GA-MBIT
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Cause I feel like this thread has scattered into every other related thread, let's talk Nintendo IP!
Animal Crossing is popular and has definitely grown in cultural awareness since 2020, but I'm hesitant to call it an A-Lister until the next mainline game drops. I'm incredibly curious to see how much of New Horizon's success was time and place, and how much Nintendo was able to capitalize on the popularity to make the success last past the fad.
I think the most we'll see of either AC or Kirby is temporary attractions for a Nintendo equivalent to Potter Celebration like meet and greets or live shows, or merch in a Nintendo Store FL/HW. Same with the rest outside of Mario/DK/LM, Pokemon, and Zelda.
It's worth noting that Kirby was a part of those original Kidzone pitches to Nintendo, so as of 2015-17 Kirby was considered a possibility for flat rides or kiddie attractions to some extent. That's why I say the best chance for AC/Kirby/Splatoon is if the Fresco park does well and they build other Legoland-tier parks with more varied IP.
With regards to future Nintendo IP, I'm not really sure how much deeper Universal even digs into Nintendo's IP catalog if we were to assume that eventually we see Zelda at IOA and Pokémon at USF? That would cover all of Nintendo's most popular franchises with a land at each of the 3 parks similar to Potter.
The last obvious area to build more Nintendo is the expansion pad in EU between Mario and Monsters. But that would get you 1 land or 2 mini lands to put whatever remaining Nintendo you want in it. That I'm not really sure we would see many B-tier franchises like Metroid or Kirby ever come to the resort unless we end up getting a 4th park in Orlando one day?
Agreed. I'm sure Pokemon is coming, and it would honestly be best saved for USF given it's longstanding multimedia nature compared to the other Nintendo franchises, and for just how popular it would be. Pokemon and Diagon would do a lot for that park all by themselves.Pokémon is a much more solid IP than Zelda. It would be very silly for Uni to build a land based on the latter and not the former.
Animal Crossing is popular and has definitely grown in cultural awareness since 2020, but I'm hesitant to call it an A-Lister until the next mainline game drops. I'm incredibly curious to see how much of New Horizon's success was time and place, and how much Nintendo was able to capitalize on the popularity to make the success last past the fad.
I think the most we'll see of either AC or Kirby is temporary attractions for a Nintendo equivalent to Potter Celebration like meet and greets or live shows, or merch in a Nintendo Store FL/HW. Same with the rest outside of Mario/DK/LM, Pokemon, and Zelda.
It's worth noting that Kirby was a part of those original Kidzone pitches to Nintendo, so as of 2015-17 Kirby was considered a possibility for flat rides or kiddie attractions to some extent. That's why I say the best chance for AC/Kirby/Splatoon is if the Fresco park does well and they build other Legoland-tier parks with more varied IP.