Super Nintendo World Japan had a soft-opening, and the Universal Parks News Today Youtube channel is posting tons of first impression videos!
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Super Nintendo World Soft-Opening | New video impressions of the park inside
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Same, this make the wait unbearable. Kind of sad I couldn't go in sight unseen and be completely blown away.
Pandemic aside, this feels like the kind of thing that needs a good wait to enjoy the most. I was at Universal Studios Osaka the summer that the Harry Potter area opened (maybe a month after?) and it was crazy. It was genuinly a 3 hour wait for the ride at the castle. Nope!
I look forward to looking into this in a few years lol
My bad! Editing OP to reflect, looks like this is all from a soft open.
Going to be a busy month in Japan with the olympics and the new theme park. Hopefully Covid is under control by then!!!
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Mario Kart ride looks... iffy. The leaked footage made me very worried it would be another screen ride but it seems to have a ton more physical props so that's a relief. The issue is how slow it seems though and seems really reliant on the AR experience. Guess you really have to ride it to get an impression.
If I went into those shops with my son, he would pick out thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. To be fair, I probably would too.
Ah, that Yoshi ride looks like a fun little jaunt for kids. I was expecting a little more inside the building stuff... but it looks fun.
I am going to skip the Mario ride through :) I want to be surprised when it comes to Orlando finally
I am going to skip the Mario ride through :) I want to be surprised when it comes to Orlando finally
kind of dissapointed in the mario kart ride, it's not what id expect, i understand wanting to make it somewhat interactive but that looks kind of boring and i'd imagine kind of takes away from the best thing about the ride and taking in the scenery. wished it was a pure ride like Radiator Springs Racers or Indy.
that said, the land looks beautiful as all heck, cant wait until it comes to hollywood
that said, the land looks beautiful as all heck, cant wait until it comes to hollywood
Yeah, I was expecting/hoping for go karts with AR for the items. I'm not really sure what's going on in what they're actually doing
The tech in the Mario Kart ride is neat, but I feel like if you sit behind anyone, it's going to take you out of the experience when you can see their heads behind the AR characters :/
There's tons of slow moving rides like this at Disney like Small World, Little Mermaid, Haunted Mansion, etc. It's not really a "ride" but just a thing to sit in and look at things.
There's tons of slow moving rides like this at Disney like Small World, Little Mermaid, Haunted Mansion, etc. It's not really a "ride" but just a thing to sit in and look at things.
1000% this. I appreciate UPNT having the videos up but they didn't film the AR very well.
Hmm Mario Kart looks disappointing. I get that it doesn't come across well on video, but I'm also hearing reviews from people there that it is also kind of disappointing. It looks like the land itself is what makes it great. It looks so full of life and there are games all over the place.
... when this comes to the US people are going to steal those aren't they
Kinda underwhelming. I was hoping the Yoshi ride would be more Yoshi's Island. Instead it's mostly cruising around outside in NSMB/3D World. Love the wait line for it and the brief bit inside though, those parts tickled my nostalgia so hard my eyes watered.
Mario Kart is hard to gauge but it felt like the karts were barely moving.
Mario Kart is hard to gauge but it felt like the karts were barely moving.
The had the opportunity to make a Mario Kart ride, and the best they could come up with was some AR-driven ripoff of Men-In-Black Alien Attack. Even a motion-simulator would have been more interesting than this slow, languid cruise through some hallways. Looks about as fast as It's A Small World.
Hopefully I've just gotten some outliers than. I've been looking forward to it.
The actual movement of the ride vehicle in Mario Kart is slow, but at the same time the ride is absolutely bombarding you with characters and enemies and hazards (the AR lightning in Cloudtop Cruise is a great touch for example). In that sense it's much crazier than something like Men in Black. Actually I can't really think of a dark ride that throws this much "stuff" at you in such quick succession, regardless of vehicle speed.
Well put.
Can't wait to see how the unlockable 200cc mode plays that you get for completing all of the challenges scattered around the kingdom though. (/s)
imo, the rides look rather disappointing. Yoshi moves at a snail pace, which is great for looking at the life size figures and animatronics, but aside from a good view of the park its pretty dull and boring, that little bit of indoor section is lame.
The Mario Kart ride is also way slower than I wanted it to be. Not sure i like how they turned it into a shooter like Men in Black.
The Mario Kart ride is also way slower than I wanted it to be. Not sure i like how they turned it into a shooter like Men in Black.
It's a soft opening, they're typically smaller in scale to get some people in (by invite) and see how everything works.
I didn't expect the Mario Kart ride to be a shell-tossing Toy Story Midway Mania scoring type of ride. I thought it would've been more like an AR thrill ride like Harry Potter's Escape from Gringotts. It's so slow but the AR at least makes it look chaotic. Gorgeous practical sets though all around for the attractions. The line queues are especially charming.
The Bowser Jr game is cool.
They should release that as a standalone game if possible.
But base it around the Koopalings to make it financially successful.
They should release that as a standalone game if possible.
But base it around the Koopalings to make it financially successful.
hard to judge the MK ride given its a mix of set pieces with AR, you miss out on vehicle/environmental effects you can only experience in person. the set design is amazing, it looks fun.
the park looks like a joy to walk around, im really curious to see it at night with the full lighting effect on display.
the park looks like a joy to walk around, im really curious to see it at night with the full lighting effect on display.