Nearly 20 years after opening its first store in the US, Nintendo is adding another location. The store will be located in San Francisco’s Union Square, with its doors opening to fans in 2025.
Nintendo’s first — and only — American retail location opened in New York City in 2005. The two-story spot offers Nintendo games, merchandise, hardware, and accessories for sale on the first level, while the second floor features display cases dedicated to all of Nintendo’s consoles.
Nintendo also has stores at its theme parks, including Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood in California, but this marks its second standalone location in the US. Over the past couple of years, Nintendo’s empire has expanded outside the realm of video games, not only bringing its iconic characters to theme parks but also to movies. Next year, Super Nintendo World will open in Universal Orlando with the first Donkey Kong Country section in the US.
Nintendo doesn’t offer any details on what the San Francisco store will include other than saying it will provide “a way for a wide range of visitors from near and far to experience the world of Nintendo, its products, and characters.” Besides New York City, Nintendo also has three other stores in Japan, including Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
The name of the new store? It’s Nintendo San Francisco, but I was kind of hoping it’d be called Nintendo Toad Harbor.
