Today is MAR10 day and the House of Mario has some news to share; that of its theme park, Super Nintendo World, coming to the U.S. In a tweet today, the official Universal Studios Hollywood made the announcement:

#SuperNintendoWorld is opening in 2023 at Universal Studios Hollywood! Level up with exclusive merch at the Feature Presentation store, opening soon. pic.twitter.com/4qh0bDACGN

— Universal Studios Hollywood (@UniStudios) March 10, 2022

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Universal Studios Hollywood also mentioned that exclusive merch will launch soon. While not much else is known about the project and the type of entertainment it will offer, the Mario-themed park at Universal Studios Japan opened last year and might give an idea as to what to expect in the U.S.

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[Naster]

Hope to visit it one day!

 

[Lostbhoy]

I wish to reach out to the ninty neo ninjas and say remember the UK buys your shit too.....

 

[WiiHomebrew+Snes]

I am torn between my two greatest callings in life: Being a Floridian, and being a Gamer. Do I leave the east coast behind for a day in paradise, or do I patiently wait for the day when Orlando can hold it’s own world of Nintendo? Only time can tell.

 

[ZeroFX]

Haven't even went to the one in Japan yet.

 

[SG854]

Navi VR experience

 

[hippy dave]

I am torn between my two greatest callings in life: Being a Floridian, and being a Gamer. Do I leave the east coast behind for a day in paradise, or do I patiently wait for the day when Orlando can hold it’s own world of Nintendo? Only time can tell.

Can't you just make your own out of gators and old people?

 

[FAST6191]

Taking bets on how long this will last.

Theme parks is not much of a growth industry and most gimmick ones like this don't tend to last long enough to go through a refresh cycle.

On the other hand if I live to see the rise of the Nintendo equivalent of the Disney parks crazies and people gaming the system then I shall be amused. Choice link for those wanting something of an exploration into that

or those that buy disney themed houses for [small fortune].
Similarly if you thought this gaming/tech lark was a sea of shills, payoffs and wannabe influencers you haven't seen anything yet.

 

[Takokeshi]

SNES World

 

[BraveDragonWolf]

As Super Mario being my all time childhood, and with judgment still happening upon this world...

NAH....

 

[XDel]

I hope to get a handy from peach on the cup ride or what ever the equivalent to the cup ride is at Nintendo World USA.

 

[TheZander]

Great finally all the kids who know mario from his famous mario run game have a theme park to visit

 

[HJHazznar]

This is awesome. My nephew is going to love this. Now we just need a Super Metroid World (one can dream).

 

[hippy dave]

Now we just need a Super Metroid World (one can dream).

Very risky - you know not long after Samus gets there, this World is liable to explode

 

[Teletron1]

The one in Orlando is getting one too I think it will be done either next year or the following

 

[HarveyHouston]

Super "Lame Idea To Have A Theme Park Where It Can Be Mandated By The Most Restrictive State In The US" World! Definitely not going!

 

[kernelPANIC]

Having been to the one in Osaka, if you are on the fence about getting the wrist band (if they use it on the American park as well) I would say it is overall not worth the 35 dollars (3600 yen as of date).

It is just a silly gimmick that you will not use for more than a couple seconds and then move onto the rest of the park. The benefits for using it are just to collect coins/stamps around the Nintendo World area. That´s about it.

There is apparently one ride called Yoshi´s Adventure you can unlock if you do all 4 wristband-related attractions (best one being the Mario Kart ride), but it was broken down the day I attended, and doing all the other rides would imply spending more than half of your day on that small Nintendo World area due to its popularity and the insane large queues.

 

[pustal]

I guess Europe once again is the Super Mario Galaxy 2 of entertainment.

 

[tranceology3]

Taking bets on how long this will last.

Theme parks is not much of a growth industry and most gimmick ones like this don't tend to last long enough to go through a refresh cycle.

On the other hand if I live to see the rise of the Nintendo equivalent of the Disney parks crazies and people gaming the system then I shall be amused. Choice link for those wanting something of an exploration into that

or those that buy disney themed houses for [small fortune].
Similarly if you thought this gaming/tech lark was a sea of shills, payoffs and wannabe influencers you haven't seen anything yet.

I havent looked at the statistics. But I just dont see how it's not a growth industry. Disneyland has constantly expanded. I mean look at the giant Star wars land. They wouldnt have invested in that if it wasnt "growing" also prices are skyrocketing for theme parks. Now i know prices goes a long with inflation, but what I see is they can raise prices much faster cause demand is so high. And then for the fact every time I go, theme parks are always packed to hell, despite them adding more rides and more open space. It was never like this in the 80s/90s. Tickets were very cheap, and it was rare for extremely long wait times. I remember getting on like 90% of the rides as a kid. Now i get to do like 3 major rides, and like 5 dinky attractions in a day.

 

[The Catboy]

Hopefully, people get in before The Big N sends a C&D because I am expecting Nintendo to Nintendo