Nintendo shows off Mario, Zelda, and 135 years of history in a new Kyoto museum

A shooting gallery at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan. Anthony Kuhn/NPR

Anthony Kuhn/NPR

KYOTO, Japan – Japan’s iconic video game maker Nintendo opened a museum here in its home city today, Oct. 2nd, tracing the company’s roots from a playing card company that began 135 years ago, to the present-day home of Super Mario, Pokémon and a vast and growing entertainment empire.

The company’s bosses appear to want to sum up their corporation’s achievements, as they begin to transition to a younger generation of leaders, and the company moves from video games into new businesses, including stores, movies and

→ Continue reading at NPR - Technology

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

3 Ways To Make Sure AI Doesn’t Take Your Job

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. According to a think tank at IBM, 40% of the workforce will need to...

Google Says It Won’t Follow Amazon’s Lead With a Return-to-Office Mandate — Yet

In a town hall last month, Google brass assured staffers that the company wouldn't follow Amazon's lead and mandate that employees return to the...

Bank of America is down: Customers report widespread outage | CNN Business

CNN  —  Bank of America customers report having trouble accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday. Reports...