▼ Hats, gloves, glasses, fake mustaches, and a full-on Mario hoodie are among the offerings.Īs for Peach’s Castle, it looks like it might just be a very stylish entryway that connects Super Nintendo World with the rest of Universal Studios Japan. Moving on to the 1-Up Factory, this is Super Nintendo World’s souvenir shop, but it promises the same level of polished visual design with conveyor belts, giant gears, and other cartoon-industrial touches. Sure enough, that’s a key ingredient/motif at the eatery, where the menu includes the Mario Burger with bacon, cheese, and mushrooms, Piranha Plant Caprese with sliced mushrooms, Super Mushroom Pizza Bowl with mushroom tomato sauce, and Question Mark Block Tiramisu. Kinopio’s name is a play on words with kinoko, the Japanese word for mushroom. While the naming might be a little confusing for foreign fans, in this case it makes a lot of sense. If you’re wondering who this Kinopio guy running the cafe is, that’s the Japanese name for the character known as Toad. The rideable attractions Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge and Yoshi’s Adventure are contained within Koopa’s Castle and Mount Beanpole, respectively, but we can’t help wondering if they might have a few other surprises waiting for us ( that gate between the castle and mountain marked “Mario Motors” is particularly intriguing).Īs for the Piranha Plan and Koopa Troopa locations, they’re both part of the integrative Key Challenge activity, which works with the Power Up Band wristband that visitors can purchase to enhance their experience at Super Nintendo World. 3.Ĭlockwise from the top left, the markings are: ▼ Easily the most exciting Nintendo map since the designers added one between stages of Super Mario Bros. There’s also an annotated version that points out the specific spots of interest within Super Nintendo World. Granted, from the moment it became known that the Kyoto-based video game maker and Osaka theme park were forming a creative partnership fans have wanted to see the results ASAP, but anticipation has been building for five years and counting now.īut we can finally see the light at the end of the warp pipe, as February 4 is opening day for the new Nintendo area, and to help all of us fantasize more accurately during the final weeks of waiting, USJ has released the finalized map of its real-world Mushroom Kingdom.
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It’s been a long, long wait for the opening of Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World expansion. At Key Challenge attractions, guests can collect keys, gather character stamps and more using their entire bodies in dynamic activities throughout the land.Ĭonstruction has already begun on the Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood, but no opening date has been announced.Plot your course and meal at the first-ever Super Mario-themed amusement park zone. Guests can purchase a Power-Up Band in the land and sync it to their smartphones to keep track of their score and compete with other park guests. It also provides guests with an all-new type of “Asobi” play experience where they will jump, punch ? Blocks and collect virtual coins. It will feature Mario Kart and Yoshi-themed rides and attractions, as well as restaurants, shops and other experiences. The theme park says that Peach’s Castle and Bowser’s Castle tower over the area! The highly themed and immersive land will open at Universal Studios Japan on February 4, 2021. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario Bros., presented a video preview of Super Nintendo World and you can watch it below.
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Super Nintendo World will be opening at Universal Studios Japan very soon and a new look at the theme park was just unveiled!