It wasn't Nintendo who demanded "more".
Thank D23.
Thank D23.
Universal also in original plans gave Kirby a larger area than Pokemon yet now it seems Pokenon was going to get a much larger area with kirby cut...I'm basing that argument based on Nintendo execs saying why they partnered with Universal. Looking even at the smartphone game releases it shows they really want even distribution of their in house IPs
A smartphone game and a ride in a world class theme park are not even close to being the same. Just because Nintendo releases games for everything they own does not mean that Universal will give it a ride. It makes no financial sense for Universal to spend millions of dollars on minor IP's that will never make the money back. If you really think that all, or even a majority, of Nintendo's IP's will get rides, I really don't know that theres anything else to discuss.
It wasn't Nintendo who demanded "more".
Thank D23.
Yes, but it seems as 1.0 has been shoved back to align with 1.5 resulting in just a bigger 1.0 with a year delay.Hence 1.5?
Yes, but it seems as 1.0 has been shoved back to align with 1.5 resulting in just a bigger 1.0 with a year delay.
So wait, Orlando could be the last to get the first initial batch of Nintendo?
It will be the biggest though...
Ahh. If true, it sounds like a similar scenario to how Disney changed plans/upgrade on Star Wars Land after they saw how Diagon/London/Gringotts/HE turned out. Now it's Universal wanting to upstage Disney. This extreme competition is really good for us theme park fans....I'm in no hurry on this anyway. Quality wins out for me.It wasn't Nintendo who demanded "more".
Thank D23.
This is why a new theme park would be the best business solution. Rather than closing many attractions at the same time, they can build a brand- new theme park around gaming. Nintendo would be the key to get people over to the Lockheed Martin site that Universal recently purchased.I feel like Super Nintendo World getting 20 acres right off the bat seems a bit... ridiculous, even for a property like Nintendo. In this theoretical situation where we DO lose MIB, E.T., and KidZone, all around the same time, all for Nintendo, that's a closure of two lands, three rides, and several shows/playgrounds. It'd be an absolute ops nightmare, even if it's after MOM and SLOP are open. Two of those rides are fairly high rated and popular attractions that utilize physical sets, which Uni KNOWS is something the park is still pretty dry on. And then after that, that's the construction of at LEAST five rides, all at once, including Mario Kart, Yoshi, and DK in the original KidZone plot, at least one ride where E.T. is, and at least one where MIB is. And whatever is replacing E.T. and MIB would need to be at LEAST d-tickets, if not much more, to justify replacing these attractions.
So if they were to do this, they'd need to be building a 20-acre multi-level immersive land, five attractions all in the E-D ticket range, all at once, co-currently with other potential major projects that are still in the works such as the LC replacement and the South Property. Honestly? The whole thing just doesn't add up. I think, at most, E.T. will close sooner than we expect for more Mario right off the bat, or MIB will close for Pokemon right off the bat. But it won't be both at the same time. At most, I'd expect one closure to be for "Phase 1.25," and one for an actual "Phase 2" a bit later down the line.
This is why a new theme park would be the best business solution. Rather than closing many attractions at the same time, they can build a brand- new theme park around gaming. Nintendo would be the key to get people over to the Lockheed Martin site that Universal recently purchased.
If they want more, they do more.
They're never going to build a whole park around video games. Nintendo is the only viable game property for a theme park, and they're not giving it a whole park
I'd Much rather have Nut Job than SLOP. But thats me.I'd argue there are a few other franchises that could get the theme park ride/land treatment. SLOP is by no means a pop culture phenomena and we're apparently getting that. There are large fanbases in several video game franchises that span generations and are highly recognizable.
Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Mortal Kombat, Ratchet And Clank, Spyro, Uncharted, Halo... A few others.
I'd argue there are a few other franchises that could get the theme park ride/land treatment. SLOP is by no means a pop culture phenomena and we're apparently getting that. There are large fanbases in several video game franchises that span generations and are highly recognizable.
Sonic the Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, Mortal Kombat, Ratchet And Clank, Spyro, Uncharted, Halo... A few others.
So 2022 now?Yes, but it seems as 1.0 has been shoved back to align with 1.5 resulting in just a bigger 1.0 with a year delay.
I eagerly anticipate the Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem ride Universal HAS to build.Some of the IP's that get thrown around here as ideas for rides and lands......