PokéPark Kanto Includes A Major Area Those With Limited Mobility Can't Access

Way better for this to be public beforehand instead of having someone book a flight just to visit and find out that they can't participate.

Another L for TPC to add to their pile...

Makes perfect sense some places just aren't accessible to everyone.

To all the people who claimed silksong's difficulty created "accessibility issues": this is what an actual accessibility issue looks like.

@KayFiOS How is this an L?

I have several friends who can't go there, because of lack of accessibility, then. I think it's not well thought through design if you can't even take people into account who are not able-bodied. What a bummer!

@KayFiOS Eh? The wilderness isn't always handicap accessible. Are we gonna get on Yosemite's case next? lol

Since they openly told us about it this isn't an issue at all. They shouldn't have to change their entire park just to accommodate some people. Personally I most likely won't ever be able to visit at all since I don't live in Japan and that's just how it is.

Incredibly unfortunate and, in my opinion, poorly planned. As this is only a section of the park, I hope they have or implement another way that someone being excluded from this section can experience it to some degree.
This could be VR, 4D, what have you, that is only available on site and for those that are excluded from the live experience.
100% Accessibility will never be a thing, but making efforts to find alternatives is what these large companies (and governments, for that matter) need to be at the forefront of.

@Dr_Awkward Or maybe there are different scales to these things and one bigger problem existing doesn't mean that smaller ones aren't also issues.

@Gen4Fan Probably not for the majority of people, but if you are one of those people with limited mobility, you're still paying full price to go to the park despite not being able to access a significant portion of it. Just seems like BS to me, and It's not like they're going to change anything to make accommodations for people with disabilities, because they don't actually care. Nintendo will make a game about disabled people playing basketball, but when it comes to actually giving a damn about people with disabilities, they're nowhere to be found.

@KayFiOS i can only see out of one eye and I would absolutely never expect a company to dampen the experience for every able-sighted (is that a term haha) person to accommodate for me. I don't stand outside theaters offering 3D movies with a picket sign saying people shouldn't be allowed to see those movies because I can't. I don't want white knights defending my disability I want people to be able to have a good time.

THIS JUST IN: natural woods are not wheelchair accessible! In other shocking news, the sun came up this morning!

@MamaSymphonia it’s a man-made theme park, not a natural preserve. It was a conscious decision not to make it accessible

@KayFiOS Accessibility requirements and red tape are the reason why nothing ever gets done within budget and time estimates in the West. They have put out a warning so you know beforehand not to book if you want to visit the inaccessible section, so they are not trying to dupe anyone. Absolute W for Pokemon and TPC.

@KayFiOS I work with disabled people for a living and definitely understand that this is a major negative, but I don't think it necessarily reflects poorly on TPC. When it comes to a place for the public to use and enjoy, everything possible should be done to make it as accessible to all. But a lot of experiences involving nature and heavy physical activity are inherently impossible to be made accessible to people with serious mobility needs. It's a major bummer, but I don't think it's anybody's fault.

That's sad, I would hope the rest of the park has enough to do for people with accessibility issues to entertain themselves the whole trip. This wouldn't be an issue in a large park where there's plenty more to do, but if it's literally half the park they can't visit, that's not insignificant

@Lizuka by calling a specific video game's difficulty an accessibility issue, one trivializes actual accessibility issues.

@Gatorclops 3d movies are more expensive than watching in 2D, and the 2DS is considered a budget option in the 3DS family of systems for people who don't care about/can't use the 3D effect. You've just made it more clear that accessible and more affordable options can and should be made available.

@MamaSymphonia Yosemite isn't using a billion dollar IP to attract visitors, either.
It doesn't create a good look when you're a commercial entity doing it but it's definitely at least good of them to warn people.

@KayFiOS so you want them to build a second park that's fully accessible and cheaper to visit?

@Gatorclops Not at all. Say if you buy the more expensive ticket, you get a wristband that lets the park employees know that you're allowed to have access to that area, but if you buy the cheaper option, you only access the rest of the park. A system like that could be implemented, and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be.

Yeah doing a wilderness trail has some inherent problems, but to everyone saying there's no way to deal with it at all, state parks here have implemented free electric track chairs. It's like a wheelchair with tank tracks. Really cool. People should be able to get outside.

Are the Pokemon creatures will be robotic or 3D virtual?

@Anti-Matter from what I’ve heard, they’re statues.

I hate to break people's bubble but sometimes everything isn't for everyone.

Just like Nintendo's games, it will be unfinished, overpriced and people will still buy it.

@KayFiOS If you click the link to the PokePark site, you'd see that there's different tiers of tickets, and there's the "Town Pass" that doesn't include the Forest portion and know that that sort of system is already planned.

@Bisylizzie Well damn, you got a paper towel to help me wipe this egg off my face? Okay, add this to the much smaller pile of Pokémon W's.

@MamaSymphonia Yes, they must install elevators on every mountain face so that everyone can simulate rock climbing, or else internet pundits everywhere will become offended.

I mean it's a nature trail, if they pave it then it's a road.
Other parks have attractions like this too. even Disney World has a handful of rides with no access.
Sometimes its impossible to make happen sadly.

@KayFiOS Maybe the pile would be bigger if you just did proper research or didn't throw out unsubstantiated claims?

Does it suck? Yes absolutely but unfortunately it's just a fact of life that not everything can be handi accessible

they have a pool in the summer too, are people going to complain that thats also not accessible? theres loads to do for everyone, it seems like this is an absolutely massive theme park and all pokepark ticket tiers include access to the rest of the park. in this case disabled people are really not missing out, theres probably so much to do in this theme park that any visitor will run out of time before hitting every attraction theyre interested in

This makes sense. I mean, what are they going to do? Put a big wheelchair ramp going through the forest lol? Would ruin it for everyone else

@JohnnyMind I'm not entirely sure which part of the world you're from, but on this planet, forests are accessible to people in wheelchairs....

Last time I checked, that is.