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Super Nintendo World Japan's Donkey Kong Country area opens this spring
Super Nintendo World Japan's Donkey Kong Country area is set to open this spring. The main attraction is a mine cart rollercoaster named after a level in the 1994 SNES classic, Donkey Kong Country.
Apple bought the AR company behind the lenses in Nintendo’s ‘Mario Kart’ ride
Apple has reportedly bought AR startup Mira. The Los Angeles-based company made the lens tech in the AR headsets for Super Nintendo World’s Mario Kart ride and has contracts with the US Air Force and Navy. You may also remember the Mira Prism, the company’s smartphone-based AR headset that Engadget tried in 2017. Of course, Apple finally revealed its long-rumored AR headset, the Vision Pro, at its WWDC 2023 keynote on Monday.
Super Nintendo World will open its US doors on February 17th
The Mario-themed attraction opens in Universal Studios Hollywood in time for the animated Mario movie.
First Super Nintendo World theme park in the US will open in 2023
The theme park is slated to open in Universal Studios Hollywood.
Super Nintendo World Japan confirms Donkey Kong expansion for 2024
Nintendo has confirmed that it will expand its Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan with a new Donkey Kong section.
Super Nintendo World will open March 18th with strong COVID-19 measures
After the planned February 4th launch was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Nintendo World will open on March 18th.
Orlando’s Super Nintendo World reportedly won't open until 2025
After a pandemic-related construction delay, Universal’s Epic Universe park in Orlando will miss its originally planned 2023 opening date.
Watch this 20-minute tour of the Mario Kart ride at Super Nintendo World
You can check out almost the entire park on YouTube.
Super Nintendo World opening delayed again due to COVID-19
Super Nintendo World won't open on February 4th as scheduled, as Japan declared a state of emergency in Osaka to fight a rising tide of COVID-19 infections.
Shigeru Miyamoto gives a tour of the Super Nintendo World theme park
The promise of Super Nintendo World is especially tantalizing in a world where the pandemic is cutting into travel options, but now we’ve had a chance to experience the Universal Studios park without going to Japan or waiting for its doors to open in the spring.
Nintendo Direct will show off Super Nintendo World on Friday
A special Nintendo Direct will take viewers inside the Super Nintendo World theme park ahead of its opening next spring.
Super Nintendo World will open its doors in Japan next spring
Nintendo’s theme park was already supposed to be open ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics, but like the games themselves, that plan was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Super Nintendo World is set to open in the spring of 2021, again just before the re-scheduled Olympics, the gaming company has announced.
Super Nintendo World theme park opening delayed due to COVID-19
Universal has indefinitely delayed the debut of its Super Nintendo World theme park section due to the pandemic.
Super Nintendo World won't open in Orlando until at least 2023
The first Super Nintendo World theme park attraction is set to open at Universal Studios Japan this summer. There have long been plans to open up similar areas at Universal Studios locations in Hollywood and Orlando, but you'll have to wait a while longer to explore the Mario-themed attractions stateside.
Engadget Podcast: Super Nintendo World, here we go!
This week, Devindra, Cherlynn and Senior Editor Nick Summers take a relaxing break from the madness of CES by diving into some of this week's news, like the trailer for Japan's Super Nintendo World park. They also question the wisdom of Sony abandoning E3 (yet again), and welcome Microsoft's new Chromium-infused Edge browser. Listen below, or subscribe on your podcast app of choice. If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email us or drop a note in the comments! And be sure to check out our other podcasts, the Morning After and Engadget News! Subscribe! iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Play Music Links Introducing Super Nintendo World Sony ditches E3 again The new Chromium Edge browser is here Jack Dorsey says Twitter probably won't ever get an edit button 2020 will bring new ways to upgrade your hearing Credits Hosts: Devindra Hardawar and Cherlynn Low Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North & Terrence O'Brien
Super Nintendo World theme park is a 'life-size, living video game'
As promised, Universal Studios Japan is on track to open its Super Nintendo World park this summer ahead of the Olympic Games. Now it's teasing the new area with a mostly-CG music video and song made by Galantis with Charlie XCX. If you were hoping for a glimpse inside the new area or some idea of what rides are in store, you won't see them. Instead there's a dance sequence and some dreamy segments showing how players go from hanging out at home with their Switch to enjoying an in-real-life experience. However, on a website that launched along with the video, it did mention the real-life Mario Kart experience we'd heard about, and says that families will be able to travel the park on Yoshi's back. Also, there's a "power up band" teased that appears to be your wearable park pass, while you traverse the world and encounter Mario-style blocks in real life. Bloomberg reports, based on a briefing with Universal Studios Japan CEO J.L. Bonnier, that the wearable and a smartphone app will allow visitors to battle bosses and collect coins. As it says at the end of the video, "Play in real world this summer." Update: On Twitter Bloomberg reporter Kurumi Mori has posted more images and information from a briefing event. There, Universal Studios Japan showed the Power Up Band that will track visitors progress in its "life-size, living video game," as well as a mention that future parks will come to Hollywood, Orlando and Singapore.
$350 million Nintendo land coming to Universal Japan's park
When Nintendo announced it was granting Universal Studios the rights to some of its properties for theme park rides, it was anyone's guess where they'd show up first. Now we know that they'll debut in the gaming juggernaut's back yard: Japan. Regional news outlet Sankei (Japanese) reports that the attraction is scheduled for completion by 2020, the year Tokyo is slated to host the Olympics.
