Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[JungleSkip]

I know you’re joking, but if they’re going to make a big announcement this summer, it’ll porobably come in August

 

[jtsalien]

I know you’re joking, but if they’re going to make a big announcement this summer, it’ll porobably come in August

Agreed. It's probably soon after Fast or August. Not likely to be much going on in between.

 

[Mike S]

So, to somewhat sum things up.

• The Super Mario franchise is potentially moving out of Kidzone to Site B
• Donkey Kong would feature Sqawks, Rambi, and have some form of interactivity for the Sqawks
• Espresso The Ostrich would not be featured in Donkey Kong (sorry @Mike S)
• Conkdor will be seen on Yoshi
• Yoshi will celebrate a lot of the Mushroom kingdom, from the old to the new
• An AA would be in Mario Kart that rivals Kong
• The load/unload for MK is being envisioned as the moving floor used in multiple omnimover attractions like Forbidden Journey, Little Mermaid (MK), Haunted Mansion, and more
• There will be a total of 50-54 cars on the track all at once (not counting characters that will ride alongside you from time to time)
• Load/Unload will contain over 8 cars at once, with four on left and four on right
• The ride will possibly be around 4 minutes, giving them possibly over 2.5 thousand for capacity at what I would presume is the best run.
• We may get information by the middle of the year, or a bit later, due to the lawsuits that should be ended in the next 2-3 months.

Orlando was always meant to be the superior version, and that while Hollywood and Osaka may have the similar things to eachother as opposed to Orlando's, Mario Kart has the honest to god potential to be an all-time classic and not just the best ride in Universal Parks and Resorts.

He’s not coffee. The name is Expresso.

:tongue:

 

[Mad Dog]

He’s not coffee. The name is Expresso.

:tongue:

You are good!:thumbsup:

 

[jrn14]

Kennywood had a smaller ride that reminded me of that. It was called the Flying Carpet. I rode it with my nephew. Two teenage girls were across from him. They both projectile threw up all over his pants and shoes. Just barely missed me. I was nauseated all day after getting off. I quit riding those kinds of rides after that.

R.I.P. The Flying/Magic Carpet... I loved that ride. It was not a smooth one lol

 

[Magic-Man]

Can someone please explain Splatoon to me, and also how it works as a theme park attraction?

 

[JungleSkip]

Can someone please explain Splatoon to me, and also how it works as a theme park attraction?

Splatoon is a competitive "shooter" from Nintendo that stars Squid Kids that battle each other in paintball-like competition. The goal is to cover the map in the most amount of your team's colored paint.

I had a crazy and impossible blue sky concept where you're in trackless cars and use projection mapping to show the paint in the course...but I don't really see a realistic way to represent the franchise in a theme park. I guess you could do a splash pad play area, but even then, it can't capture the movement/feel of the games.

 

[Disneyhead]

Splatoon is a competitive "shooter" from Nintendo that stars Squid Kids that battle each other in paintball-like competition. The goal is to cover the map in the most amount of your team's colored paint.

I had a crazy and impossible blue sky concept where you're in trackless cars and use projection mapping to show the paint in the course...but I don't really see a realistic way to represent the franchise in a theme park. I guess you could do a splash pad play area, but even then, it can't capture the movement/feel of the games.

I'd imagine it would be mostly a splash pad area with the surrounding walls being painted in Halochromatic paint.

 

[Mike S]

I'd imagine it would be mostly a splash pad area with the surrounding walls being painted in Halochromatic paint.

Six words: next level projection mapped laser tag

 

[captainmoch]

I feel like with Splatoon, you just have a splash pad themed to a map from a game. Have mounted water guns all around, fake ink/paint splattered across the area to make it colorful, and some of the wacky music from the game playing in the background. I don't picture it being anything more complicated than Feivel or Curious George, but it doesn't need to be, considering it's not exactly Nintendo's biggest IP.

 

[Viator]

Six words: next level projection mapped laser tag

Yeeeeaaaaa I don't want to pay extra for an attraction, because that's exactly what it sounds like.

 

[tielo]

Maybe Universal could make Avatars promised but never delivered walk sensitive floors a reality. Two groups can walk around and try to cover the most area with their color.

 

[JungleSkip]

I feel like with Splatoon, you just have a splash pad themed to a map from a game. Have mounted water guns all around, fake ink/paint splattered across the area to make it colorful, and some of the wacky music from the game playing in the background. I don't picture it being anything more complicated than Feivel or Curious George, but it doesn't need to be, considering it's not exactly Nintendo's biggest IP.

Maybe not here. But in Japan it is. Splatoon 2 is first game to hit 2 million sales in Japan this decade | Metro News

 

[Nick]

Splatoon is a competitive "shooter" from Nintendo that stars Squid Kids that battle each other in paintball-like competition. The goal is to cover the map in the most amount of your team's colored paint.

I had a crazy and impossible blue sky concept where you're in trackless cars and use projection mapping to show the paint in the course...but I don't really see a realistic way to represent the franchise in a theme park. I guess you could do a splash pad play area, but even then, it can't capture the movement/feel of the games.

Couldn't this just easily be a shooter ride to take over the mantle of MIB when it inevitably goes?

 

[JungleSkip]

Couldn't this just easily be a shooter ride to take over the mantle of MIB when it inevitably goes?

I mean, theoretically. The issue is to make a shooter ride anything like Splatoon it’s have to be something unlike anything we’ve ever seen from a shooter ride

 

[Nick]

I mean, theoretically. The issue is to make a shooter ride anything like Splatoon it’s have to be something unlike anything we’ve ever seen from a shooter ride

I'm sure UC could figure it out if put to the task.

 

[RevFreako]

He’s not coffee. The name is Expresso.

:tongue:

Lawsuits?

 

[bob albert]

I mean, theoretically. The issue is to make a shooter ride anything like Splatoon it’s have to be something unlike anything we’ve ever seen from a shooter ride

2.5d projection map the whole thing and have players either compete against each other or against another car to paint the map.

 

[shiekra38]

2.5d projection map the whole thing and have players either compete against each other or against another car to paint the map.

The next person that says 2.5D will have to go to time out

 

[JungleSkip]

2.5d projection map the whole thing and have players either compete against each other or against another car to paint the map.

Yea I said that earlier, it’s just be super expensive for a property that I don’t think they’d spend that much on