The inspiration for Nintendo’s new museum came, at least in part, from an ongoing irritation for Shigeru Miyamoto. At a certain point every year, the Super Mario creator does a presentation for the hundred or so new staff that have joined the company. It’s an attempt to explain the core of what makes Nintendo a creative force.

So, when Nintendo recently announced the opening of a new museum in Kyoto, Japan, it’s fair to say it was met with some skepticism. After all, there’s already tons of Nintendo museums. Its stores in New York City and Kyoto are shoppable galleries of their entire history,