Pushing Buttons: At Nintendo's new museum in Japan, I found a nostalgia-laced trip down memory lane – not a history lesson

Nintendo was founded in 1889 in Kyoto, 100 years before the release of the Game Boy. Long before it was a video game company, it made toys and hanafuda cards adorned with scenes from nature, used to play several different games popular in Japan. By 1969, Nintendo had expanded its business to include western-style playing cards, and the company built a plant to manufacture them in southern Kyoto. Until 2016, the Uji Ogura Plant was a card factory and as a repairs centre for the company's consoles. It has been turned into a Nintendo Museum, opening on 2 October, where the gaming giant's entire history will be on display.