What with the whole pandemic thing going on, Super Nintendo World has had a rough go of its attempted opening in Japan, and the most recent State of Emergency isn’t helping. It seems delays are being handed out all around with this project, because the …Read more »
The opening of Super Nintendo World, initially set for February 4, was delayed by the global pandemic. However, they have been running preview events and dry rehearsals for six weeks now, asking visitors to hold back sharing anything on social media until February 4. I …Read more »
Japan’s state of emergency response to COVID means that the opening of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan has been postponed (again). But a Mario-themed train that was meant to coincide with the expansion’s opening has chosen to start up its side of the …Read more »
Japan’s recent State of Emergency declaration, which expanded and also includes Osaka and additional areas as of January 13, means that Universal Studios Japan and other parks must abide by the rules. That also means that the planned February 4 opening of Super Nintendo World …Read more »
The opening of Super Nintendo World is still about a month away, but you can take a “virtual trip.” Its website allows you to go around the theme park that looks suspiciously like a video game brought to life. During the virtual tour, you can …Read more »
The Mario Cafe and Store opened at Universal Studios Japan on 16 October 2020, serving Mario-themed food and selling some really cool merch! It’s the world’s first official Mario Cafe. The store’s exterior is on point, with exacting attention to detail with regard to the …Read more »
Super Mario Bros. creator Shigeru Miyamoto has always been at the heart of Nintendo’s legacy as a game developer, so it’s only fitting that he be the first to offer a tour of the Super Nintendo World theme park. It’s quite the spirited tour, too, …Read more »
A sneak peek video of the soon-to-open Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan has been released. The video gives us a glimpse of a world that looks as if it more or less came straight out of a Mario video game, and then shows …Read more »
The Super Nintendo World extension to Universal Studios Japan was meant to open up this year for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, but got postponed because of COVID-19. However, we’ve gotten an update from Universal Studios Japan on the matter, and they say that part …Read more »
Even though its opening has been postponed, Universal Studios Japan’s Super Nintendo World theme park looks like it will definitely be worth the wait. Up to this point we’ve mostly seen either CG mockups or far-away photos of what the park has to offer, but …Read more »
The grand opening of Super Nintendo World, the Nintendo theme park located inside Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, has been delayed. Originally set to open to the public in late July, it has been postponed as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19. A new …Read more »
Let’s a’go! To Osaka, that is. That’s the home of Universal Studios Japan, which will soon be paradise on earth for Nintendo fans. Work on Super Nintendo World, a giant Nintendo-themed addition to the park, got underway today, and USJ shared a short video to …Read more »
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