Nintendo is making some big changes as according to a new report from Nikkei, the company is planning two major office expansions to allow for more in-house development as opposed to outsourcing. This will start in May 2022, when Nintendo will rent the sixth and seventh floors of the Kyoto City Waterworks Bureau’s new government building. This is located right next to Nintendo’s current headquarters and the space will be used to house more development resources.
Under Kyoto City’s Corporate Location Promotion System, Nintendo will receive up to 160 million yen ($1.4 million) every year for three years to cover some of its operating costs based on the number of new employees hired and that is not all. There is also an entirely new building in the works on the site of its former headquarters where there is a large area of empty land next to the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center and its Mario Club QA team.