Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[Parkscope Joe]

Are you saying this was announced April 23rd 2015? That seems wrong? Very wrong?

May 7th 2015, same day this thread started. Ground breaking on June 7th, 2017. 762 days.

Pandora announced Sept 20th, 2011, ground breaking January 10th, 2014. 843 days.

 

[brianlo]

Pretty sure there was a scheduling change last Aug.

That would also align with the time they stopped groundwork in Osaka.

I’m wondering if they may end up opening the two closer to simultaneously than we initially figured.

 

[Ashhanbre]

Maybe the delay has something to do with cardboard boxes.....

 

[Mike S]

Maybe the delay has something to do with cardboard boxes.....

The whole land will now be cardboard and will require us to use our imaginations.

It’s also a crossover with SpongeBob now.

 

[Andysol]

May 7th 2015, same day this thread started. Ground breaking on June 7th, 2017. 762 days.

Pandora announced Sept 20th, 2011, ground breaking January 10th, 2014. 843 days.

Wrong thread Joe. This is Orlando, not Osaka. You can't say "762 days".
That's a hilarious attempt at justification though.

@brianlo was wrong though by a single day- It's actually worse- It'll be 1,000 days on Jan 31st, not Feb 1st.

 

[Ryan]

Wrong thread Joe. This is Orlando, not Osaka. You can't say "762 days".
That's a hilarious attempt at justification though.

The analogy with Avatar still works, no?

 

[Andysol]

The analogy with Avatar still works, no?

I suppose- but this one is certainly way more relevant to the thread:

Pandora was 811 days from announcement to ground breaking. Nintendo, for Orlando, is turning 1000 on Feb 1st!

Any day now...

 

[Ryan]

By that logic, Avatar for Tokyo (still rumored to be in its 3rd park) is much further along as well, so...

 

[deathcab4cutie]

it was almost a 10 year build.which in ten years you could have three entire theme parks built.

 

[tielo]

Wasn't Nintendo just blabing it out forcing for Universal to announce it a bit later?

 

[Brer Oswald]

Could the delay have anything to do with Super Mario Odyssey being the critical and commercial success that it was? Maybe they are revising the concept to incorporate more of that game as opposed to 3D World? Or maybe I’m just getting too hopeful...

 

[JungleSkip]

Could the delay have anything to do with Super Mario Odyssey being the critical and commercial success that it was? Maybe they are revising the concept to incorporate more of that game as opposed to 3D World? Or maybe I’m just getting too hopeful...

No. Mario is Mario. The ride is based off of Kart anyway, so there’s nothing that would really change by using Odyssey

 

[Ashhanbre]

Confirmation from Nintendo on collaboration with Illumination on a Mario movie with Shigeru Miyamoto co-producing in link below...

ニュースリリース : 2018年2月1日

Also, Mario Kart coming to smart phones...

 

[Alicia]

And now we have this:

The Rumor Queue: Have plans changed for Super Nintendo World?

They're citing Theme Park University as the original source of this... I'm still of the mind that just because work has been delayed does not mean the project has moved to another park.

EDIT: Here's Theme Park University's original theory, posted in November: Super Mario and Donkey Kong NOT Headed to Universal Studios Florida - Supposedly - Theme Park University

 

[Imperius]

Their reasoning makes no sense though. They seem to be trying to imply the permits and early art not matchin being the reason.

 

[snayberry]

Well, my guy did tell me something was up. Like I mentioned before and then got crucified for saying it was going somewhere else. I’ll ask for an update, haven’t spoken to him in a bit.

 

[captainmoch]

Well, my guy did tell me something was up. Like I mentioned before and then got crucified for saying it was going somewhere else. I’ll ask for an update, haven’t spoken to him in a bit.

Don't you know, only the insiders here are right... until they're not, but that's just because "plans are fluid"!

 

[Alicia]

From the new Attractions piece:

"There has been no activity since the permits were filed. This is unusual and likely indicative that the plan for Super Nintendo World at Universal Orlando Resort has changed."​

Not good enough reasoning for me to believe it. But hey, I'm all for a good speculative article. Heck knows I've written a few in my day.

 

[snayberry]

Don't you know, only the insiders here are right... until they're not, but that's just because "plans are fluid"!

It’s all love though, no beef or hard feelings. I enjoy sharing info(whether it’s true, credible or not). I like to share, for the sake of discussion and always read up on threads like this.

 

[jtsalien]

Don't you know, only the insiders here are right... until they're not, but that's just because "plans are fluid"!

Everybody is just doing their best. There's communication issues in the company, let alone to these various sources and their friends. I agree things can get a little too bullyish at times. And that's never good. But I'll never blame someone for being wrong when nobody every knows the whole story to begin with.