The viral Mario Ramen retailer reverse Japan’s new Nintendo museum has seemingly closed down after creating waves on social media.
Earlier this week, a social media account specialising within the meals and tradition of Kyoto shared a picture of a brand new restaurant referred to as M.A.R.I.O. Ramen.
The shop was situated reverse the newly-opened Nintendo Museum. “Given the gap, we’ll be maintaining a tally of future developments,” wrote @Kyotopi_jp.
Somebody tried opening a ‘Mario’ ramen restaurant straight in entrance of the Nintendo museum in Japan pic.twitter.com/EOWqGe4nzZ
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) January 29, 2025
The submit rapidly went viral on X, fuelled by Nintendo’s historical past of calling within the legal professionals to guard its varied logos.
Nevertheless, it’s since been reported that the house owners of Mario Ramen have taken down the signage across the restaurant. “I assume they acquired scolded already…” wrote one fan, sharing a photograph of the new-look retailer. It’s not recognized if Nintendo filed a stop & desist in opposition to the shop, or in the event that they acquired spooked by the eye on social media.
Whoever was making an attempt to open a “M.A.R.I.O” Ramen store throughout the road from Japan’s Nintendo Museum seems to have taken down their signal. Will they rebrand as one thing much less prone to anger Nintendo? https://t.co/DFkDLJsjZk pic.twitter.com/mhO84mIhDO
— Jeffrey J. Corridor 🇯🇵🇺🇸 (@mrjeffu) January 30, 2025
The Nintendo Museum opened in October final 12 months and potential guests nonetheless must enter a lottery for tickets. In addition to studying concerning the historical past of Nintendo, followers can even participate in quite a lot of interactive exhibitions and recreate Nintendo’s early days by making their very own Hanafuda taking part in playing cards.
Earlier this 12 months, it was reported that Nintendo legal professionals had approached a tech producer that had showcased Swap 2 equipment early at CES and final 12 months, Nintendo and The Pokémon Firm shared a joint assertion asserting that they’d filed a lawsuit in opposition to Palworld builders Pocketpair for copyright infringement.
Pocketpair referred to as the authorized motion “actually unlucky” and claimed Nintendo had demanded Palworld be shut down whereas the case was determined. They later eliminated what followers described as a Pokemon-inspired characteristic from the hit recreation. Chatting with NME in 2021, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe mentioned he was “shocked” by the Pokémon comparisons “particularly these labeling it as ‘Pokémon with weapons’.
“Pokémon positively impressed us, however Palworld is way extra action-orientated compared,” he added.
In different information, Pokémon TCG Pocket launched its first main card growth earlier right now (January 30) however servers have struggled to maintain up with demand.
