Recently Universal Studios announced their partnership with Nintendo to bring a Nintendo theme realm into Universal Studios Orlando, Hollywood and Japan. 

As a Nintendo fan, I am genuinely excited to see the progress of there realms, hoping to see a Rainbow Road Rollercoaster!!

Mario kart themed bumper cars and I'm in... or even a ride similar to the old Wacky Soap Box Racers at Knotts with Mario Kart cars would be amazing 

33 minutes ago, zacsta_1997 said:

As a Nintendo fan, I am genuinely excited to see the progress of there realms, hoping to see a Rainbow Road Rollercoaster!!

One that frequently derails at every corner? 

Haven't they already announced this a few months ago? 

last year^

Tetris drop tower?

11 hours ago, aaronm said:

Haven't they already announced this a few months ago? 

Probably. But it's the first I've heard of it. And I couldn't find a thread on it. So I thought I'd start one 

Edited December 1, 20169 yr by zacsta_1997

12 hours ago, zacsta_1997 said:

Probably. But it's the first I've heard of it. And I couldn't find a thread on it. So I thought I'd start one 

Oh not having a go, I was more amused at the fact that they've announced this twice before they've even started shifting dirt around.

I'm disappointed that Universal Singapore isn't getting in on this though, they might not have room for a fully-fledged Nintendo land but there are still a couple of expansion plots they could put something in.

They have a lot to work with (Pokemon, Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda) so why not? I daresay it will be largely Pokemon based. 

I'd love to see a Mario Kart VR ride using Rainbow Road. Now THAT would be cool 

The area is officially call Super Nintendo World, and will open at Universal Studios Japan in 2020. Universal Studios Orlando, and Universal Studios Hollywood are unknown dates, but they will be getting Super Nintendo World as well.

The full circle turnaround is amusing, given the 1989 film The Wizard.

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by AlexB

Great movie! 

On 12/3/2016 at 3:02 PM, SunshineTom said:

I daresay it will be largely Pokemon based. 

No. Just no. If you have looked for at least half a second on the press release photos, you'll see no sign of Pikachu. Nintendo is now mostly focused on Mario, Zelda and other smaller franchises and Pokemon is now mostly independent from Nintendo. The games are developed independently from Nintendo, and all marketing decisions are made by the Pokemon Company and not Nintendo itself. If Pokemon was included in the Nintendo Land, the Pokemon Company would be involved in the development process, and the company is not mentioned in the press release. 

1 hour ago, Brad2912 said:

Great movie! 

I love the Power Glove. It's so bad...

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by XxMrYoshixX

There's already a Pokemon theme park in Japan. Plus there's also the Universal/Nintendo lawsuit that Universal lost.

I heard they are working on a donkey Kong mine cart ride featuring  a false incomplete  track under the ride car with the real track hidden  to give the illusion the cart is jumping the gaps in the track like in the Donkey Kong country game 

6 minutes ago, Themeparkfan said:

I heard they are working on a donkey Kong mine cart ride featuring  a false incomplete  track under the ride car with the real track hidden  to give the illusion the cart is jumping the gaps in the track like in the Donkey Kong country game

 

On 13/12/2016 at 0:15 PM, YLFATEEKS said:

I believe Universal that has placed a patent on this design.  Looks like Donkey Kong kart jumping from track to track.  I think this would be fun and it would be cool if barrels flew at you.

 

 

This started me thinking what have you see that you liked but has never happened or did happened but is a little different?

Maybe even a crazy idea you have thought of yourself.

 

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by reanimated35

That's actually a brilliant idea!

Would love to see a dark ride concept themed to Bowsers Castle with pyro effects, falling Thwomps, collapsing bridge illusions etc. 

Looks amazing

 

 

 

Am glad that someone on here posted a POV of the land in general and a POV of the Mario kart ride. 

The Land in General - The land itself looks a bit small, which I could imagine will get very congested once parks return to pre-covid visitor numbers. Once Donkey Kong opens up, that might help the land feel a bit bigger, though I still feel that they should of spread this out a little more. 

Although I love many of the scenery/theming elements (e.g. coins, question boxes ect), as most of it is plastic imo it makes it feel a bit cheap, and as such I wish that they blended this with real life elements, such as using real trees (or fake trees which look like real trees) for their fruit trees. 

Also, as most of the scenery/backdrop items in the land are brightly coloured I wonder how this is going to age, particularly as these items are outside and exposed to the elements. 

I love however how much interactivity they put into the land, and the different activities that you can complete throughout. Going forward, I hope that both Universal and Disney keep this level of interactivity in any new lands they develop in the future. 

Yoshi Ride - Im sure that this ride will be a hit with the little ones, though for us big kids I feel this ride will be a one-time ride only. Although I do not mind the ride going slowly through the land, from a scenic perspective I feel is a bit underwhelming and very basic. As noted about, I feel putting in some real-life elements, more detailed scenery and maybe a few more cool animatronics/cool props/effects would help elevate this ride. 

Mario Kart Ride - Since this ride was announced several years ago, I honestly did not know what to expect in terms of how the ride would operate/function, though I had high expectations for this ride. 

Seeing both AR and non-AR POV's for this ride, I am generally impressed with the ride, although am slightly underwhelmed with the speed and length of the ride. I love how they incorporated both real themed and AR elements, with the haunted library scene with the swinging chandelier being my favourite. 

This ride was definitely developed with families in mind, and as such I feel like its a higher-tech/ next level version of buzz lightyear astro blasters. 

With seeing how the land is at the moment and with the standard of attractions at the moment, I really feel that they will need to make sure that Donkey Kong is a high-tech thrill ride to really complete and solidify the land. 

At this stage, I think only Japan and Orlando are to receive Donkey Kong (please feel to correct me if im wrong), so I wonder how not having this ride will impact both Hollywood and Singapore. 

 

Would also love to read other peoples reactions and views on the land thus far.  :) 

I believe USH is getting the DK ride, but not Yoshi from what I had read. Could be wrong though