Earlier this week, a report from VGC revealed that Japan's Super Nintendo World theme park contains a mysterious locked door that appears to be a tease for a new, upcoming area. Thanks to newly-spotted aerial photographs shared online, we can now see that there's more than enough reason to believe a new area could indeed be on the way.
The door, which VGC describes as being "very Donkey Kong-esque" in its design, is situated at a Northern point of the park. While inside the park itself, it's impossible to see what's behind this door, but these aerial snaps show a large space, similar in size to the already-established Mario area:
https://twitter.com/ttcajaecji07513/status/1369464480090890240
As you can see in this follow-up tweet, the 'DK' door leads directly to this empty space. That can't just be a coincidence, right?
https://twitter.com/ttcajaecji07513/status/1369473057169969161?s=20
Of course, rumours of a Donkey Kong area have been doing the rounds since 2019, when leaked concept models appeared to reveal its existence. Since then, dataminers have also uncovered Donkey Kong stickers in the park's mobile app.
Surely, then, it can only be a matter of time before Nintendo and Universal confirm that development will eventually get underway?
[source twitter.com]
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Donkey Kong
He’s the leader of the pack, you know him well!
He's finally back to kick some tail!
His coconut gun can fire in spurts
Am I the only one who wants an F-Zero ride? Riding that would be suicide though...
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t there supposed to be a DK log flume ride or something? Thought I remember seeing that in some park mock-up a while back. Regardless, definitely want to see a fully constructed DK Land!
He's finally back to kick some tail!
Shame its more Mario-related stuff.A Zelda area would have been awesome.
Looking at the DK area concept, I'm liking the mine kart roller coaster. Some of the coaster is blocked by theme senery, on the far left of the concept, also going from the giant barrel, past the waterfall, and across the upper back portion of the area.
Very smart move on Nintendo's part. Mine kart cart roller coasters are fun & hugely popular at Disney World. And, mine karts fit perfectly with DK. https://images.nintendolife.com/4ac0071699f3c/super3.original.jpg
Must be inspired by the depressing factory levels
I’ll I can think of is Captain N and Konga Land.
Alright, you can at least hope they have some good stuff at Funky's Fly-N-Buy.
was there any doubt? lol
Still feel like it would be a huge miss to not do Zelda and Metroid later down the line, but Donkey Kong is really cool too
I understand that Donkey Kong goes well with Mario, but is it really that popular? Why not Zelda or Pokemon instead? Or maybe I'm underestimating the popularity of the kong.
Oh wow, just looking at this image makes me think navigating through the park would be a nightmare
Those bird’s eye view pictures makes the whole Mario theme park arena look kinda smaller than I thought it would be.
@Handy_Man
That's what I was thinking. The entire place looks a little compact, can't imagine what the crowds and lines will be like.
I don't know, looks kinda small🤔
imagine a Metroid world? They could do something similar to Star Wars where they have a full-size ship you can walk around.
Waiting on the Zelda/Hyrule park...
So they are doing the 'whole' park in parts or somethin?
makes sense for dk to be the next franchise since it already ties in with mario, but at the same time i was still expecting a zelda park to come next
Definitely sounds like a future expansion
I bet it turns out to be Urban Champion Land!
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