Summary
- Nintendo is now selling keychains that play console startup sounds at its museum.
- There are nine to choose from covering consoles from the Famicom to the Switch.
- They appear to be sold in blind boxes which might mean you can’t choose which keychain you get.
Nintendo opened a museum in Japan last year and on top of it being extremely hard to get tickets, its gift shop is also filled with items that are exclusively available to the museum’s patrons. That now includes officially licensed Nintendo keychains that play some of its most iconic consoles’ start-up sounds, as well as some of the less iconic ones as you’ll see in the clip below.
A first look, and listen, at the Nintendo Museum keychains was shared on Twitter over the weekend by OreoGMOreo (thanks, Nintendeal) who appears to have visited the museum. For some reason they opted to demonstrate the Wii U keychain – told you some of the less iconic consoles are a part of the collection – but the packaging and display case confirm there are nine of them to collect with most of Nintendo’s home and handheld consoles represented.
The nine consoles that now have their own startup sound-playing keychains are the Famicom/NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. The replies have quite rightly pointed out the GameCube keychain will almost certainly be the fastest to sell out since it has one of the best console startup sounds of any system ever, Nintendo or otherwise.
The Nintendo Museum Now Has Keychains That Play Console Startup Sounds
If Anyone’s Headed To Japan, Pick Me Up A GameCube One
It might not be as simple as choosing which keychain you want most, though. While not confirmed, the packaging suggests these are blindboxes and you won’t be able to pick which keychain you get. There’s also a sign alongside the display case noting sales are limited to one per customer, so no rejoining the back of the queue and buying another if you don’t get the one you want.
This would also explain why the author of the post above has the Wii U one because come on, who’s choosing the Wii U?
The only major consoles missing from the collection are the SNES/Super Famicom and the N64. Odd that they’d be left out, although they do have shorter startup sounds so maybe Nintendo didn’t think it would be worth making them a part of the collection.
The keychains join a wide range of items that can only be bought at the Nintendo Museum. However, the silver lining for anyone who plans on visiting the museum is the keychains will be a lot easier to stuff into your luggage than the giant Wiimote and N64 controller cushions.
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