Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[JungleSkip]

Where would that expansion go, hm?

If Uni gets the use of Pokémon (I definitely see it happening btw), they'll find room.

I see a lot of people poo-pooing Pokémon in this thread as "not as much of a draw as Mario", which is nuts. Mario definitely has more cross generational appeal, but for the 30 and under crowd, Pokémon is arguably a bigger deal. Just look at the 3DS software sales chart and the top selling franchises in gaming history

List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games - Wikipedia

List of best-selling video game franchises - Wikipedia

 

[LieutLaww]

You just have to look at what happened when Pokemon Go was launched...

 

[Legacy]

You just have to look at what happened when Pokemon Go was launched...

The societal equivalent of disappointing sex? A whole lot of anticipation, a moment of absolute excitement, then ending with boredom and no climax?

 

[GadgetGuru]

FWIW, Nintendo announced a Nintendo Direct event (online stream where they show off new stuff) on this coming Wednesday. It'll be 45 minutes long, which is longer than their E3 Nintendo Direct. I wouldn't expect any parks announcements, but you never know.

(I'll be ten different kinds of shocked if there's parks announcements).

Apple is also having their iPhone keynote tomorrow. Apple has had a tendency of announcing popular third-party iPhone apps at their keynotes lately. The iPhone 7 launch announced Mario Run, their past WWDC announced Monument Valley 2. There's a remote possibility we could see the upcoming Animal Crossing mobile game announced tomorrow. If so, that shows that Animal Crossing is a surprisingly popular IP.

 

[JungleSkip]

That is an exceptionally long Direct. I'm not saying we're getting theme park stuff...but yea that is exceptionally long.

 

[GadgetGuru]

That is an exceptionally long Direct. I'm not saying we're getting theme park stuff...but yea that is exceptionally long.

The only thing Nintendo specifically mentioned is Super Mario Odyssey. I could see them talking a lot about that.

I would think that the event would mostly revolve around games coming out soon. E3 talked a lot about games that are a year or more out.

 

[JungleSkip]

The only thing Nintendo specifically mentioned is Super Mario Odyssey. I could see them talking a lot about that.

I would think that the event would mostly revolve around games coming out soon. E3 talked a lot about games that are a year or more out.

There's not all that much coming out in the next few months though. Mario Odyssey and Fire Emblem Warriors is basically it

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Is the Direct from Japan or NOA? If it's from Japan I can see no theme parks.

 

[Disneyhead]

I have no reason to believe that there has been any significant changes to SNW@USF.

 

[GadgetGuru]

Is the Direct from Japan or NOA? If it's from Japan I can see no theme parks.

The tweet came from NOA's Twitter + the announcement is on nintendo.com. I'm assuming that means it's from NOA? (I honestly don't know how the whole NOA vs. Japan thing works)

 

[Viator]

The tweet came from NOA's Twitter + the announcement is on nintendo.com. I'm assuming that means it's from NOA? (I honestly don't know how the whole NOA vs. Japan thing works)

Japan also tweeted of a Direct occurring on Wednesday.



Honestly, I would think if any news comes for SNW; it will be from the Japanese direct. But that I could see them wait till 2019 for Osaka news.

 

[captainmoch]

I honestly don't see SNW getting any news in a Direct until 2019 at earliest. The only way I could see SNW being covered in Wednesday's direct is if they announce some sort of new multimedia partnership with say, Netflix or Hulu, and while doing so they announce a few other upcoming non-game projects such as the Universal Studios partnership. But otherwise, I don't see it happening.

 

[GadgetGuru]

This is a whole tangent, but I don't see Nintendo announcing parks info from their end.

For all of Universal's outside IPs, they seem to handle the marketing. I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

 

[Viator]

This is a whole tangent, but I don't see Nintendo announcing parks info from their end.

For all of Universal's outside IPs, they seem to handle the marketing. I don't expect that to change anytime soon.

To be fair, Nintendo kind-of dropped the Nintendo news well before Universal did for SNW. I would expect if they would do anything SNW Related, it will be from Nintendo of Japan's part and not Nintendo of America in the future.

 

[Disneyhead]

UOR has a lot happening before Nintendo. I'm pretty sure they have said all they are going to say about it for a while. Like over a year. The next hint that it's happening is KidZone will close.

 

[Teebin]

I admire those who still have sources. Mine are as friendly as ever, but they have clammed up on info. The only inside info I have received, is that firings for leaks and horrid judgement has increased considerably within marketing and UC.

Thank goodness I loaded up on stuff before the hammer fell.

 

[Legacy]

I admire those who still have sources. Mine are as friendly as ever, but they have clammed up on info. The only inside info I have received, is that firings for leaks and horrid judgement has increased considerably within marketing and UC.

Thank goodness I loaded up on stuff before the hammer fell.

I'm glad I wasn't the one to let that one out. Lol

 

[JungleSkip]

UOR has a lot happening before Nintendo. I'm pretty sure they have said all they are going to say about it for a while. Like over a year. The next hint that it's happening is KidZone will close.

I honestly don't think we'll hear about solid Nintendo details until 2019 at the earliest

 

[brianlo]

If Uni gets the use of Pokémon (I definitely see it happening btw), they'll find room.

I see a lot of people poo-pooing Pokémon in this thread as "not as much of a draw as Mario", which is nuts. Mario definitely has more cross generational appeal, but for the 30 and under crowd, Pokémon is arguably a bigger deal. Just look at the 3DS software sales chart and the top selling franchises in gaming history

List of best-selling Nintendo 3DS video games - Wikipedia

List of best-selling video game franchises - Wikipedia

I wish the old HTF threads existed. There was a huge debate back in the day surrounding Pokémon potentially being the future Kidzone franchise (long before Nintendo was known).

All sorts of aggressive statements about its relevancy. A little ironic in a post Pokémon Go world.

If a franchise can blow up four or five different mediums (video games, TV, trading card games, social phone games) over the period of 2 decades, yes it could also blow up in a theme park. Very few franchises have transcended multiple mediums in the same way. A movie and the tie-in toy aisle is not the same thing. Star Wars and Potter are two such special properties, I believe Pokémon fits that bill.

 

[JungleSkip]

I wish the old HTF threads existed. There was a huge debate back in the day surrounding Pokémon potentially being the future Kidzone franchise (long before Nintendo was known).

All sorts of aggressive statements about its relevancy. A little ironic in a post Pokémon Go world.

If a franchise can blow up four or five different mediums (video games, TV, trading card games, social phone games) over the period of 2 decades, yes it could also blow up in a theme park. Very few franchises have transcended multiple mediums in the same way. A movie and the tie-in toy aisle is not the same thing. Star Wars and Potter are two such special properties, I believe Pokémon fits that bill.

Yup. I think, outside of Mario and Star Wars, which are already coming, Pokémon and LOTR are the last monster IPs left to build.