It's possible that the park's opening in Osaka will be delayed as well even though no official announcements have been made. Universal Studios Japan's version of Super Nintendo Land was intended to launch alongside the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but they have been delayed due to the pandemic. If the map leaked is accurate, the Nintendo Land area will be located immediately after the studio’s main gate, putting it front and center, well, left really, of the entire park.Outside the Yoshi and Mario Kart rides that have been previously confirmed, no other rides have been announced. It is obviously a grab for more ticket sales, as that year will see droves of tourists from all over the world.
The theme park is scheduled to open in 2020, right around the time Japan will host the Olympics. Media claim it will be a “Mario Area”, which wouldn’t be a bad choice for a more universally known character. If so, Universal and Nintendo better take extra care to wisely choose which one. That is definitely an ambitious goal, though it is unknown whether that means the area will focus on a single Nintendo property only.
The Wizarding World land has achieved world-renown, especially with the Forbidden Journey ride. No further details have been leaked yet, other than it might be another Harry Potter land in terms of scale. That’s no small amount definitely, which is all the more reason for Nintendo not to directly finance the project, considering how much financial trouble it already has. According to sources, Universal will be footing the bill, to the tune of 400 billion yen, roughly $352 million. It shouldn’t be that much of a surprise, however, that Universal would choose Nintendo’s own homeland, considering it would most likely profit more from fans there than anywhere else.įor Nintendo faithful who might be a bit worried that this would unduly tax and distract the gaming company, fret not.
Last year, Nintendo granted Universal the rights to some of its properties to be used in theme parks, so it was really only a matter of “when” and “where”, not “if”.
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