Nintendo has recently provided an update on the upcoming Technology Development Center, of which they brought land for back in 2022. The construction project is still underway, but it is slated to be finished sometime in 2029.
The Technology Development Center will serve as a new base dedicated to the development of new software and hardware. It will have office space for the developers and infrastructure in place for “future research and development”.
if you would like to know more about Nintendo’s Technology Development Center, you can find the official post from Nintendo in the extract below. Additional details pertaining to area size and other statistics can be found on the official Nintendo.co.jp website. The link can be found in the source tag.
Construction of the Technology Development Center
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter) hereby announces the following information regarding the Technology Development Center (*1), which is currently under construction on the land (*2) acquired from the City of Kyoto in 2022.
*1 The building was previously referred to as the “Corporate Headquarters Development Center, Building No. 2 (tentative name)”.
*2 This refers to the land (the former Startup Support Factory site, and the former western site of the Materials and Disaster Prevention Center) for which the City of Kyoto invited proposals through a public proposal process beginning on December 8, 2021, to select an operator for its effective utilization. Nintendo was selected as the operator on April 12, 2022, and subsequently acquired the land.
The Technology Development Center will serve as a new research and development base for Nintendo’s software and hardware. In addition to office space for developers, the facility will have the functions and infrastructure required for future research and development, including development servers, and Nintendo plans to continue investing in the center.
Through the construction of the Technology Development Center and further investment in research and development, Nintendo will continue to create more reasons for consumers to choose Nintendo for unique, family-friendly entertainment, while striving to deliver Nintendo’s unique and original entertainment to everyone around the world.
Source: Nintendo.co.jp
Share this:
Discover more from
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.