Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[Ashhanbre]

I don't believe those patents are intended for MK at all... Perhaps they are ideas for keeping on the shelf or for a definite upcoming project. Hmm...

Good. I don't want VR ruining my Nintendo land.

 

[Teebin]

Details released on Nintendo World at Universal Studios in Orlando | WFTV

Hmmmm... AR goggles, doesn't sound correct.

Um, actually, this is correct last I heard. How they execute, whether goggles or shield etc. remains to be seen. I still think that it is a very tall order for UC.

On the other note, I was referring to the patent drawings with opposite facing seats not being for MK... unless thing have drastically changed.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Maybe I didn't read it clearly enough - but guests back to back using some device to interact with ride scenery - that's Toy Story Mania, no?

I'm not sure how this concept is unique enough without specific details to not simply be Toy Story Mania reprogrammed and tweaked a little.

 

[JungleSkip]

Um, actually, this is correct last I heard. How they execute, whether goggles or shield etc. remains to be seen. I still think that it is a very tall order for UC.

On the other note, I was referring to the patent drawings with opposite facing seats not being for MK... unless thing have drastically changed.

Yea, I always figured there would be an AR windshield of some sort. Only conceivable way that things like bananas and shells could work

 

[illumination]

"E.T. will stay, but Woody Woodpecker and Barney will be torn down.

In its place, Channel 9 has confirmed a Mario Kart ride will be coming to Orlando. It will be a moving track ride where guests wear augmented reality glasses to feel like they're moving through a video game.

“It will not be a basic car ride. Whether it's augmented reality or some kind of scoring thing in the real world. There will be a score element, race element to it and that is what's going to make the ride re-rideable,” said Rick Munarriz with The Motely Fool."

Not excited about augmented reality unless it's the clear glasses you can see through that just add graphics onto the real physical sets. No VR though. I'm surprised it's track based, I would have expected trackless carts that dispatch in groups of 8 and are programmed to give a close race with a randomly selected winner. More excited about seeing the iconic courses built as physical sets than I am about playing a video game and keeping score.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

"Augmented reality glasses" is what people say when they have no idea how the technology works.

 

[illumination]

"Augmented reality glasses" is what people say when they have no idea how the technology works.

Maybe it's really just 3d glasses?

 

[Latveria]

Maybe it's really just 3d glasses?

What channel 9 meant to say was SCREENZZZ

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Maybe it's really just 3d glasses?

No, but there's no technology right now that replicates what reports are suggesting. Even something like Hololens isn't "glasses" but a complex rig.

What channel 9 meant to say was SCREENZZZ

Please stop trolling.

 

[Latveria]

I'll eat a bucket of sand if there aren't screens or 3D used on MK. It's not trolling it's just what the company relies on now when opening new attractions. I mean does the track history at UC recently suggest anything different?

 

[Alicia]

I'll eat a bucket of sand if there aren't screens or 3D used on MK. It's not trolling it's just what the company relies on now when opening new attractions. I mean does the track history at UC recently suggest anything different?

From the patents it sounds like screens or brightly lit LED walls will be used to create cartoony backdrops for sky, clouds, horizon vistas, and extended backgrounds (finally.) I can see screens working if only to make the backgrounds POP with color and vibrancy... But I don't want to see any of the action taking place on screens, just set extensions.

 

[JungleSkip]

What channel 9 meant to say was SCREENZZZ

Nope, and welcome to mute town.

Honestly it's like some people want to live miserably

 

[JungleSkip]

Maybe it's really just 3d glasses?

It's not a 3D attraction

 

[Scott W.]

From the patents it sounds like screens or brightly lit LED walls will be used to create cartoony backdrops for sky, clouds, horizon vistas, and extended backgrounds (finally.) I can see screens working if only to make the backgrounds POP with color and vibrancy... But I don't want to see any of the action taking place on screens, just set extensions.

That's what I'm hoping too, everything I've heard about this land is that it's going to be mostly practical and I really don't see any reason why most of it shouldn't be. Maybe a screen on board your car similar to BTTF.

 

[Imperius]

Maybe I didn't read it clearly enough - but guests back to back using some device to interact with ride scenery - that's Toy Story Mania, no?

I'm not sure how this concept is unique enough without specific details to not simply be Toy Story Mania reprogrammed and tweaked a little.

Not really sure how these two would be any way close to being the same.

 

[pat_naughty05]

Maybe I didn't read it clearly enough - but guests back to back using some device to interact with ride scenery - that's Toy Story Mania, no?

I'm not sure how this concept is unique enough without specific details to not simply be Toy Story Mania reprogrammed and tweaked a little.

If that is how it works with riders being seated back to back in a vehicle, then it would be reminiscent of Mario Kart Double Dash. The player facing forward would be driving and the player facing backwards would be responsible for shooting projectiles and other items. They would be an active team, as opposed to Midway Mania where you're really not even aware of the people seated behind you.

 

[Skring33]

Does anyone know if this is real?
http://www.news965.com/news/local/l...and-universal-orlando/X0vWtX5fdxrq7qWeL7SaEL/

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Does anyone know if this is real?
Leaked map claims to show ‘Nintendo Land’ at Universal Orlando | Where Orlando Turns First For Breaking News, Weather, and Traffic

The image shown was apart of the original pitch given to Nintendo back in the past.

It is real, but it has changed heavily.

 

[JungleSkip]

Does anyone know if this is real?
Leaked map claims to show ‘Nintendo Land’ at Universal Orlando | Where Orlando Turns First For Breaking News, Weather, and Traffic

It was real at one time, but has changed since

 

[Skring33]

Awesome, Thanks guys!