Nintendo Moves Forward with Theme Park Expansion into the US
Nintendo’s plan for IRL dominance is undeterred by the virus
A brand new Nintendo Direct has been released, finally giving us a proper look at the brand new Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan. But more exciting than that is the confirmation that the park will expand to Orlando in 2023 and LA after that.
But after seeing how the park will look in Japan, I can only hope that their US plans will improve on the original design.
During the direct, we were given a tour of the completed park by Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. He began the direct by escorting us through the accurately recreated warp tunnel exactly as it appears in every Super Mario game.
His first joke was also the most revealing of how we can expect the park to actually look when it opens; packed to the brink with people.
Miyamoto joked that if they’d done more to beautify the tunnel, it would have become an attraction in its own right, which they definitely don’t want.
Since this is the only way to enter Super Nintendo World, it makes sense that they don’t want people filling it and standing still.
