On January 13, 2020, Nintendo released a video on YouTube for the upcoming land, using the song " We Are Born to Play" by Galantis ft. Ĭonstruction on the land at Universal Studios Japan began in June 2017 with a groundbreaking ceremony. The first concept image of the land was unveiled on December 12, 2016. The ¥40 billion ($351 million U.S.) collaboration built for Universal Studios Japan in Osaka is similar in scale to Universal's investment in the Harry Potter franchise. The partnership, announced in May 2015 and detailed the next year, would use Mario and other Nintendo franchises as themes in the dedicated areas of Universal theme parks. 3 Attractions (Universal Studios Japan)įollowing several years of declining gaming revenue and console market share, Nintendo sought avenues to leverage and develop its intellectual properties, entering into a theme park partnership with Universal Parks & Resorts.Mario creator and Nintendo creative fellow Shigeru Miyamoto was heavily involved in the design and construction of the land and its attractions. Super Nintendo World is currently under construction at Universal Studios Hollywood and will also be built as a section of Universal's Epic Universe. Following several delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic the land had its grand opening at Universal Studios Japan on March 18, 2021. Construction began on the Universal Studios Japan area in June 2017. A result of a partnership between Nintendo and Universal Parks and Resorts, the area is based on Nintendo video game franchises, primarily the Mario franchise and its various sub-series.Ī creative partnership between Nintendo and Universal was first announced in May 2015, with construction of a dedicated Nintendo-themed area confirmed for Universal Studios Japan and both American locations the following year. Super Nintendo World is a themed area at Universal Studios Japan, and under construction at Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Singapore, and the upcoming Universal's Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort. These will be expansive, immersive and interactive. Nintendo’s website offers this much: “Nintendo-themed areas are coming to Universal Studios Japan, Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood. You enter through a ubiquitous green pipe, which seems to be the way the Orlando version would be designed, too. Universal Studios Japan, in Osaka, already has its own Super Nintendo World underway, slated to open in 2020. Officially, this is all still unconfirmed, but Fantastic Worlds should be opening in the early 2020s. No word yet on what the central hub would be, but it sure looks like one of the spokes is gonna be Mario-themed. The leaked documents show a cutting-edge design that structures the park out more like a hub with spokes - a signature invention from theme park rival, Disney - rather than the traditional, circular ‘race-track’ layout you’re probably used to at other (non-Disney) theme parks. Whatever its name ends up being, Fantastic Worlds is going to be just massive - one of Universal’s largest theme parks to date, according to the Orlando Weekly. More recently, Nintendo declined to comment on the existence of such a World, which, instead of quashing any rumors, has simply exacerbated them. Blurry - but readable - photos seem to show that the new park will be called Fantastic Worlds, and that it would include a Super Nintendo World. In late 2018, just before the holidays, details were leaked from a Comcast employee town hall that appeared to show plans for a previously untitled (so far as we knew) forthcoming Universal theme park in Orlando.