Plans for theme parks often change (the iconic Haunter Mansion ride was once envisioned as a walk-through attraction, for example), and we won’t know what exactly Universal will be revealing tomorrow until it makes its announcement. While the Universal Orlando Resort has the most space available for new additions like these, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the land in Japan’s park get an addition like these sometime in the next few years as well.” “Rumors for additional rides or lands include everything from Pokémon and Zelda, to Super Smash Bros. “Universal has lots of ideas for more attractions based on several other Nintendo properties, but they are hesitant to green-light them until after waiting to see how the initial Nintendo lands perform in Japan next year, and in Hollywood soon after,” Stella told GamesBeat. In fact, Universal’s plans for Nintendo in its theme parks could extend outside of the three rides we talked about. But no other publisher has access to as many beloved franchises and characters as Nintendo. If Disney wants to compete, it will have to do what Universal did and make a deal with a popular gaming company. When Fantastic Worlds opens in Orlando, how do you respond to that if you’re Disney?” “But the thing is, what worries Disney is this generation of gamers who now have kids that they themselves game with. “I will tell you flat out that the Nintendo park worries Disney, because they just don’t have - you can respond to a Harry Potter with a Star Wars,” theme park journalist Jim Hill told GamesBeat last year as we were researching a story on the Millennium Falcon ride that opened with the new Star Wars land, Galaxy’s Edge. Disney has long suffered in its attempts to enter the gaming market and doesn’t have anything that it could easily use to counter Nintendo. Video games have become a cross-generational hobby, and characters like Mario are as beloved as any cartoon or film character. Disney has so far countered Harry Potter with new lands based on Avatar, Toy Story, and Star Wars.īut Universal may have found an IP coup with Nintendo. These are theme parks within a theme park. Now an IP is used to create a comprehensive land of connected rides, shops, and dining. Both used to more often use a franchise as the inspiration for a single ride. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter changed how both companies approach theme park expansions. Universal was always a distant second, but its introduction of Harry Potter-themed offerings in 2010 helped close the gap. Universal is in an IP war with Disney, its chief competitor in the theme park market. Moving it to the new park and its untouched land allows for a larger plan. Like in Japan and Hollywood, it would have just created a smaller-scale Super Nintendo World inside the original theme park, Universal Studios Orlando. Universal’s original plans for Nintendo in Orlando were much smaller. These represent the ride vehicles for the family-friendly Yoshi attraction. You can also see a parade of Yoshi characters marching along the hills of the land. The diorama includes Bowser’s Castle, which will serve as the entrance for the Mario Kart ride.
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We have asked Universal if these models are real and will update this story if it responds. The Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast posted pictures of a supposed model for Super Nintendo World earlier this month. “The Nintendo area is expected to be the most important for the new park, and I expect it will be utilized heavily in marketing going forward,” Stella noted. She believes that Super Nintendo World will be the cornerstone of Universal’s Orlando expansion. Her research includes the discovery of the trademark filings for both Fantastic Worlds and Epic Universe.
Stella and her site have been at the head of many of the rumors and leaks concerning Universal’s new park. “It’s strongly believed that the brand new theme park will open with Super Nintendo World, including the Mario Kart ride, Yoshi’s Adventure family ride, and Donkey Kong’s Mine Cart Madness roller coaster,” Alicia Stella of Orlando ParkStop told GamesBeat. However, while those versions will have one or two Nintendo attractions, the Super Nintendo World in the new Orlando theme park could be the biggest of them all and host three rides.
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