Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[JungleSkip]

Ahhhh gotcha. Yeah I wish Diagon had one more ride but I can still walk around there for awhile.

This is a discussion for another thread, but I think there should have been an indoor flat ride themed to the Weasley Twins in the land, but even then the shows are all pretty great in Diagon.

 

[Viator]

Personally curious, would it be possible that we may see a second entrance for Nintendo, like over where the backstage entrance next to Simpsons is? Just curious, that's all.

 

[JungleSkip]

Personally curious, would it be possible that we may see a second entrance for Nintendo, like over where the backstage entrance next to Simpsons is? Just curious, that's all.

I'd say it's possible, but I doubt it.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

but even then the shows are all pretty great in Diagon.

(Couldn't pass this comment up anyway :topic

 

[Thisguynamedlee]

I didn't mean to say it as if diagon doesn't not have a lot to do but I think Nintendo should deserve even more interactive elements and views to see and yes also more than one ride , it's so much you could do with this one the possibilities are literally unlimited

 

[chocotaco]

Amazing to see 20 years later, Pokemon still going strong. They recently announced their 2015 results for retail sales of $2.1 Billion, putting them 29th of top global licencors. Incredible for just a single franchise that is now 20 years old. They've actually grown YOY, in 2014 they had revenues of $2 Billion, and 2013 $1.5 Billion.

Source: http://images2.advanstar.com/PixelMags/license-global/pdf/2016-05-top150.pdf

Disney came in at #1 with $52.5 Billion. Dreamworks was 18 with $3.3 Billion

 

[fryoj]

Yeah, I think Nintendo will definitely need more than Diagon to do for the toddler crowd if nothing else. A lot of the intricacies of Diagon are lost on kids. Nintendo will need more kinetic energy type rides and activities.

 

[UNIrd]

Amazing to see 20 years later, Pokemon still going strong. They recently announced their 2015 results for retail sales of $2.1 Billion, putting them 29th of top global licencors. Incredible for just a single franchise that is now 20 years old. They've actually grown YOY, in 2014 they had revenues of $2 Billion, and 2013 $1.5 Billion.

Source: http://images2.advanstar.com/PixelMags/license-global/pdf/2016-05-top150.pdf

Disney came in at #1 with $52.5 Billion. Dreamworks was 18 with $3.3 Billion

Interesting. Thanks for posting. While Disney is #1, Universal has a lot of licensees in the top 20 in its parks, including now Sanrio.

 

[martymcflyy85]

With the rumor being Mario Kart and Donkey Kong for the 2 main rides, do we know what is being said about which IP's will be used for the other smaller rides? Toad? Yoshi? Luigi?

 

[JungleSkip]

With the rumor being Mario Kart and Donkey Kong for the 2 main rides, do we know what is being said about which IP's will be used for the other smaller rides? Toad? Yoshi? Luigi?

There are more than 2 "main" rides now, seemingly.

 

[quinnmac000]

Mario Kart, Donkey Kong, and the only other Mario thing that would work as theme park attraction is Mario Party so I'm gonna guess that is it. I do know Nintendo staff said that if anyone wanted tv/film rights to their stuff it would have to be interactive with the audience so I'm guessing the same thing for the attractions.

 

[JungleSkip]

It's not Mario Party.

 

[Mike S]

It's not Mario Party.

Please, please, please Luigi's Mansion ray:

 

[JungleSkip]

Please, please, please Luigi's Mansion ray:

It's not that either.

 

[martymcflyy85]

or Mario Galaxy

 

[quinnmac000]

Watch it be Captain Toad.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Something Bowser related?

 

[Nico]

Wow! Three headliners. Does this mean we traded in a a c or d for another e?

If it took time to redevelop, maybe we have a Civil War/Spider-Man situation. UC could have had a plan that included Pokemon, but they weren't sure if they could get the rights. Maybe they locked it down?

 

[JungleSkip]

Wow! Three headliners. Does this mean we traded in a a c or d for another e?

Don't get too excited. By "main" attractions I mean anything bigger than a flat ride/street show/interactive thing.

I'd say there's still only one E (Mario Kart), a D, and a C+ or a D, depending on the final product. I've been told by a few people there's another E there too, but I honestly don't buy that. We'll see.

 

[Teebin]

Japan is getting two e-tickets. I have never been able to confirm the final decision for Orlando which makes me sad.