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The entrance to the fully themed area will be through a green ‘pipe’ tunnel, and possibly up an escalator to the second level of the area.
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The area (‘land’) is believed to be themed around characters featured in the hugely popular Super Mario Kart series of games. It’s also expected there will be some presence of Nintendo gaming systems or arcade games at the exit to the attractions. It could be exploring new technological possibilities of virtual reality and/or augmented reality. Past experience suggests at least one of these will be a simulator-type ride, but it would be nice to see Universal Creative looking beyond this type of technology. There will be a themed retail / food area, along with at least two attractions.
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This will give the designers full control of lighting and audio and will enable a fully immersive set of attractions. Japan is planned to be the first Nintendo attraction to open, in 2020.Īs the area in in Lower Lot of the theme park is part of the film studio, it’s unlikely to include any exterior attractions. It was previously thought that the site of the Revenge of the Mummy attraction would be used, along with adjacent underused soundstages.Īlthough the demolition phase is going well, we’re not expecting a finished / open Nintendo Land until 2021. It seems that the Nintendo attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood are now under construction on the Front Lot of the studio, in the area formerly occupied by The Phantom Stage 28 along with a row of 4 demolished soundstages (Stages 22, 23, 24 and 25), used for projects as diverse as To Catch A Thief, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Sting, Murder She Wrote, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jarhead, Superstore (Stages 22 & 23), and the home of the original CSI series for many years. In 2017, a video rendering of the Japan version was released: See the bottom of this page for relevant press releases. In 1981, the hugely popular Donkey Kong was released to arcades, featuring a plumber called Mario, and the eponymous ape.
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As time went on, they produced their own home video console (Color TV Game 6 and Color TV Game 15 in 1977). Their first foray into video gaming was in a partnership with Magnavox, making light guns for their early consoles. Nintendo is a huge player in video games, and has been at the top of the game since 1972. It is also designed to give visitors to California and Florida another reason to visit Universal, challenging Disney’s Star Wars Land openings. The collaboration between Nintendo and Universal Parks and Resorts will be the next big thing in Universal Parks, and is expected to have a similar effect to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter openings in recent years. Construction has just begun at Universal Studios Hollywood, and will start shortly at Universal Orlando. The Hollywood and Orlando Universal parks will follow. The first Nintendo theme park, Super Nintendo World, will open at Universal Studios Japan in time for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. First announced in May 2015, this is huge news for Universal theme park fans.
