In addition to a roller coaster featuring Mario Kart, attractions include interactive stages inspired by the nostalgic Super Mario Bros.
In February, a new themed space dedicated to Nintendo games opened at Universal Studios Hollywood, located on the outskirts of Los Angeles, California. Installed in a recently expanded part of the park, the named area Super Nintendo World it was designed to recreate the gaming experience of the Japanese company.
The setting was inspired by the ‘ Mushroom kingdom‘, from the game Super Mario Bros., in which the plumber brothers Mario and Luigi battled mushrooms, carnivorous plants and other allies of the villain Bowser to save Princess Peach. With robotic parts, projections, augmented reality goggles and interactive bracelets, visitors have to put themselves in the shoes of the characters, collect coins and hit blocks “bricks” to score points or bet on kart races. In addition, it is also possible to take pictures with the characters Mario, Luigi and Peach.
attractions
The main attraction of Super Nintendo World and the Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge, inspired by the video game Mario Kart. The toy is a roller coaster that takes place in augmented reality and with projections. With the goggles and buttons on the steering wheel, visitors can aim at opponents and throw turtle shells to disturb them, just like in the game. To give the sensation of being hit, in addition to moving forward, the wagons also move up and down.
In the rest of the area, visitors can form teams and use the Boost banda bracelet that collects digital coins when “players” drill blocks of “bricks” or participate in game challenges. Super Nintendo World. The band must be synced with the Universal Studios Hollywood app.
There are four main challenges in the themed space that are meant to simulate the journey of Mario and Luigi. in the challenge Piranha Plant Nap Accident, visitors must turn off their alarm clocks before the carnivorous plant wakes up. In Koopa Troopa POWER Fistthe goal is to reach a block POW file blue with a rotating turtle shell.
In the game Goomba Crazy Crank, visitors must turn a crank to drop the Goomba, a brown creature inspired by a mushroom, which is also the antagonist of Mario and Luigi. already in the challenge Thwomp power panel panicteams must tap the blue blocks as quickly as possible so they all turn yellow before the evil Thwomp turns them blue.
After going through all these games and collecting the keys, the final battle is the bowser jr. Challenge in the shade. Ten players stand in a place where their shadows are cast on the wall. The proposal is that the shadows are the dolls of the game, who must hit bombs, dodge amusing bullets and punch blocks until they defeat the bad Bowser.
A Super Nintendo World it also has a souvenir shop and a restaurant with themed menus: paper mushroom soup, salad in the shape of a Piranha Plant and tiramisu in the shape of a question pad.
a new Nintendo
On April 5, the animation opens in theaters Super Mario Bros. Film, the first film inspired by Nintendo video games in 30 years. The launch of the cinema and theme park areas is part of an initiative by the company to expand its brand beyond video games. The idea is to translate gaming experiences into other forms of entertainment, keeping the new generations connected to the brand’s characters.
For this, partnerships are being established with companies such as Legowhich launched thematic piece kits, and with the universal, which is distributing the film and putting Nintendo in its parks. In 2021, a new Super Nintendo World TO universal studies in Osaka, Japan. In the future, there are plans to install the attraction in parks in Florida and Singapore.
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