Japan's Nintendo theme park can't possibly be as fun as it looks in this Charli XCX music video
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We’ve been hearing about the Nintendo theme park that Universal is building in Japan for years, with the whole thing supposedly opening in time for the 2020 Olympics, but we’ve seen very little actual footage of what the park—Super Nintendo World—will actually be like when it’s done. Tonight, Nintendo tried to change that a little bit with an energetic new music video from Galantis and Charli XCX about Super Nintendo World, but unfortunately for us, it seems to be more about the tone of the park than a literal depiction of what’s possible in reality. For starters, it’s largely based around human people being sucked into the Mushroom Kingdom, with the actual Super Mario running around and grabbing coins as humans cheer him on and do an impromptu dance routine. It all seems very fun, but… it can’t possibly be this fun, right? Nothing could ever be this fun.
The real point here seems to be that Super Nintendo World will have some kind augmented reality game, where people can pair a wrist strap with a phone app, but that doesn’t mean you’ll really get to meet the real Mario or eat a flower that lets you shoot fireballs. Also, the Koopalings are there, and those guys are evil. Nintendo and Universal aren’t just going to let evil Koopas run around, it would be too dangerous. The other important thing we wanted to bring up was the song itself, “We Are Born To Play,” which may not start off especially interesting but becomes rad as hell by the end of the video when it starts mixing in actual Super Mario music.
It’s awesome, and more than anything it makes us wonder if the kind of joy depicted in this video really is possible. Will Super Nintendo World be the thing that finally makes us happy? We can only hope. (We’re also hoping the whole thing won’t be Mario-themed. Could we get some Zelda in there, Nintendo? Maybe a little Metroid?)
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I assume there will be a Pokemon portion that serves delicious Jelly-filled Doughnuts?
There better also be a place that I can buy frying pans that can subsequently be used as drying pans.
Pictured: Rice with seaweed. FYI.
I think Charli XCX often makes some great earworms and I had no idea that Galantis is a Bloodshy project (nor that Bloodshy is part of Miike Snow) but at the end of the song I couldn’t help but think of that one Mario remix that was in that dancing cosplay Hermione video that went viral and how catchy that one was. …The version someone shot on a phone seemed a little more charmingly lo-fi, plus the way it was framed gave a bit more sense of weird mystique, with the shirtless Legend of Zelda cosplayer (?) trying to give a lapdance to BB-8 in the background.
It would really shake my faith in Mario if the toilets clogged at Super Nintendo Land.
It’d be very confusing if maintenance were also dressed as Mario, in addition to the mascots.“Go hug Mario, little Billy!” *cut to actual shit-stained janitor*
There’s a reason why these stories happened on the same day
https://news.avclub.com/alright-its-time-to-watch-the-high-abuse-toilet-flus-1840972998
this Charli XCX music videoAre you sure it’s her? I didn’t see a single one of her boobs in the video.
I also hope the the park features more Nintendo IP than just Mario. If I can’t grab a beer with Funky Kong then what’s the point?
“Hey, that bartender even looks like John Leguizamo.”“Yeah, looks like…”
The janglish of “Play in real world this summer” was pretty delightful, but overall…how many songs do you think Charli XCX writes in a day? Is the theme always Carnival cruise commercial?
It also can’t possibly be as boring as that song, so.
Not a Charli XCX fan I can see. 😛
Maybe I would’ve become one if this song weren’t so boring.
Whatever type of contact hallucinogen they’re putting on the back of those wrist straps is definitely working. “Yeah, here, put this wrist strap on, and um, yeah, it’s an app, too… sure, right, just, uh, hang out here for another 15 minutes or so, okay? Cool, thanks.”
That poor astronaut. If you thought the bends were bad, imagine being sucked from space back to … “earth.” The gravitational forces alone heavily imply he’s only there in spirit while he’s in a coma.
Universal in Florida is getting their own Mario land in the next few years as well(In the new park they are opening). All the initial news is that its just Mario themed but Legend of Zelda would be cool.