Nintendo is coming to Universal Studios Theme Parks!

BrerGnat;2456044 wrote: Zelda and Mario will likely be the spotlight, along with Pokemon. How cool would a Luigi's Mansion ride be? Or a Hyrule Castle?

There seems to be plenty of space in the northeast corner of the Studios. Or, they could take out that lame Sinbad attraction along with the other one in that area near Mythos. That whole land can go, as far as I'm concerned.

There is an expansion pad by MIB, which has been rumored to be for Star Trek, if that is to happen... The San Fran area, including Disaster is marked for Fast and Furious (which has been rumored to have been fast tracked)... KidZone is the area Nintendo is rumored to be going... I wouldn't call E.T. safe anymore, not like it once was... I do hope they find a way to save it though... One of the best dark rides ever...

I can see some sort of Mario Kart style ride, and if Luigi's Castle is one way they go, then it being styled like Mystic Manor... That would be nice and family friendly, and WOW!!!!

Pokemon is insanely popular... Amazing it has had the longevity is has had...

DonaldDuck1117;2456045 wrote: Where would a Universal third gate go? Just looking at the map it would have to be "off property", yes?

Yes... and no... There are areas around Universal's current land they could go out and buy... There have already been land purchases in and around Universal Blvd area... One of the buyers is a mall style developer, so that land could be ruled out, I suppose (I forget exactly the area)... Wet n Wild shouldn't last too long once WonderSea Island (or whatever Universal calls their new state of the art water park) opens... And that is rumored to become more hotels (for Universal)...

The third gate won't happen for many years though... At least until they are done upgrading Studios and IOA... And if attendance keeps growing, as it is, they will need that third gate...

To answer the Marvel comments, and I'll stop about Marvel cause this is a thread about Nintendo, the talk from people familiar with what is going on is Universal wants to update and upgrade Marvel Island to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and create a more realistic looking land, not designed to cardboard cut outs of comic book characters... The talks led to Universal building an Avengers ride, retheme of the Hulk, possibility of removing Dr Doom, any reference to Xmen (only a rumor, nothing in stone that Xmen are being removed), and maybe removal of Fantastic 4, leaving the island Avengers/S.H.I.E.L.D based... In return, the two companies fleshed out exactly which characters fall under "families" thus opening a door for certain Marvel characters to be used in WDW... No, sorry, the more popular ones (Avengers, Spider-Man, etc) won't be included... But Guardians, which is a little bit of a gray area, may have been one of the groups which were negotiated... Uni gets all the Avengers, Disney can use Guardians (whether they can actually use the word Marvel in marketing the Guardians in WDW isn't really up for debate, they weren't allowed to use it when they showed the preview at DHS)... Disney still collects royalty fees from Universal, Universal reaps the benefit of being the only theme park where guests can meet Captain America and Spiderman and enter the Marvel universe... Win Win for both companies, much like it is now..

I'd be pretty excited and might have to consider a visit to Universal for Mario Land along with Harry Potter!

Legend of Zelda!! Woohoo!!

DizneyFreak2002;2456049 wrote: Universal reaps the benefit of being the only theme park where guests can meet Captain America and Spiderman and enter the Marvel universe... Win Win for both companies, much like it is now..

East of the Mississippi River in the continental United States. Just to clarify.

We met Captain America at Disneyland a year ago. The entire top floor of Innoventions was SHIELD headquarters themed.

Natalie
INTERCOT Staff: Disneyland Resort-California, The Water Cooler

 

BrerGnat;2456070 wrote: East of the Mississippi River in the continental United States. Just to clarify.

We met Captain America at Disneyland a year ago. The entire top floor of Innoventions was SHIELD headquarters themed.

People also aren't flocking to Anaheim like they are to Orlando ;)

Orlando broke a record for tourism in 2014... People are going to Orlando.. And Disneyland's attendance dropped in 2014, according to Iger and TWDC... So people aren't flocking there to see Captain America... But, they do seem to be going to Universal, where not only can they meet Cap, they can meet Spiderman and ride several Marvel attractions.. really can't say that about Disneyland... yet...

Thank goodness Disneyland attendance has dropped! It needed to! The suits over there have been TRYING to lower attendance numbers over there. Glad to hear it is working.

Nintendo has so many themes and characters that would make great rides, attractions, shows or themes. Mario will be the center piece of course, but Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Starfox, Luigi, MarioKart, Pokemon could all drop easily into the parks and be a great addition.

Looks like I'm going to have to get a second job so I'll have enough $$$ to buy all the souvenirs. I was able to spread my Harry Potter purchases over two visits. I don't think I'll have enough self control to pull off the same feat for Nintendo!

After 20+ years of playing Mario Kart, I will seriously do backflips if they do an attraction. Oh please oh please oh please. :number1: I'm excited about this. Huge overall Mario/Zelda fan.

Remember when the rumor was going around about the JP expansion involving an amber mine family coaster attraction? And obviously, didn't happen... Speculation is it didn't happen cause Universal Creative is using Donkey Kong as a possible mine cart coaster attraction...

Personally, I'd rather them use the mine cart coaster, if they were to use it, for Donkey Kong... And if Jurassic World is successful enough, use the gyro-sphere as a basis for a new ride vehicle for some sort of new attraction...

BrerGnat;2455996 wrote:

A Mario Kart ride would be a MUST,

I don't see it, I mean spinning out on a banana peal is a lawsuit waiting to happen. And don't even get me started on throwing turtle shells at each other.

speedy1998;2456332 wrote: i don't see it, i mean spinning out on a banana peal is a lawsuit waiting to happen. And don't even get me started on throwing turtle shells at each other.

lol!

DizneyFreak2002;2456231 wrote: Remember when the rumor was going around about the JP expansion involving an amber mine family coaster attraction? And obviously, didn't happen... Speculation is it didn't happen cause Universal Creative is using Donkey Kong as a possible mine cart coaster attraction...

Personally, I'd rather them use the mine cart coaster, if they were to use it, for Donkey Kong... And if Jurassic World is successful enough, use the gyro-sphere as a basis for a new ride vehicle for some sort of new attraction...

Donkey Kong mine train, okay I'm in :thedolls: I can't help thinking this sounds more fun then 7 Dwarfs mine train.

Mrs Bus Driver;2456393 wrote: Donkey Kong mine train, okay I'm in :thedolls: I can't help thinking this sounds more fun then 7 Dwarfs mine train.

I'm in as well.... Though I'd picture donkey kong more as a wild mouse ride...

Mrs Bus Driver;2456393 wrote: Donkey Kong mine train, okay I'm in :thedolls: I can't help thinking this sounds more fun then 7 Dwarfs mine train.

That is only online speculation... Some insiders were putting together why the Amber mine coaster was cancelled in JP, and think Donkey Kong mine coaster may be a reason...

All they are saying is this company called Mack is involved in building a coaster style attraction for the Nintendo land... Speculation is a suspended Mack coaster, family friendly...