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 theme parks.
But to open a museum that explains the company’s history is a highly unexpected, uncharacteristic move for a company that seldom explains itself, preferring instead to let its games and other products speak for themselves.
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