Super Nintendo World - Hollywood (General Discussion)

[Pacific]

I hate dashing hopes (and I think I said this before) but I think this is the extent of heroes that are getting representation:
Wario & Waluigi (and other side characters like Pauline and Birdo) weren’t in the app datamine back in 2020. And with the characters still MIA, and the likes of Daisy, Rosalina, Toadette s l o w l y getting merch (two of which still lack a power band), I feel like this is the cut off. And heck, unless they resize this down-the-line for Rosalina and Toadette, this updated story image feels “complete”:

We also have to remember these parks have to allocate merch space as well. The heroes plus the villains is already a LOT of merch.

But hey, anything can happen!

 

[Clive]

I think they may expand offerings down the line at some point, just not right now. If there's money to be made on Wario merchandise eventually (and they find space for items by phasing out stuff that doesn't move), I'm sure they'll give it a try sooner or later.

It's worth remembering that outside of Mario Party and Sports titles, Nintendo internally considers Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Wario as distinct properties/IPs/universes that happen to intersect occasionally. They chose to incorporate Mario and Yoshi into the core initial land, with Donkey Kong getting a sub land. Wario exists outside all that with his more modern and cynical WarioWare titles (and the zanier Warioland/Wario World titles, RIP). Birdo is just a niche character to begin with, and I say that as a fan. She also sort of exists on the fringe, being primarily associated with Yoshi but only rarely appearing in Yoshi-fronted titles.

 

[mccgavin]

She also sort of exists on the fringe, being primarily associated with Yoshi but only rarely appearing in Yoshi-fronted titles.

As far as I'm aware, she's never appeared in any Yoshi-centric game that's been released. Her only connection to Yoshi is that she was brought back in Mario Tennis 64 as his doubles partner, and they were a pair in Mario Kart Double Dash. The only game she is significantly associated with is her debut in Super Mario Bros. 2, but she didn't really become prominent until her spin-off appearances, where there was an actual opportunity to develop her character and personality, similarly to Daisy.

 

[bdubsCEO]

We’re getting way way off topic now, but I hope the next 3D Mario that launches with Switch 2 includes characters like Daisy, Wario and Waluigi, Rosalina and maybe even the DK characters and gives them something to do. It’s just now dawning on me that a lot of the fan favorite Mario characters don’t really have fleshed out personalities and almost exclusively appear in spinoffs despite their extreme popularity.

 

[Rideguy70]

Pics of the Toadstool Cafe Holiday desserts

 

[BriefCasey]

Pics of the Toadstool Cafe Holiday desserts

Yes! I got my wish! Can't wait to try it today!

 

[BriefCasey]

Apologies for the double post, but much to my disappointment, they ran out of them by the time I got there at 2:45, was pretty damn disappointing but I wonder if this could have been a new demand issue with how they only recently arrived at the park.

Guess I'll be visiting again sometime but with an earlier reservation. I'm a bit baffled they didn't have enough to meet demand for how it wasn't there at the start of the holiday events.

Coincidentally, there were guest surveyors outside the exit, and I voiced my complaints to them about the unavailability among other things, namely the still missing Japan items.

 

[Pacific]

So funny how we Hollywood bros were dying for DK, knowing we'll probably never get it. But now we're like, "Actually, you can keep it."

Replace Transformers with a Mario themed scoop, add the music blocks, and maybe bulldoze a couple more sound stages behind Transforners so we can have the best SNW already. We already got the best Mario Kart queue. Hollywood coming out on top, just playing the long game.