It’s all going to be okay: Universal Studios’ Super Nintendo World opens next year
Feel free to start planning your move to the Mushroom Kingdom
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The real world, the one we currently live in, is bad and sad. You can’t ride dinosaurs, monkeys don’t wear ties, there are no mushroom people, and you have to work to get money rather than jumping up at yellow boxes and hoping some coins will come out. It sucks, and we’re sick of dealing with it.
Luckily, we only have to deal with it for a bit longer, because Universal Studios Hollywood has announced the window for when it’s planning to open its Super Nintendo World area. From there it’s just a matter of time before Universal starts building horrific planned communities like Disney, and we can all abandon our lives and live in the Mushroom Kingdom. Wahoo!
The bad news is that the aforementioned window is big and at least nine months away. As reported by Deadline, Universal Studios says it’s going to open Super Nintendo World in 2023… and that’s as specific as we’re going to get. Construction has already begun “in the lower section of the park, near the Transformers ride” (which is inspiring a whole new level of fantasy that we’re unable to properly deal with at the moment), so that at least means that we’ll probably get some in-progress photos at some point soon.
Of course, there is also Japan’s Super Nintendo World, which opened at Universal Studios Japan about a year ago, so we can safely guess that the American version will at least be somewhat similar (though you can expect Kirby to have angry eyebrows, and Doki Doki Panic will be re-skinned with Super Mario characters). The Japanese version has some Mario rides and Mario food, but one of the big gimmicks is a Power-Up Band system where you get a wristband that lets you have special interactions with the Nintendo scenery.
Oh, and we say “Nintendo,” but the Japanese version is at least almost entirely Super Mario stuff. Would it kill them to throw in some Legend Of Zelda? We know it’s too much to ask for an F-Zero ride, but let us at least put on a tunic and whack some moblins with a sword.
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And you have to work to get money rather than jumping up at yellow boxes and hoping some coins will come outCanonically those boxes were transformed Mushroom People and so what you are saying is working is worse than mugging paralyzed people for cash.
Look man, all I’m saying is one doesn’t take 8 hours out of my day…
I hope inflation will much lower by then because I’m sure as shit not paying 200 coins for an extra life.
Will Chalmers be there?HAW HAW HAW
I went to the one in Osaka last fall. It was very cool and it gave me lots of feels to be walking around that world, but as you can probably guess, the crowds ruined it. Their vision was to have people discovering little nooks and crannies where you can use the Power-Up Band to interact with things in cool ways; the reality is that every one of those nooks and crannies has a line of people waiting to do the same thing, and take videos of each other while doing it.The Kinopio cafe was really nice though!
Still holding out for 3DO Land. The “Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties” rollercoaster is going to be siiiiiiick.
Recently went to Universal Orlando – Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. I really hated it. Even in February it was super crowded. Sunny. Very little shade. Seemed like all the concepts were jammed super close together with no transition. Visually chaotic. Harry Potter was a big money grab where families were waiting in line to buy wands, waiting in line to buy robes, waiting in line to drink butter beer. Plus, fuck the Hogwarts Express. What a joke! Jurrasic area was hardly noticeable. LOTS of gift shops, lots of food shops (none of it good). You MUST buy the Express Pass if you want to ride any of the popular rides. If you have young children, there’s nothing for them to do. The focus is on thrill rides and buying shit and eating shit. Ambiance and attention to detail (like food carts that offered no seating nearby…absence of seating was a big problem even in the “slow” season). My husband enjoyed it more than I did. Even so we wouldn’t ever go back.