Received after a bidding offer by the Kyoto Municipality on December 8, worth 5 billion yen (approximately € 36.6 million), these five shares of a total of 10 028.55 m2 correspond to the site of the former Factory start-up assistance, and former Disaster Prevention and Equipment Center on the west side.
As can be seen from the opposing plan, this future “development-oriented building” will be placed between the head office (lower right) and the first pre-determined building for R&D efforts, built in 2014 for the steel building. The 12-storey building is expected to be completed by December 2027, with an area of 38,000 m² for future projects of the company.
In addition to integrating Super Nintendo World locations inside Universal Studios gardens in Japan, and more recently in the United States, Nintendo’s new facilities also include the opening of the Nintendo OSAKA, an official store managing its name by the end of 2022, and Nintendo Museum, an area that will review the company’s rich history with many exhibits on display. Its opening is scheduled for the course of fiscal year 2023, which ends in Nintendo in March 2024.
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