As detailed in a post from the official Nintendo Museum Twitter account, the Kyoto site will now be installing one-per-person sale limitations on its Game Hardware Keychain collections, select Hanafunda cards, lanyards and pass cases and the game Magnet Collection. The same limitations also apply to the controller cushions that we were particularly enamoured with last week.
You can find the announcement tweet and its translation (via Google Translate) below:
While Nintendo does not confirm the reason for these new limitations, our friends at VGC point out that the online marketplace Mercari is already awash with expensive resales. Some popular items, like the oversized controller cushions, are reaching more than double their Museum RRP, while smaller exclusives have popped up with equally ridiculous asking prices.
We don't know that's the reason for the limitations, but it seems like the logical conclusion — it's the approach we've seen taken in the past with the likes of last year's Pokémon X Van Gogh merch, for example. Sigh.
Those attending the Nintendo Museum for reasons other than the gift shop will find exhibits on the company's history, interactive Hanafunda areas, giant consoles and even harmonizing Toads. What's more, Miyamoto has announced that the museum won't be expanding to other locations, so you've got to take your shot if you're lucky enough to end up in Kyoto.
