Tag: Super Nintendo World
News Super Nintendo World's Getting Adorable Limited-Edition Holiday Merch
And we want it all
If you're lucky enough to be visiting Japan's Super Nintendo World over the holidays, you'll be pleased to know that you'll be able to get your hands on some lovely limited-edition merch. If you're not lucky enough to be visiting – like us – then these images showing what you could have had will sadly have to do. Visitors...
News Fire Breaks Out At Super Nintendo World's Yoshi Ride, Park Forced To Temporarily Close
Thankfully no one was harmed
Japan's Super Nintendo World, located at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, looks like a place where dreams are made. It boasts an assortment of glorious Nintendo-themed decorations, a couple of rides, more merch than you could ever afford and more, but it's sure had its problems, too. Things didn't get off to the best...
News It's Official, Super Nintendo World Is Getting A Donkey Kong Expansion
"Set to open in 2024"
It seems the worst kept secret has finally been confirmed - Super Nintendo World is getting a Donkey Kong-themed "expansion" and it's set to open in 2024. According to an official Nintendo press release, this new area will allow park guests to walk through "lush" jungles where Donkey Kong and his friends live. There'll also be...
Random Super Nintendo World's Goomba Tower Fell Down, Sparking An Official Investigation
Footage shows the Goombas being carried away
The Goomba Tower in question. If you've seen the pictures and videos of Japan's Super Nintendo World, or especially if you've been lucky enough to visit yourself, you'll no doubt have seen all of the lovely Super Mario-themed models and decorations dotted around the park. Sadly,
News Universal Studios Hollywood Is Now Selling Super Nintendo World Merch
"available for a limited time"
If you've been eager to get your hands on some Super Nintendo World merchandise and happen to be located in America, you're in luck. Nintendo is making some themed items available for a limited time at the Universal Studios Store in Hollywood. Nintendo's tweet highlights just some of the exclusive items - including...
News Super Nintendo World In Japan Has Officially Reopened
Let's-a go!
It might seem like yesterday, but back in April, Universal Studios Japan was forced to close its doors due to the pandemic - just a month after opening Super Nintendo World. We're now in June, and the park has been reopened since then. It has actually been open to the public since the beginning of the month and is now operating at a...
News "Donkey Kong Country" Concept Art For Super Nintendo World Surfaces Online
"one of Nintendo's worst kept secrets"
There have been rumours for ages now about Super Nintendo World receiving a Donkey Kong expansion of sorts. Dataminers previously uncovered evidence of DK stickers within the Universal Studios' Super NIntendo World mobile app, and now, a Donkey Kong fan account on Twitter has shared some concept art of the...
News Miitopia Switch Update Adds Nintendo Power-Up Band Support
It doubles as an amiibo
Nintendo has rolled out the third update for Miitopia in less than a week, so what's the reason this time? It better be good! For once it's not just stability or minor fixes, this update adds support for the Nintendo Power-Up Band, which doubles as an amiibo. According to the patch notes for Version 1.0.3, if you show the...
News Super Nintendo World Forced To Close Just One Month After Opening
Update: USJ makes it official
Update (Fri 23rd Apr, 2021 14:45 BST): As suspected, the park's closure has now been made official by Universal Studios Japan. The company has shared a statement addressing the news, noting that its parks will be closed from this Sunday, 25th April until the requirements of Osaka's state of emergency have lifted...
News Construction On Super Nintendo World Hollywood Is Coming Along Nicely
The second Super Nintendo World starts to take shape
The first Super Nintendo World park based in Universal Studios Japan is now ready and open for business, but let's not forget that two more versions of the park are already in the works, too. While the Orlando location's construction has been pretty heavily delayed, it appears that work on the...
75% fewer visitors will be allowed to enter
Super Nintendo World isn't off to the best of starts, as Universal Studios Japan announces a new visitor limit across all of its themed lands just weeks after Nintendo's area gets up and running (thanks, Kotaku). The Osaka Prefecture, where USJ is located, today posted a new single-day record of new...
News Super Nintendo World's Mario Kart Ride Was Built In A Game Engine, Allowing Future Patches
New characters can be added "overnight"
You know that future we all dreamt of as kids where we hoped to one day live inside a giant video game? Well, it looks like we're one step closer to that becoming a reality. As you may already know, Japan's brand new Super Nintendo World theme park – which finally opened this month after several...
News CNN Covers The Super Nintendo World Opening
The Osaka theme park is now open to the public
CNN Correspondent Selina Wang visited the newly-opened Super Nintendo World to show off the theme park, as well as detailing some of its COVID policies. She even managed to get a ride on the AR Mario Kart track, "Koopa's Challenge", which is more than many visitors will get - VGC noted that the queue...
News Super Nintendo World Celebrates Park Launch With Grand Opening Ceremony
Shigeru Miyamoto makes an appearance
After a number of setbacks and delays tied to the pandemic, Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan is finally open for business. Today was the grand opening, and to celebrate there was a ceremony featuring Nintendo's very own Shigeru Miyamoto. Alongside him was USJ president and CEO, J.L...
News Aerial Photos Provide Further Hope That Super Nintendo World's Donkey Kong Land Is Real
New evidence supports our suspicions
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...
News Yes, Someone Has Reviewed Japan's Super Nintendo World
Find out how to beat the boss, and which food is best
Japan's Super Nintendo World theme park opens this week, and although its Universal Studios Orlando sibling just got kicked back to 2025, fans will be able to visit from the 18th March. In anticipation of the park's gates opening to the public, Video Games Chronicle has published a series of...
News Japan's Super Nintendo World Has A Mysterious, Locked Donkey Kong Door
A new DK area on the way?
Just days ahead of the park's official opening, it's been discovered that Japan's Super Nintendo World contains a locked Donkey Kong door, hinting at a future park expansion. VGC reports that the mysterious door is located and 'hidden' towards the north of the park, featuring "a very DK-
News Japan's Super Nintendo World Finally Opens This Month
News comes after Osaka lifts COVID-19 state of emergency
Universal Orlando's Super Nintendo World might not be arriving until 2025, it looks like Universal Studios Japan's park has quickly gotten back on track. After a delayed opening due to COVID-19, Osaka's state of emergency
News Universal Orlando's Super Nintendo World Gets Delayed Until 2025
News comes after recent construction restart due to COVID-19
Super Nintendo World's not had a brilliant start. The Japanese park's opening got delayed back in January, and though we knew it would be sometime before the United States parks opened, we didn't know how long we'd be waiting. As it turns out, Orlando's Super Nintendo World - part of the...
Video Get A Closer Look At Super Nintendo World's Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge Ride
I'm gonna win historic, on the Rainbow Road!
It's been a rocky start for Super Nintendo World. We can't deny that it looks spectacular and we'd previously seen some (now removed) footage of Y
Random Oops, Super Nintendo World's Cactus Seems To Be Lifted From A Fan-Made Game
Comes from the "Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii" mod
Super Nintendo World's opening may have been recently delayed but – when the pandemic is over – we'll be excited to see it in person. Understandably, fans have been pouring over the details provided and one has made a more unusual discovery: the theme park's cactus design is slightly off. Taking...
News New Super Nintendo World Videos Show POV Ride Footage, Café, Merch And Lots More
See everything the park has to offer
With Super Nintendo World originally set to open its doors to the public tomorrow, 4th February, a whole boatload of footage and press impressions from media outlets across Japan has now found its way online. YouTube channel Universal Parks News Today has uploaded a staggering 21 videos today showing off various...
Random Can't Visit Super Nintendo World IRL? Check Out This Minecraft Version Instead
It's almost like the real thing, right?
Although we may never get the chance to visit the fabled Super Nintendo World ourselves (pandemic aside, it's bloody pricey to fly all the way to Japan, not to mention the theme park tickets), we sure do have a lot of fun vicariously flicking through the photos. We've fallen in love with Chonky Toad, added...
News Super Nintendo World Becomes Even More Awesome Thanks To This Real-Life Mario Train
All aboard the (literal) hype train
As if the prospect of one day visiting Japan's Super Nintendo World theme park wasn't already exciting enough, Universal Studios has now unveiled this incredible themed train. The train, which will run on the JR Yumesaki line in Osaka starting from today, has received a fitting a Mario makeover to celebrate the...
News Mario Merch Now Available At Universal Studios Japan
Another sneak peek of the park after COVID opening delays
A few more images from Universal Studios Japan have emerged after the Super Nintendo World theme park had its soft opening yesterday despite COVID delays, reports themeparx.com. The images show the new merchandise now available for sale at the Universal Studios gift shop, themed around Mario...
News comes as Osaka declares state of emergency
There's no denying how much we're looking forward to seeing Super Nintendo World's grand opening. Having been given a full look in last month's special Nintendo Direct, it's gearing up to be something special for Nintendo fans, but those in Japan will have to wait a little bit longer. Due to open on...
News Looks Like Nintendo Accidentally Used A Fan-Made Mario Render On Its Website
It's-not-quite-a-me, Mario!
According to Twitter user ujiidow, Nintendo did a big goof: seems like they accidentally used uJiidow's unofficial render of Mario instead of a real one on the Super Nintendo World website that went live yesterday. What is this, Among Us? Here are the two images, for reference, with the unofficial one on the left, and...
News Super Nintendo World Website Now Live, Ticket Pricing And Ride Details Confirmed
Opening next month
The official website for Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo theme park opening at Universal Studios Japan next month, is now live. With smart and colourful interactive transitions that have you flying around the park, the website provides further details on important details such as ride information and pricing. We'll start with...
Video Footage Of Yoshi's Ride At Super Nintendo World Surfaces Online
An adventure like no other!
The focus for Nintendo in recent weeks has been on Super Nintendo World, which will open in Japan early next year. The video game giant has already held a special Direct presentation for the park and each day more footage of it is surfacing online. In today's update, we've got a new Universal Studios Japan commercial...
News Groups Of Pikmin Have Been Spotted In The Wild At Super Nintendo World
Captain Toad and Princess Peach, too
Super Nintendo World at the moment appears to be all about Mario, but we might be seeing some other familiar faces. Visitors who were lucky enough to tour Japan's park ahead of its launch early next year have supposedly captured a group of Pikmin in the wild - located near Kinopio's Cafe. There's apparently...
Random Everyone Loves Super Nintendo World's 'Chonky' Toad
What a unit
We could have sworn that Toad had a neck, but apparently, he doesn't, and never did. It's just huge mushroom head, and round mushroom body. Yet, somehow, Super Nintendo World's mascot version of everyone's favourite Mario Kart character is even rounder than the original, and we love him, and want to squish him on his big round head...
News Super Nintendo World: New Photos And Official Park Map Released
A closer look at the food and gift shop items
Following on from Miyamoto's Nintendo Direct tour of Super Nintendo World last week, new images – including the park's map – have now been shared online by Japanese outlet Famitsu. Let's start with that all-important map. Immediately after the park's grand entrance, it appears that you can head one...
News Dataminers Uncover Donkey Kong Stickers In Super Nintendo World Mobile App
You know him well
Where would Mario be without his old pal Donkey Kong? With this in mind, dataminers have supposedly uncovered evidence of DK stickers within Universal Studios' Super Nintendo World mobile app. There have been rumours circulating for some time now about a possible DK ride, so could this latest discovery be a sign of things to come?...
Gallery Shigeru Miyamoto Gives Super Mario Fans A Sneak Peek Of Super Nintendo World
Full recap inside!
Super Nintendo World opens in Japan next year on 4th February. Ahead of its release, Shigeru Miyamoto gave us a 15-minute look at some sections of the park. For your convenience, we've thrown everything from this livestream into a single post. Warp Pipe Entrance + Peach's Castle: The entry point of Super Nintendo World is a Warp...
Watch Nintendo Direct - Super Nintendo World Special, Live!
One final Direct for 2020
2020 has felt rather quiet on the Direct front, but it looks like every Nintendo fan's favourite video format is back for one last hurrah before we roll on over to another year. A special Direct presentation focusing on Universal Studios Japan's Super Nintendo World theme park is about to begin. It'll run for roughly 15...
News Nintendo Announces Super Nintendo World Direct Livestream
"No game content will be featured"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's latest broadcast is now over, so what's there to look forward to? Later today (UK time), Nintendo will be hosting a special "Super Nintendo World Direct" livestream. We will of course be hosting the whole presentation live on Nintendo Life, so keep an eye on the homepage and be sure to...
News Super Nintendo World Will Open February 2021, New Images And Mario Kart Ride Detailed
Is this Heaven?
After its lengthy delay, Universal Studios Japan's Super Nintendo World theme park will officially open on 4th February 2021. The news was shared by USJ's official Twitter account this morning, which also provided a great look at some of the park's finer details. There's a fantastic image of the park itself, which looks like it'll...
Video Watch The Grand Opening Of Super Nintendo World's Mario Café And Store
And get a good look inside, too!
As you may already know, the brand new Mario Café and Store located at Universal Studios Japan has now opened its doors, and an opening ceremony took place to welcome the very first visitors inside. You can check out that ceremony in the video above; both Mario and Luigi – yes, the real, living versions that are...
News For The First Time, A Super Nintendo World Promo Image Has Teased A Non-Mario Franchise
Will other series get theme parks, too?
Ever since the moment we first heard about Super Nintendo World, right up until the opening of its new café and store, we've only ever been treated to Mario-themed delights and teases. Now, though, another franchise is finally having its say. Twitter user @journey3310 has shared a photograph of a c
News Super Nintendo World Will Now Open Spring 2021, New Mario Café And Store Revealed
And they open next week!
Nintendo has revealed that its Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan will now open in spring 2021 following delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Universal initially postponed the park's opening this summer; it was originally going to have its grand opening fall in line with Tokyo's 2020 Summer...
News Super Nintendo World Website And Mario Kart Ride Leak Online As Fans Discover Hidden Videos
We definitely weren't supposed to see these...
Videos appearing to show the design and layout of an official website for Super Nintendo World have leaked online, also giving us a look at the park's Mario Kart ride. The videos were spotted on a Vimeo account which seemingly belongs to a web designer in charge of Super Nintendo World's website...
News Universal Orlando's Super Nintendo World Delayed Indefinitely
Was originally scheduled to open in 2023
The yet-to-be-constructed Epic Universe for Universal Studios' park in Orlando, Florida has been put on hold indefinitely. It was originally scheduled to open in 2023. This information was revealed during Comcast's Second Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call (the parent company of Universal). The reason...
News New Video Shows Super Nintendo World's Thwomp With Red Glowing Eyes
Watch out, Yoshi
Although Super Nintendo World's launch in Japan has been officially delayed, there's still new footage of the park surfacing on social media on a daily basis. Last weekend, we got a look at Mario's enemy Thwomp in action and now, in the latest update, someone has captured footage of it at night-time. While it might not sound all...
News New Video Shows Thwomp In Action At Super Nintendo World
Run for your life
Super Nintendo World's opening in Japan might have been delayed, but that hasn't stopped enthusiastic members of the public from uploading new footage of the park to various social media platforms. Earlier in the week, we got a fantastic close-up shot, and while characters like Yoshi were moving and even coins and Koopa shells...
News New Video Gives Us Our Best Ever Look At Super Nintendo World
What a sight to behold
If you've been keeping an eye on our coverage of Super Nintendo World over the past few weeks, you'll have seen a number of aerial photographs, shots from the ground, and even a video of Y
News Universal Studios Japan Postpones Opening Of Super Nintendo World
Mario fans might have to wait until 2021
There have already been many delays this year, and now to add to this, Universal Studios in Japan has officially postponed the launch of Super Nintendo World. Sorry folks, but the park will no longer open this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's not exactly a surprise after the 2020 Summer Olympics...
News New Video Shows Yoshi In Action At Super Nintendo World
Another glimpse
Super Nintendo World in Japan appears to be coming along nicely. Just last week, we got our first look at spinning coins, and now we've got an even more exciting tease of Mario's sidekick Yoshi. The following clip has been uploaded by Twitter user @ywki_woo. It shows a life-size Yoshi model walking around a tree and then slowly...
News New Video Shows Super Nintendo World's Spinning Coins In Action
What other secrets will be hidden inside?
We've been treated to a number of cheeky glimpses at the upcoming Super Nintendo World over the past couple of weeks, but this latest tease is arguably the most exciting of the lot. A new video has been shared online by Twitter user @thrillgeek, giving us a look at the park's coins. 'How can coins possibly...
News New Super Nintendo World Images Give Us Another Sneak Peek At The Park
Bowser's Castle, Mario flagpole and more
Just last week, we shared some intriguing aerial photographs of Super Nintendo World, the new theme park currently in the works at Universal Studios Japan. The images gave us a good look at the general layout of the park and its components, but now we have several more images taken from the ground. The park...
News Impressive Aerial Shot Of Super Nintendo World's Construction Surfaces Online
Update: Second photo shows park's entrance
Update (Mon 1st Jun, 2020 12:30 BST): A second aerial shot of Super Nintendo World has now been shared online, this time giving us a look at the entrance to the park. It looks like visitors will walk in via a giant green Warp Pipe, and there's even an adorable Super Star on the ground. Lovely stuff...
