. In the direct quote Shigeru Miyamoto gave to Game Watch about the museum’s expansion, he stated:

This was not created as a business project, but rather to help Nintendo employees understand Nintendo better, and to help the general public learn more about Nintendo. So we have no intention of expanding it to other locations. If anything, we are thinking about how it can be developed further within this museum.

For example, I’ve been calling this interview room an ‘art gallery,’ and it’s going to be a place where you can see things like Mario’s drawings, topographical sketches, and illustrations from Splatoon and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

In the future, if we have more visual works, I’d like to be able to show them somewhere. So I’d like to be able to keep up with Nintendo’s developments.

Quote Via Game Watch

The museum will feature a range of exhibits, including playable displays of vintage products like the Ultra Hand and Love Tester, alongside showcases of iconic hardware such as the NES, SNES, and Wii.

In related news, Shigeru Miyamoto previously spoke with Hobonichi’s Shigesato Itoi about his shift from game development to becoming a producer. He shared that by his late 30s, he felt less capable of hands-on work without a team, leading him to focus on a producer role by age 60. Miyamoto now helps guide projects, stepping in to fill gaps where needed. 

The Nintendo Museum opens October 2, 2024, in Kyoto, Japan.