Nearly 20 years aft opening its first shop successful nan US, Nintendo is adding different location. The shop will beryllium located successful San Francisco’s Union Square, pinch its doors opening to fans successful 2025.
Nintendo’s first — and only — American unit location opened successful New York City successful 2005. The two-story spot offers Nintendo games, merchandise, hardware, and accessories for waste connected nan first level, while nan 2nd level features show cases dedicated to each of Nintendo’s consoles.
Nintendo besides has stores astatine its taxable parks, including Super Nintendo World astatine Universal Studios Hollywood successful California, but this marks its 2nd standalone location successful nan US. Over nan past mates of years, Nintendo’s empire has expanded extracurricular nan realm of video games, not only bringing its iconic characters to taxable parks but besides to movies. Next year, Super Nintendo World will unfastened successful Universal Orlando pinch nan first Donkey Kong Country conception successful nan US.
Nintendo doesn’t connection immoderate specifications connected what nan San Francisco shop will see different than saying it will supply “a measurement for a wide scope of visitors from adjacent and acold to acquisition nan world of Nintendo, its products, and characters.” Besides New York City, Nintendo besides has 3 different stores successful Japan, including Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
The sanction of nan caller store? It’s Nintendo San Francisco, but I was benignant of hoping it’d beryllium called Nintendo Toad Harbor.