Link to the past.

In other words, the broader kind of audience welcomed during the Wii and DS era.

It entices at every step, but it also leaves you wanting more from every new segment you encounter.

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The prototype controllers left me with a million questions as well.

Would the 3DS have ever existed if its predecessor’s hinge had also opened like a book?

A framed work of calligraphy of the Japanese kanji characters ‘Ninten’ from the Nintendo Museum.

The exterior wall of the Nintendo Museum, as you enter the building.

A photograph of three Mario pipes and a row of blocks in the outdoor courtyard of the Nintendo Museum.

A photograph of five Toads in the entrance way of the Nintendo Museum.

The rear side of the N64 exhibit in the Nintendo Museum.

The rear side of the GBA exhibit in the Nintendo Museum.

The front side of the Famicom and NES exhibit in the Nintendo Museum.

A giant SNES controller, suspended from the ceiling of the Nintendo Museum.

A giant N64 controller, suspended from the ceiling of the Nintendo Museum.

A wall showcasing the evolution of the question mark block in the Nintendo Museum.

A wall showcasing the Nintendo hardware and innovations dedicated to ‘movement’ in the Nintendo Museum.

A photograph of a bird’s eye model of the Nintendo Museum, with the roof lifted up to see inside.

The interactive Hanafuda floor in the Nintendo Museum, which is surrounded by four brick pillars with Question Blocks in them.

Two Pikmin scuttle across a Question Block in the Nintendo Museum.

Two people play Super Mario 64 with a giant N64 controller at the Nintendo Museum.

A close up photograph of two people pressing giant buttons on a giant SNES controller in the Nintendo Museum.

The Zapper lightgun room in the Nintendo Museum, with a large, wall to ceiling display showing various character targets in a scene from the Mushroom Kingdom.

A man holds a soft baseball bat inside the Ultra Machine SP cage in the Nintendo Museum.

A woman holds up her hands to create platforms in a special Game and Watch game in the Nintendo Museum.

Voltorbs, Electrodes and Pokeballs are ferried across the game area of the Ultra Hand SP game in the Nintendo Museum.

A top down photograph of a game of Hanafuda cards in the Nintendo Museum.