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Super Nintendo World is the name of the themed expansions in Universal Studios Japan, Hollywood, and soon to be Signapore and
Epic Universe Orlando. For anyone whose gone to the park, or for anyone planning on visiting the parks, this thread is for your experience and future news on the park.
Epic Universe Orlando. For anyone whose gone to the park, or for anyone planning on visiting the parks, this thread is for your experience and future news on the park.
Rides
Mario Kart Bowser's Challenge-
This is the headline attraction of SNW and is available in both parks. Mario & Co. have been challenged by Bowser to a race to see who's the fastest Kart racer in the Mushroom Kingdom. Utilizing a mix of AR tech and physical props, the goal of this game is to rack up a high enough coin score to win the race. Guests arrive into the karts in groups of four, though single rider queueing is available.
Yoshi's Adventure (Japan Exclusive/Coming to Orlando) -
This is a ride themed around Yoshi's Island, with a bit of Captain Toad thrown into the mix. It's a very slow paced ride made for the younger crowd, and is kind of like a game of I Spy. You ride in the Yoshi car and are helping Captain Toad find the lost Yoshi eggs, and when you spot one, you hit a panel on your car saying you saw one.Power Up Band Minigames
Yeah, the parks sell these bands (at $40 USD) that you will need if you really want to experience the most out of this area of the park. As while all these activities can be done without the bands, you won't be able to save any progress of the results, and you will not be able to play Bowser Jr's Challenge.
These bands are reusable, so as far as we know you only have to purchase them once. Just keep them somewhere safe. They also act as their respective character's Amiibo, so you can use them to unlock specific goodies in games like Mii costumes in MK8 etc.
These bands are reusable, so as far as we know you only have to purchase them once. Just keep them somewhere safe. They also act as their respective character's Amiibo, so you can use them to unlock specific goodies in games like Mii costumes in MK8 etc.
Throughout the park, there are a variety of minigames to play, each of which unlocks a key that you can use to unlock a final minigame challenge against Bowser Junior and rescue the golden Mushroom. I'm going to list off the games as expressed by Mario Wiki.
Bowser Jr.'s Challenge (Power Up Band exclusive)
This is the ultimate goal of gathering all the keys. When you've assembled five keys, you are allowed to challenge Bowser Jr to a fight to reclaim the golden mushroom. Several guests are brought together into a big room where your silhouette will be projected onto a screen, and you use your whole body to complete this challenge by smacking Bob-Ombs into Bowser Jr, and avoiding the various bullet bills coming your way. Everyone's a winner, but guests will still be tallied by their score counter at the end.
Stamps/Achievements
Yeah, this land is a bit different from other Universal Parks in that you need to use the Universal Studios app to also get the most from the experience of the park itself. Using this app, you can transfer progress from your Power Up Band to the app and unlock a variety of stamps. These stamps are basically achievements, and are split up into Categories.
- Super Nintendo World - Stuff you do within the land itself. Challenges that fall under this involve earning a variety of coins, or visiting the land at specific times. These seem like they will encompass future expansions to the park as well, such as Donkey Kong.
- Super Mario Land - These stamps are specific to the Mario themed area of Super Nintendo World though many of their challenges are themed to the activites you can do in that part of the park, and the secrets specific to it.
- Mario Kart - These challenges are about accomplishing goals in the Mario kart themed attraction, such as earning a high score or more esoteric achievements, such as not hitting any of your team-mates during the ride.
Toadstool Cafe + Gift Shops
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What's cookin'? Well it so happens to be a fresh supply of mushroom themed delights from the kitchen of Chef Toad himself. Enjoy your time and relax to screens of the Toads either working in the kitchens to screaming in fear as Bowser attacks for the hundreth time.
Atm, this will shift about regularly to include new meals, which are likely to include more options for Vegetarian and Vegan guests.
The start of this menu change is Bowser's Fireball Challenge. A big Bower shaped chunk of mozzerella on top of a big meatball dotted with spices galore.
There's also the gift shop in the 1-Up Factory, where you'll find plenty of Mario themed memorabilia. Though Japan gets a second gift shop in "Mario's Motors" which includes a tad more content than what is available in the current shop.
Future Expansions
Things are looking to get pretty hairy in the future, as Japan preps for a future expansion into a Donkey Kong themed land, which is under construction as I write. This land isn't officially planned to be coming to Universal Hollywood... yet. So keep your ears open for the future.
What we know so far is that the land is planned to have a Donkey Kong themed coaster, which will have guests riding in a minekart on a track that will simulate the experience of jumping through various Donkey Kong minecart levels. More specific details are TBA.
Both Mario and Donkey Kong will be the starting lands for the future new theme park, Epic Universe, set to open in 2025 in Orlando Florida.
As for even further out?
Rumor has is, that several Islands of Adventure rides may soon be getting a bit of a Zelda facelift. Reteheming of older rides to make way for adventures in Hyrule.
Pokemon is also rumored to be included in future expansions, but details about that property specifically are less concrete. So we're just going to have to wait and see there.
Disclaimer:
JK Rowling's properties are in Universal Studios and she makes some money off them being in the park. Please be aware of this. If you intend to still go to Universal at any point in the future you can do mitigate your impact by not purchasing any of the Wizarding World themed products.
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