Two clear signs of Nintendo's incredible popularity 🇸🇪

The fact that Nintendo is bigger than ever has hardly escaped anyone, but the fact is that few things illustrate it more clearly than the interest in their newly opened pop-up store in London and the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto. When they confirmed that they would temporarily open a store - those who were Nintendo members and registered interest were given the chance to get priority.

There will be a few days of exclusive chance to visit the store before it opens to everyone. You must therefore pre-register your interest to get the opportunity to buy from Nintendo (as if they are the ones who are doing you a favor), and after that, record-long queues are expected when everyone is allowed to leave.

If we look at the Nintendo Museum, the seat is even more strange. For those who want to go to Nintendo's museum, you need to be a member. It is through your membership that you can pre-book tickets. But... It's not really the ticket you book, but your place in a lottery to go. However, this is also something that ends several months in advance, and if you want to go to the Nintendo Museum, you should book far in advance and have a lot of luck - then you might be able to get the tickets you want.

Next year I'm going to visit Japan and the Nintendo Museum is something I hope to visit, but if that will be the case remains to be seen. And the convoluted process of customer demands, extremely early bookings and the need for luck - and the fact that people still think it's worth it - is a clearer acknowledgement of Nintendo's popularity than anything else.

Next year I hope to visit Nintendo, which is not the easiest thing apparently, but if it goes my way, there will be an article with my impressions.