The Nintendo Museum is a video game museum located in Uji , Kyoto Prefecture , Japan . It is owned by the video game company Nintendo and displays a wide variety of products from across the company's history . The museum opened on October 2, 2024.
45-419: The Nintendo Museum was first announced in 2021. It sits on the site of the old Ogura Plant, where Nintendo used to make trading cards as well as repairing toys and consoles. It will feature a new gallery that will "showcase the many products Nintendo has launched over its history" while focusing on the company's "product development history and philosophy with the public" dating back to its origins. Construction of
90-455: A Japanese presenter. Prior to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata 's death, he would host Directs in both English and Japanese, with other languages' presentations being subtitled. Upon Iwata's death, Nintendo Directs did not receive a worldwide host until 2017, when Yoshiaki Koizumi from Nintendo EPD took over this role. Since 2018, Koizumi has shared this responsibility with Shinya Takahashi. E3 Directs sometimes featured Reggie Fils-Aime as
135-605: A dubbed version of the Direct in English; although a notable exception of having it subtitled instead of dubbed were the Mr. Sakurai Presents presentations starting with " Min Min " from Arms in 2020 and up until the final presentation with " Sora " from Kingdom Hearts in 2021 (with the sole exception of Sakurai's appearance in the 2021 E3 Nintendo Direct following Kazuya's reveal). This
180-587: A host for a short period of time until his departure in 2019. Since 2017, the Japanese presenter and any narrators' roles will be dubbed or subtitled for international release, including into English. Presentations scheduled for around the time of the Electronic Entertainment Expo were originally produced by Nintendo of America, presented in English and dubbed or subtitled into other languages for international broadcast. From 2019 until
225-491: A later time. To host the online event, the ESA offered a mobile app and online portal to the public. Members of the media and press had access to this app and portal on June 7, for a media access week prior to the event. The public obtained access on June 12. The app and portal were used for accessing game showcases, developer panels, and press conferences, with some of this content also mirrored onto streaming services. Members of
270-559: A live stage in Los Angeles, an awards show, and a preview night, as well as helping companies to hold online private meetings with media and businesses. Because of the online-only nature, the event had been rebranded for the year as the Electronic Entertainment Experience rather than the standard Electronic Entertainment Expo . Greg Miller , Jacki Jing, and Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez served as hosts of
315-799: A look at the Borderlands film. Microsoft and Bethesda Softworks held a joint press conference on June 13, 2021, at 10 a.m. PDT. Games presented included Starfield , S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 , Back 4 Blood , Contraband , Sea of Thieves , Battlefield 2042 , 12 Minutes , Psychonauts 2 , Fallout 76 , The Elder Scrolls Online , Party Animals , Hades , Somerville , Halo Infinite , Diablo II Resurrected , A Plague's Tale: Requiem , Far Cry 6 , Slime Rancher 2 , Atomic Heart , Replaced , Grounded , Among Us , Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes , The Ascent , The Outer Worlds 2 , Microsoft Flight Simulator , Forza Horizon 5 and Redfall . Square Enix held
360-552: A mix between Nintendo's new hardware for the Wii U and game announcements. Compared to other press conferences held that year, Nintendo's presentation left little for fans of the company to be excited for. By switching to Nintendo Directs, Dring opined that the company was able to better connect to fans using the Nintendo Direct presentations, made the faces of Nintendo's executives more visible, as well as having Directs outside of
405-661: A new monetization scheme, the "Devolver MaxPass+". As part of the actual presentation, Devolver sold a single "NFT" copy - a "non-fuckwithable tape" rather than a non-fungible token - of the presentation which sold for $ 1,000 , the funds going to the Scratch Foundation charity. UploadVR held a presentation focusing on virtual reality games on June 12, 2021. Among games featured in this presentation included: Limited Run Games held its annual #LRG3 event on June 14, 2021, at 1 p.m. PDT. It featured over 25 new announcements for games being published physically, including
450-571: A press event on June 13, 2021, at 12:15 p.m. PDT. Games announced included Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy , remasters of Final Fantasy I through Final Fantasy VI , Legend of Mana , Marvel's Avengers , Babylon's Fall , Life Is Strange Remastered Collection , Life Is Strange: True Colors , and Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin . PC Gamer presented its PC Gaming Show event on June 13, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. PDT. Among games featured included: Capcom 's E3 presentation
495-510: A showcase on June 11, 2021, at 12 p.m. PDT., as part of the Summer Game Fest. Alongside introducing their new publishing label, Prime Matter, Koch Media's presenting covered the following games: IGN held its IGN Expo event on June 11, 2021, at 1 p.m. PDT. Among featured games included: Wholesome Games held its Wholesome Direct event on June 12, 2021, at 10 a.m. PDT. It featured over 75 indie titles from small developers around
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#1732779673266540-575: A trend of Nintendo hosting a game tournament sometime during the week, in which the participants compete in titles that had yet to be released. After E3 2019 , the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the video game industry . E3 2020 was cancelled in March 2020 due to the pandemic, E3 2021 was held online, with Nintendo only holding an E3 Direct and Treehouse Live streams, and E3 2022 was cancelled in March 2022. Nintendo also pulled out of E3 2023 , which
585-552: A two-day showcase of new game announcements over June 5 and June 12, 2021. Games announced during the two-day event included: Geoff Keighley 's second Summer Game Fest kicked off around the same time as E3 2021 and will last two months, through Gamescom in August 2021, featuring a range of promotional events outside of E3. Though Keighley had already stepped away from participating in E3 2020 before its cancellation, he arranged
630-515: A workshop for an additional fee, in which guests are invited to create their own set of Hanafuda cards, or learn how to play games with the cards. Nintendo Direct Nintendo Direct is a series of online presentations or live shows produced by Nintendo , where information regarding the company's upcoming content or franchises is presented, such as information about games and consoles. The presentations began in Japan and North America with
675-498: The 3DO game Plumbers Don't Wear Ties . GamesRadar+ hosted its second Future Games Show on June 14, 2021, with hosts Troy Baker and Laura Bailey . Games featured during the presentation included: Hooded Horse held its presentation on June 14, 2021. Games featured during the presentation included: Freedom Games held its first event on June 15, 2021. Games featured during the presentation included: Yooreka Studio held its presentation on June 15, 2021. Games featured during
720-627: The " Pokémon Direct"/" Pokémon Presents" are the only Directs that are dubbed for Europe and Australia in English, however, they are subtitled in different languages with the English dub. Since 2017, Nintendo of Europe has broadcast presentations focusing on indie games published for Nintendo Switch. From 2017 to 2018, Nintendo of Europe broadcast the American "Nindies Showcase" presentations. In 2018 and 2019, Nintendo of Europe hosted its own "Indie Highlights" videos. Since 2019, they returned to broadcasting Nintendo of America's presentations, now under
765-463: The "Indie World" banner, with Nintendo Australia broadcasting later on. South Korea has also aired exclusive Nintendo Directs hosted by Nintendo of Korea president, Hiroyuki Fukuda. A few Nintendo Direct presentations have been produced specifically for Hong Kong and Taiwan. Outside of the general Nintendo Direct presentations, which cover a range of titles, there are also Directs centred around specific titles or series. These are usually presented by
810-482: The 2021 event was entirely online, ESA planned to return to an in-person event by 2022, though these plans were scrapped and the in-person event was cancelled in January 2022, and E3 2022 was cancelled altogether on March 31, 2022, including the digital event. In July 2022, it was confirmed that E3 2023 would mark a return to the in-person event. However, the lack of interest and attendance of major publishers caused
855-486: The Directs in the first half of the year, while Takahashi hosted the Directs in the second half of the year. From February 2021 to September 2022, this format for Directs was switched with Takahashi hosting the Directs in the first half of the year and Koizumi hosting the Directs in the second half of the year. The E3 2021 and June 2023 Directs (the latter of which was the latest that Koizumi hosted) had both hosts appear at
900-459: The E3 cycle to provide more frequent updates on game and hardware releases. During the stream of the pre-recorded broadcast for E3 2013 , Nintendo's website suffered from technical difficulties in the form of overloaded servers, rendering the live video unwatchable for many viewers, and prompting an official apology from Satoru Iwata. Despite these difficulties, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé noted that secondary viewership following
945-477: The European output, but one Direct was created specifically for the region, broadcast on September 24, 2014. This Direct was hosted by Tom Enoki. For international Directs produced in Japan since 2017, Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo Australia airs the original Japanese audio for the presenters, but uses an English dub for the narrated sections. These are then subtitled for broadcast in other languages. Since 2019,
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#1732779673266990-795: The Nintendo Direct. Games included Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Life Is Strange , Life Is Strange: True Colors , Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy , Worms Rumble , Astria Ascending , Two Point Campus , Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania , Mario Party Superstars , Metroid Dread , Just Dance 2022 , Cruis'n Blast , Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot , Mario Golf: Super Rush , Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin , WarioWare: Get It Together! , Shin Megami Tensei V , Danganronpa Decadance , Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water , Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope , Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp , Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity , The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD , and
1035-595: The Nintendo Museum was finished in May 2024. A Nintendo Direct on the Museum aired on August 19, 2024 with a opening date of October 2, 2024. Nintendo General Manager, Shinya Takahashi, stated that the museum will feature "a wide variety of Nintendo products from the company's history". Uji Mayor, Atsuko Matsumura, hopes that the new museum will be "appealing to video game fans". There are currently no plans to expand
1080-472: The Xbox platform as part of the Summer Game Fest. The Summer Game Fest opened with an announcement stream of games hosted by Keighley on June 10, 2021. Among titles presented include: The Summer Game Fest included the first Tribeca Games Spotlight on June 11, 2021, featuring games that had been nominated for the inaugural Tribeca Film Festival Video Game award. These games included: Koch Media presented
1125-584: The building, the Nintendo Museum features a number of interactive experiences based upon various toys previously produced by the company including the Ultra Hand , Ultra Machine , Love Tester , Game & Watch and NES Zapper . Additionally, visitors can play a variety of classic video games on home consoles up until the Nintendo 64 or complete certain challenges in games using gigantic controllers which require two players to operate. The museum also offers
1170-479: The company's decision was determined by the fact that “different people demand different types of information”, and that the Nintendo Direct platform had established itself to the point that Nintendo would “be able to deliver [their] messages more appropriately and effectively … based on the various needs of different groups of people”. Christopher Dring of GamesIndustry.biz observed that the last press conference that Nintendo held at E3 in 2012 featured too much of
1215-662: The event to be cancelled as well, leading to the announcement of the event's official discontinuation in December 2023. Companies that participated at the event included Nintendo , Microsoft , Capcom , Ubisoft , Take-Two Interactive , Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment , Koch Media , Square Enix , Sega , Gearbox Software , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Turtle Beach , Verizon , and Xseed Games . Konami had planned to participate but announced later they would not be ready to present at E3 as they were deep into development on several projects which they would reveal at
1260-465: The first Summer Game Fest as a replacement for the cancelled show. Sony and the PlayStation brand had announcements during this event, forgoing E3 as they have done so from previous years, instead opting to do a dedicated State of Play event for the summer on July 8, 2021. Announcements made during the event include: From June 15–21, 2021, ID@Xbox offered a number of demos of upcoming games on
1305-465: The first edition on October 21, 2011, before later expanding to Europe, Australia, and South Korea. Nintendo Direct presentations vary in format between different presentations and regions. Nintendo Directs generally come in both regional and international formats. For subjects of a general worldwide appeal, a single Nintendo Direct is often localized for a simultaneous international broadcast. Usually, these will be recorded in Japanese and presented by
1350-575: The initial broadcast still worked to popularize product promotion. The following year, in addition to the Direct, the company added "Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3" live streams to their presence at the trade event. Named after the Product Development department at Nintendo of America, these are daily streams from the show floor that feature NoA localization staff and game developers demoing and giving in-depth coverage of titles that were announced during that year's Direct. The year also began
1395-479: The last event in 2021, E3 Directs were produced by Nintendo of Japan, presented in Japanese and dubbed or subtitled into other languages for international broadcast. In Japan, Nintendo Directs were most commonly presented by Nintendo's global president Satoru Iwata until his death in 2015. Yoshiaki Koizumi started serving as host in 2017. Shinya Takahashi started sharing the hosting duties with Koizumi in 2018. In From March 2018 to September 2019, Koizumi only hosted
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1440-795: The media were able to register for access starting on May 24, while industry professionals and creators and influencers were able to register on May 31. General members of the public were able to register on June 3. Ubisoft livestreamed its Ubisoft Forward E3 video event on June 12, 2021, at 12 p.m. PDT. Games covered during the event included Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction , Rocksmith+ , Riders Republic , Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege , Assassin's Creed: Valhalla , Just Dance 2022 , Far Cry 6 , Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope , and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora . Gearbox Software held its E3 spotlight on June 12, 2021, at 2 p.m. PDT., providing more info on Tiny Tina's Wonderlands , Godfall , Homeworld 3 , Tribes of Midgard and
1485-418: The museum to other locations outside of Japan. On August 20, 2024, Nintendo announced on its official website that the museum will operate on a lottery-based system. Tickets will be sold through a random drawing, and visitors will be able to apply for a specific date in advance. Once selected, they will then proceed to pay for the tickets. Alongside the museum exhibit, which takes up the entire second floor of
1530-566: The presentation included: New Blood Interactive held its presentation on June 16, 2021. Games featured during the presentation included: From June 16–22, 2021, Valve ran its Steam Next Fest, a rebranding of its prior Steam Game Festival which it first ran in 2019. During the event, Valve had hundreds of game demos available via the Steam platform along with livestreams with developers and selected game sales. Electronic Arts had its separate EA Play event on July 22, 2021. Games shown off in
1575-414: The producer or director of the game or series, or employ a narrator. From June 2013 to June 2021, in lieu of traditional large-scale Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) press conferences, Nintendo has opted to utilize the Nintendo Direct platform as an alternative method of conveying its news. Speaking at an annual March financial results briefing just two months prior, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata stated that
1620-505: The same time. Since 2017, Japan has hosted region-specific "Indie World" presentations, focusing on indie games published for Nintendo Switch. Directs focused on Super Smash Bros. are typically hosted by series creator and director Masahiro Sakurai . In North America, the videos were often presented by Nintendo of America president, Reggie Fils-Aimé (before he retired in 2019), and Bill Trinen . For international Directs produced in Japan since 2017, Nintendo of America would air
1665-598: The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild . Nintendo also announced a limited edition Game & Watch for the Zelda series for its 35th anniversary that included the original Zelda game, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link , and Link's Awakening . Editors from IGN , GameSpot , PC Gamer , and GamesRadar+ collectively decided on the Best of E3 Awards on June 15, 2021. Among their picks, Forza Horizon 5
1710-500: The time of the event, Nintendo is not affiliated or a partner of Summer Game Fest as of 2024 and has mostly avoided the show, though Geoff Keighley has expressed interest in Nintendo becoming a bigger part of the event in the future. Alongside Nintendo Direct presentations, other Nintendo-produced online presentations without "Direct" in its name are listed. E3 2021 The Electronic Entertainment Experience 2021 ( E3 2021 )
1755-455: The virtual events. E3 2021 followed the cancelled E3 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and after the ESA could not work out a replacement event in time. The ESA had intended to hold an in person event in 2021 during its normal June dates, as stated to partners in April 2020, but had to alter their plans due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. E3 2021 was free for everyone to attend. While
1800-509: The world. Devolver Digital held its presentation on June 12, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. PT. Games presented included Shadow Warrior 3 , Trek to Yomi , Phantom Abyss , Wizard With a Gun , Death's Door , Inscryption , Devolver Tumble Time , and Demon Throttle . As with its recent presentations, the Devolver Digital continued to use the humor based on the character of Nina Struthers, this time presenting their new games as part of
1845-544: Was cancelled in March 2023 due to the "lack of sustained interest". The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) permanently discontinued E3 in December 2023, leading to more publisher-specific showcases, including main Nintendo Directs with headlines. Since E3's discontinuation, Summer Game Fest has taken over as the most popular summer game showcase, and while a Nintendo Direct is often still shown in June around
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1890-671: Was due to the COVID-19 pandemic , which made it difficult to record the voice-overs. Both the presenter and narrator are dubbed by separate narrators. Since 2017, Nintendo of America has aired presentations focusing on indie games published for Nintendo Switch. Between 2017 and 2019, these were branded as "Nindies Showcase" hosted by Trinen, before aligning their branding to the Japanese "Indie World" banner. European Directs were presented by former Nintendo of Europe president, Satoru Shibata and Ed Valiente. These presentations were also broadcast in Australia. Australia generally only airs
1935-455: Was given on June 14, 2021, at 2:30 p.m. PDT. Games presented included Resident Evil Village , Resident Evil RE:Verse , Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin , Monster Hunter Rise , The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles , and Street Fighter V . Nintendo held a Nintendo Direct for E3 on the final day of the convention, June 15, 2021, at 9 a.m. PDT, followed by a three-hour-long Nintendo Treehouse Live show about titles discussed in
1980-626: Was named as the Most Anticipated Game overall, with the Microsoft and Bethesda event as the Best Presentation. This is a list of notable titles that appeared by their developers or publishers at E3 2021. Capcom Gearbox Software Xbox Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks Sega Nintendo Square Enix Ubisoft The Guerrilla Collective, a group of indie game developers and publishers, held
2025-498: Was the 26th and final E3 , during which hardware manufacturers, software developers, and publishers from the video game industry presented new and upcoming products. The event, organized by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), ran as a virtual, online-only event with free access to all, from June 12–15, 2021. Virtual events included keynote sessions from major publishers broadcast from
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