Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[Legacy]

Clint said the plans include 48 new toilets, so I'm guessing it's needed for them. The existing KidZone bathrooms by SpongeBob probably aren't sufficient

Mario Kart must be amazing if it's going to need that many new toilets.

 

[Andysol]

I love how, on this theme park forum, we all get excited about poop management...

No doubt. It’s the only thing I’m an expert about- so I saw “lift station” and my interests certainly perked.

Had my guidance counselor told me my future career would be wastewater, I might have punched them in the face.

 

[JungleSkip]

Mario Kart must be amazing if it's going to need that many new toilets.

It's because of all the mushrooms. You don't wanna know what they do to your tract

 

[johnnyslimane]

Had my guidance counselor told me my future career would be wastewater, I might have punched them in the face.

Hey now, what is wrong with being a wastewater expert? What kind of work do you think the Mario Bros. family business did?

 

[jrn14]

I'm having flashbacks to when they were building the Tangled toilets at MK and the internets reaction

 

[Alicia]

Didn’t I tell you all about the Super Mario Bros toilet plumbing adventure interactive dark ride? 48 RVs so you know it’ll have good output.

 

[Bobharlem]

Sewer Permits or Warp Pipe permits?

 

[fryoj]

Mario Kart must be amazing if it's going to need that many new toilets.

Motion Sickness disaster confirmed.

 

[darkridelover]

Hey now, what is wrong with being a wastewater expert? What kind of work do you think the Mario Bros. family business did?

Now that I think about it, I will be disappointed if every toilet isn't green warp pipe themed.

 

[Alicia]

Now that I think about it, I will be disappointed if every toilet isn't green warp pipe themed.

I’d be afraid of the piranha plant.

 

[Legacy]

Motion Sickness disaster confirmed.

Hey... if the intensity rating is over 7.50, there needs to be a toilet near the exit.

 

[fryoj]

Hey... if the intensity rating is over 7.50, there needs to be a toilet near the exit.

Mario Kart 1 is too intense for me.

 

[UK-Trigg]

I love how, on this theme park forum, we all get excited about poop management...

Im still smiling at turd pump, so eloquently put by @JoeCamel

 

[KevyB]

I don't know exactly but the idea that UC didn't know how popular Nintendo would be after announcement or after they break ground in USJ is INSANE.

They had ZERO clue it would be this popular. Just as they had ZERO clue a Harry Potter land would create lines out the front gate. To assume anyone KNOWS how much traction something will garner is what's INSANE here.

You need proof? Look at the original plans for this land. It had everything: Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Pokemon. Oops, now HALF of that lineup is missing! Clearly when this idea was being fleshed out they had never once thought about putting Nintendo into multiple parks. Which is pretty much the definition of them NOT KNOWING HOW POPULAR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE.

Honestly...

 

[Teebin]

Ok? :saywhat:

 

[DK745]

They had ZERO clue it would be this popular. Just as they had ZERO clue a Harry Potter land would create lines out the front gate. To assume anyone KNOWS how much traction something will garner is what's INSANE here.

You need proof? Look at the original plans for this land. It had everything: Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Pokemon. Oops, now HALF of that lineup is missing! Clearly when this idea was being fleshed out they had never once thought about putting Nintendo into multiple parks. Which is pretty much the definition of them NOT KNOWING HOW POPULAR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE.

Honestly...

Wasn't that just a pitch though? Something to win Nintendo over, not necessarily final plans.

 

[AlexanderMBush]

They had ZERO clue it would be this popular. Just as they had ZERO clue a Harry Potter land would create lines out the front gate. To assume anyone KNOWS how much traction something will garner is what's INSANE here.

You need proof? Look at the original plans for this land. It had everything: Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Pokemon. Oops, now HALF of that lineup is missing! Clearly when this idea was being fleshed out they had never once thought about putting Nintendo into multiple parks. Which is pretty much the definition of them NOT KNOWING HOW POPULAR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE.

Honestly...

UC put all it's egg's in a basket in the original pitch, to show Nintendo with confidence that they could be able to not only put a huge amount of effort in Nintendo, but that they want to diversify.

Mario Kart and Donkey Kong have been seeming to be locked in for the first batch of Nintendo at UOR for a long while, and there are patents to prove it. But that IP's like Zelda/Pokemon have more potential in spin-off lands that can offer variety for the resort in general.

Nintendo, is Universal's next Harry Potter, hell; on a bigger scale, when you consider the huge success of Nintendo this year in general. And that Universal is taking the right call, and not having everything in one land or one park.

And to be honest, if you place an entire theme park on Nintendo, it will alienate the audience's Universal want's to achieve.

 

[JungleSkip]

They had ZERO clue it would be this popular. Just as they had ZERO clue a Harry Potter land would create lines out the front gate. To assume anyone KNOWS how much traction something will garner is what's INSANE here.

You need proof? Look at the original plans for this land. It had everything: Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Pokemon. Oops, now HALF of that lineup is missing! Clearly when this idea was being fleshed out they had never once thought about putting Nintendo into multiple parks. Which is pretty much the definition of them NOT KNOWING HOW POPULAR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD BE.

Honestly...

“The original plans” were never the original plans. They were a pitch. That’s your first misunderstanding

 

[KevyB]

Is he at least right with the placements?

Not necessarily. It was a demonstration of the thought process that was based on various rumors. Last I heard, Toon Lagoon was still up in the air but DreamWorks is the frontrunner in this exact moment in time. (It's had every IP on the planet attached to it at some point so who knows what the final one will be, but DWA makes the most sense as they can theme the rides to different movies and plop a character show into the theater. They NEED to get that merch into the shops!) With Toon Lagoon tied up, the only other possible location for a Nintendo franchise in IOA would be Lost Continent. Zelda seems like the obvious choice, as the area is a bit small for something as major as Pokemon (and a bit large for something as not-major as Kirby).

Unlike some, I don't treat every idea crossing the minds of Universal Creative as carved in stone. I've said before: until they break ground ANYTHING CAN CHANGE.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

Not necessarily. It was a demonstration of the thought process that was based on various rumors. Last I heard, Toon Lagoon was still up in the air but DreamWorks is the frontrunner in this exact moment in time. (It's had every IP on the planet attached to it at some point so who knows what the final one will be, but DWA makes the most sense as they can theme the rides to different movies and plop a character show into the theater. They NEED to get that merch into the shops!) With Toon Lagoon tied up, the only other possible location for a Nintendo franchise in IOA would be Lost Continent. Zelda seems like the obvious choice, as the area is a bit small for something as major as Pokemon (and a bit large for something as not-major as Kirby).

Unlike some, I don't treat every idea crossing the minds of Universal Creative as carved in stone. I've said before: until they break ground ANYTHING CAN CHANGE.