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The Nintendo Museum adds iconic 8-bit Mario castle photo spot

The princess isn't in this castle either, but you might be if you ever visit Kyoto.
Jonas Mäki Editor Sweden 8 November 2025

Nintendo often makes announcements via its Nintendo Today app, sometimes about major developments and sometimes about minor ones. Today's news definitely falls into the latter category, but it's still a very fun thing that we think many people will like.

After all, people love taking pictures. And that's why Nintendo has now set up an 8-bit castle from the first Super Mario Bros. game at its newly opened museum in Kyoto - complete with a flagpole and green pipe. All in all, it's a very cool place to take a great selfie showing that you've been to the Nintendo Museum.

If you have the Nintendo Today app installed on Android or iOS, you can now check out a video of what the castle and the area around it look like, as well as get a glimpse of the construction itself. Just scan the QR code in the image below or from this link.

Editor Sweden Jonas Mäki has written for Gamereactor since 2002, becoming an editor in 2007. He covers the video game industry across news, releases and the business side, with a particular interest in sales figures and where the industry is heading.
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