Image zoom Credit: Courtesy of Universal Studios Japan
In 2016, Nintendo delighted gaming fans everywhere by announcing its plans to build a theme park called Super Nintendo World around its famous games in Japan. Though the project was hit with delays due to the pandemic, fans are getting a new glimpse of what the soon-to-open theme park will look like.
In early January, Universal Studios Japan shared a new virtual tour of Super Nintendo World, after releasing a finalized map of the park in late December. As
Hypebeast reported, the tour takes guests through the theme park, showing off its colorful rides in motion, just as fans will soon get to see them in real life.
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Happy new year, folks! 2021 hasn’t had the smoothest of starts but if there’s one good thing to look forward to this year, it’s video games.
If you’re in the mood for your next big adventure or you just want to kick off the year with some game hoarding, the Nintendo eShop is the place to be. The festive deals that kicked off in December are still going, but there’s also some brand new games on sale heading into January.
Super Nintendo World Website Provides a Virtual Tour of Universal’s Mario Theme Park Jan 6, 2021 16:35 EST
As we ve reported, the long-promised Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan is set to open in February of this year, and a new website lets you take a virtual tour of sorts of the new Mario-flavored playground. The website lets you click on various Super Nintendo World attractions, including the Mario Kart and Yoshi’s Adventures rides, the Toad-themed restaurant, and more. Overall, the site provides one of the clearest impressions yet of what the Nintendo-themed park will actually be like – check out the website here (don’t worry, it’s in English). The first Japanese Super Nintendo World TV ad has also been released.
The USJ theme park land officially opens to the public on Feb. 4, 2021, but will begin allowing annual passholders who have won a lottery inside
as early as tonight. Don’t expect 4K on-board ride footage of Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge and virtual walk-throughs cast to your TV to watch at home, though videos and photos will not be allowed during the preview and, unlike at American parks, guests historically (and almost universally) comply with the rules.
Since we ll be unable to step inside the land ourselves until later in 2021, here’s a primer on every new and newsworthy detail that just dropped, including how interactive features will put you inside a real-life Nintendo game: