As part of Nintendo's goal to maximise the potential of its beloved franchises, a 'Super Nintendo World' theme park is planned to open next year at Universal Studios Japan. You may well be aware of this already, but these new images might just have given us our first true look at how the park will look.
The images come from the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast, who say that they "spotted these leaked concept models" for the new attraction. The images apparently date back to 2016, meaning that the park designs could have changed slightly since then, but there are some pretty exciting things worth noting if they are indeed the real deal.
This large Mario-themed area has a Mario Kart attraction at the rear (which has already been confirmed), a Toadstool Cafe in the centre and a Yoshi's Adventure attraction on the right-hand side. The entire area looks like it has been taken right out of Super Mario 3D World, and also looks very similar to a mockup which was released a while back.
The excitement continues, however, with this third image showing off a Donkey Kong area. We can see a 'Minecart Madness' ride travelling all the way around the back half of the park, a recreation of Funky Kong's plane at the front, and what could potentially turn out to be a stunning waterfall feature right at the back. It appears to be taking on the appearance and style of the Donkey Kong Country Returns games.
Nintendo hopes to have the park open by the start of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. Here's hoping we get an official, full reveal soon.
[source facebook.com, via nintendowire.com]
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Sadly i can't go to Japan. Because when i was a youngster in college 20+ years ago i got caught with $25 of adult smoke. And the ironic thing is now it's legal here and the government makes over a billion dollars in taxes off of it annually. Man i would love to be allowed to go to Japan and see this.
@BacklogBlues I think there is one coming to Orlando as well.
The images looks awesome, should be a hit
There are rumors @KevTastic84 but nothing confirmed yet.
There is one coming to Universal Hollywood that has already started construction.
The one for Universal Florida is going into there 4th park, but they are doing ground clearing and have 0 vertical progress on the new park.
Sadly they won't make those wonderful designs real.
Oh man, can't wait for this. Been to Japan a few times now but already saving to go out again once this and the new Ghibli park are open.
This looks absoluty stunning
I wonder if they will show some Kremlings in the DKC ride or if they stick with the Tikis or Snowmads, because this ride seems to be inspired by the Retro Studio games.
Oh no! I thought I'd missed some announcement of a Nintendo themed theme park type game then! How cool would that be?
Do you think they're making an area based on Legend of Zelda? It's called Nintendo World, so the main franchises seem to be the plan.
Part of Hyrule field? Too big. Maybe Kakariko Village as a food and relaxing section? The castle? A DUNGEON?? Oh man.
Would love to see a Wario Goldmine rollercoaster ride
It looks UNBELIEVABLE! I will definitely try to save up to go there! #1 on my bucket list
I hope that there's going to be more than just Mario-related sections. I'm personally hoping for Zelda, Metroid, and Star Fox sections, complete with characters.
And if they do, especially for the Star Fox section, they can get help from Ayano Harumaki (arguably the best Krystal cosplayer I've ever seen) to make the costumes.
@BacklogBlues It coning to Orlando. Japan as of now isnt getting the DK ride.
It's absolutely amazing! I need money to go to Japan!
@Dahn_ It would be a big missed opportunity to not have something Zelda related. Kakariko Village or Castle Town would be nice. You could have the Lon Lon Ranch Ice Cream Emporium. The Cucco Shack with your favorite chicken dishes. The Song of Storms water and spray area for those extremely hot days
As a Nintendo AND theme park fan, I can't wait for an official reveal! Those concepts look amazing!
What is this, a theme park for ants? It needs to be at least three times bigger than this.
@BorderlineJon You mean Nintendoland? That game was pretty good
For anyone concerned about Universal's tendency to recycle film based attractions... relax. Hagrids Mototorbike Adventure is 100% physical sets and the most exciting ride system I've seen in ages.
https://youtu.be/cMtR5_TinqE
They have eclipsed Disney's work in the last five years. SNW will deliver. Btw, the Yoshi ride looks like a slow omnimover attraction. That's good news. Not everyone loves thrill rides and the capacity on these sorts of rides can reach 3000+ riders per hour.
Plot twist: it turns out Super Nintendo World is Nintendo's take on the theme park management genre.
This is so cool!! Looking forward to these rides coming to Singapore’s version of Super Nintendo World!!
The dioramas alone look expensive, I don't want to think about how much this madness is actually gonna cost
Cool, this looks good! Makes me wanna go already...
@whanvee yes it is. They should revamp it for the switch definitely. The WiiU had so many games that ma y people never got to play that were so good.
@Dirty0814 It was probably the only game to truly take advantage of the Wii u pad. Such a wasted device. If only third parties would have put some effort we would have gotten some good stuff. Then again it seems Nintendo ran out of ideas for it themselves so you cant really blame third parties for underusing it. I'm 99.9 percent certain that we missed out on a great horror experience that just never came to be because everyone gave up on the Wii u. Oh well
Lol i so thought this was a Game. Like roller coaster tycoon
Knowing Nintendo, most likely they will turn this theme park into a video game.
@New_Guest No, it will be super busy haha I'd give it a few months at least.
The Toad House has to be the gift shop, right? Also, there needs to be a rapids ride or log plume that is either Dorry or the purple swamp type thing.
@astrofan1993 Star Fox could be the roller coasters where your top half is strapped and legs dangling, maybe! Make you feel like you're flying. Metroid definitely should be a laser quest type ride haha
There has to be a Metroid style scary Space Mountain coaster!
I'd save money and visit it if they included a Metroid section.
Oh GOD it looks like Mario's hell house!!!!
Dreams and fantasies slowly becoming true!
I built a full Nintendo theme park in Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 for the Super Online Nintendo Messageboards a while back and doing the same again in RCT 3:
https://youtu.be/VLoKAkteSWI
Would try and build it again in Planet Coaster to make the ultimate Nintendo Park, however sadly I’d definitely need a new computer for it
@Blueocean
I come from the future and the Mario ones are real and donkey Kong land could be real since they have some extra land.
@EngineerMario I like this time travelling LOL.
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