Super Nintendo World (Osaka)

[shiekra38]

Universal makes an outdoor ride with absolutely no screens: This is lame, I can see the stick that Koopa Troopa is on. Why is it so short? This is boring.

Universal makes an immersive next gen interactive shooter ride: This is lame, why aren't there any animatronics. Why don't they make rides with animatronics like Disney does?

Lol and they still make money and people still have a blast regardless



That being said The Yoshi dark ride section is not great tho

 

[Brandonshah97]

The giant mistake I made was thinking this was Universal's answer to Rise. And the size of the ride building is really what pushed my excitement into hyperdrive.

I was doing the exact same thing.. whether people like it or not there has been a pattern within the theme park format...

Park acquires extremely popular IP and builds an immersive land showcasing a show stopping E ticket ride as it's main attraction.. (Hogsmeade, Diagon, Galaxy's Edge, NIntendo etc.)

While yes, MK was developed much before anybody knew anything about Rise, it's still understandable how people could compare them.

It just blows my mind that knowing we live in a social media heavy world, they made something that could potentially look so displeasing through a camera lens.. AR is fine and all but not including any animatronics at all (in the queue or in the ride) is just kind of a.. what were you guys thinking?

It was that viral Pirates POV that immediately had me book my flight to Shanghai.. same with Hagrid's, FJ, Gringotts, Rise etc.. While some of you disagree with me, POVs on YouTube are crucial and are the main reason I book expensive trips.. I'm not spending thousands of dollars on a vacation to get on disappointing rides... I'd rather go somewhere else...

Yes, we haven't seen any videos yet, but it's super interesting seeing diehards give them so much credit for putting a physical element/prop in front of a screen.....like.... ok? it's 2021... this is not the standard.

Lastly, wasn't there a patent a while back that showed animatronic characters in vehicles on a track next to guests? Or am I just imagining that?

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

I was doing the exact same thing.. whether people like it or not there has been a pattern within the theme park format...

Park acquires extremely popular IP and builds an immersive land showcasing a show stopping E ticket ride as it's main attraction.. (Hogsmeade, Diagon, Galaxy's Edge, NIntendo etc.)

While yes, MK was developed much before anybody knew anything about Rise, it's still understandable how people could compare them.

It just blows my mind that knowing we live in a social media heavy world, they made something that could potentially look so displeasing through a camera lens.. AR is fine and all but not including any animatronics at all (in the queue or in the ride) is just kind of a.. what were you guys thinking?

It was that viral Pirates POV that immediately had me book my flight to Shanghai.. same with Hagrid's, FJ, Gringotts, Rise etc.. While some of you disagree with me, POVs on YouTube are crucial and are the main reason I book expensive trips.. I'm not spending thousands of dollars on a vacation to get on disappointing rides... I'd rather go somewhere else...

Yes, we haven't seen any videos yet, but it's super interesting seeing diehards give them so much credit for putting a physical element/prop in front of a screen.....like.... ok? it's 2021... this is not the standard.

Lastly, wasn't there a patent a while back that showed animatronic characters in vehicles on a track next to guests? Or am I just imagining that?

That last part was AR. But otherwise I completely agree.

 

[JawsVictim]

I’ve been wanting to reply to the discussion adding my two cents about there not being any AAs, and then I remember until Hagrid, we didn’t have an AA of any HP characters. So, I’m going to wait to experience this myself before judging it.

 

[shiekra38]

I was doing the exact same thing.. whether people like it or not there has been a pattern within the theme park format...

Park acquires extremely popular IP and builds an immersive land showcasing a show stopping E ticket ride as it's main attraction.. (Hogsmeade, Diagon, Galaxy's Edge, NIntendo etc.)

While yes, MK was developed much before anybody knew anything about Rise, it's still understandable how people could compare them.

"Answering" an attraction that already exists while your ride is being constructed is kind of a difficult task

I would also argue "answering" an attraction would be a disservice to the story and world you're trying to build

I don't want Rise of the Resistance with Mario....I want a fully realized Mario Kart

However that's best achieved is up to the designers to figure out

I’ve been wanting to reply to the discussion adding my two cents about there not being any AAs, and then I remember until Hagrid, we didn’t have an AA of any HP characters. So, I’m going to wait to experience this myself before judging it.

Personally it never mattered to me

What matters to me is how convoluted the story of FJ is lol

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

"Answering" an attraction that already exists while your ride is being constructed is kind of a difficult task

I would also argue "answering" an attraction would be a disservice to the story and world you're trying to build

I don't want Rise of the Resistance with Mario....I want a fully realized Mario Kart

However that's best achieved is up to the designers to figure out


Personally it never mattered to me

What matters to me is how convoluted the story of FJ is lol

What matters to me is number of screen rides. FJ having the amount of screenz it does is fine, but next time I expect a more practical ride. It's all about variety and BALANCE.

 

[shiekra38]

What matters to me is number of screen rides. FJ having the amount of screenz it does is fine, but next time I expect a more practical ride. It's all about variety and BALANCE.

I've often noticed that Studios, for instance, has a simulator problem not a screen problem

 

[Mad Dog]

I'm waiting until a good number of dependable, knowledgeable observers write some in depth reviews. Way too early in the ballgame to praise or trash the attraction.

 

[highdefrex]

I’ve been wanting to reply to the discussion adding my two cents about there not being any AAs, and then I remember until Hagrid, we didn’t have an AA of any HP characters. So, I’m going to wait to experience this myself before judging it.

You just disrespected Buckbeak, and I will not stand for it!

 

[fryoj]

Reading this thread and knowing we all, for the most part, have the same info is so psychotic. We have everything from doomers to realists to people in denial. It's like the message board version of the stages of grief. lol

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Universal makes an outdoor ride with absolutely no screens: This is lame, I can see the stick that Koopa Troopa is on. Why is it so short? This is boring.

Universal makes an immersive next gen interactive shooter ride: This is lame, why aren't there any animatronics. Why don't they make rides with animatronics like Disney does?

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"All they do is build coasters."

 

[Alicia]

"All they do is build coasters."

*coasterz

 

[Parkscope Joe]

*coasterz

"None of their rides work and they're all too scary."

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

"All they do is build coasters."

"None of their rides work and they're all too scary."

Me takey (aside from the "not working" part).

 

[fryoj]

Simpsons is the ultimate Universal ride. Screen ride that simulates riding a coaster.

 

[shiekra38]

"None of their rides work and they're all too scary."

I think it's funny when Disney folk call out Universal on broken effects

 

[Allomancer]

I think it's funny when Disney folk call out Universal on broken effects

Something something just you wait until "Disco Bowser"

 

[shiekra38]

Something something just you wait until "Disco Bowser"

He can't be an over-engineered broken AA if he's projected

 

[Evan]

He can't be an over-engineered broken AA if he's projected

But tbh... I still hope that a Bowser AA the size of the statue in the queue shows up somewhere in the ride. That would be insane.

 

[Disneyhead]

Partial MK POV up on ThemeparX. Engage meltdown in 5...4...3...2...1.

Super Nintendo World (Universal Studios Japan expansion)

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