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Publisher now expects to pump $204 million into what will become primary product development hub by 2014.

As relayed by Andria Sang,

Construction on the project is expected to commence in January 2012, and Nintendo plans to have the facility up and running by the end of 2013. The seven-story structure is being built on a 40,000-square-meter lot in Kyoto's Minami Ward, the same district as Nintendo's headquarters building. The company's current main R&D facility is located in the more distant Higashiyama Ward.