Nintendo partnering with Universal to make attractions.

[Tom Morrow]

You looked at the art and said it didn’t look great?

Yes. I don't like it. It looks like an excuse to make everything blocky and cheap "because it's a video game." Instead of bringing the Mushroom Kingdom to life in the real world, you're inside the video games so it looks fake like the video games. In other words, approaching the land concept in this way eliminates the need to try and make it ultra-immersive.

It looks marginally better than Legoland theming and Toy Story Land.

The land should also have a sense of exploration but the concept art looks claustrophobic - a cramped courtyard surrounded by three equally tall structures right next to each other.

I hope that either the Japan version surprises us or what we get is better and more immersive.

 

[imperius]

Man, don’t see that at all. Think it looks just like I imagined mushroom kingdom to be.

 

[Mike S]

Yes. I don't like it. It looks like an excuse to make everything blocky and cheap "because it's a video game." Instead of bringing the Mushroom Kingdom to life in the real world, you're inside the video games so it looks fake like the video games. In other words, approaching the land concept in this way eliminates the need to try and make it ultra-immersive.

It looks marginally better than Legoland theming and Toy Story Land.

The land should also have a sense of exploration but the concept art looks claustrophobic - a cramped courtyard surrounded by three equally tall structures right next to each other.

I hope that either the Japan version surprises us or what we get is better and more immersive.

Mario’s universe doesn’t look like ours. It’s very simplistic. To make it so would destroy the purpose of having us leave our world for his world.

If it makes you feel better you can expect Zelda to be closer to what you want.

 

[BrianLo]

I think adding the DK area will make it seem a little less like a courtyard with a series of facades.

 

[Mike S]

I think adding the DK area will make it seem a little less like a courtyard with a series of facades.

Exactly. DK will even apparently have its own themed play area.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Mario’s universe doesn’t look like ours. It’s very simplistic. To make it so would destroy the purpose of having us leave our world for his world.

If it makes you feel better you can expect Zelda to be closer to what you want.

Will we actually get Hyrule? If we do and it's immersive then I won't care what the Mushroom Kingdom turns out like.

 

[JustInTime]

Yes. I don't like it. It looks like an excuse to make everything blocky and cheap "because it's a video game." Instead of bringing the Mushroom Kingdom to life in the real world, you're inside the video games so it looks fake like the video games. In other words, approaching the land concept in this way eliminates the need to try and make it ultra-immersive.

It looks marginally better than Legoland theming and Toy Story Land.

The land should also have a sense of exploration but the concept art looks claustrophobic - a cramped courtyard surrounded by three equally tall structures right next to each other.

I hope that either the Japan version surprises us or what we get is better and more immersive.

I think it’s important to make it look like you are stepping into a video game world. The concept art looks to achieve just that. It looks just like it.

 

[Brer Oswald]

I think it’s important to make it look like you are stepping into a video game world. The concept art looks to achieve just that. It looks just like it.

Problem is, they chose the wrong version of Mario's world to represent. Had Odyssey came earlier, things may have looked different.

 

[Mike S]

Problem is, they chose the wrong version of Mario's world to represent. Had Odyssey came earlier, things may have looked different.

Odyssey is still pretty simplistic in its representation of Mario’s home, the Mushroom Kingdom.

 

[Cesar R M]

Yes. I don't like it. It looks like an excuse to make everything blocky and cheap "because it's a video game." Instead of bringing the Mushroom Kingdom to life in the real world, you're inside the video games so it looks fake like the video games. In other words, approaching the land concept in this way eliminates the need to try and make it ultra-immersive.

You cant make anyone happy with that statement.
Hardcore fans and gamers will becry if they make things "realistic" and not the classic 2d style World with the stereotypical blocks.

And then there's you who want "super realistic and ultra inmersive". (which is irrelevant if the land is blocky or not)

 

[ProfSavage]

What about Pokemon? Any plans/ideas for Pokemon? If we are getting Mario, DK, and Zelda, the other two missing from "the big five" are Metroid and Pokemon. Maybe Kirby. You know what I mean - the big flagship Nintendo owned franchises

 

[disneygeek90]

I don't understand what they're doing with the newly purchased land. Isn't it decently away from the parks? Are they making another park completely?

 

[JustInTime]

Problem is, they chose the wrong version of Mario's world to represent. Had Odyssey came earlier, things may have looked different.

Mushroom kingdom in Odyssey looks just like the concept art. It looks like every mushroom kingdom ever. I don’t think I’d want it any other way. They wouldn’t have built the other worlds because those aren’t Mario. I think they made the right decision. Also, the odyssey concept has been around for years. So they knew.

 

[JustInTime]

Odyssey is still pretty simplistic in its representation of Mario’s home, the Mushroom Kingdom.

Exactly. The look of the concept art match’s every Mario game since 64.

 

[JustInTime]

I don't understand what they're doing with the newly purchased land. Isn't it decently away from the parks? Are they making another park completely?

Yes! That is the rumor.

 

[Mike S]

What about Pokemon? Any plans/ideas for Pokemon? If we are getting Mario, DK, and Zelda, the other two missing from "the big five" are Metroid and Pokemon. Maybe Kirby. You know what I mean - the big flagship Nintendo owned franchises

Nintendo will be present at all three parks as per rumors. The other two big candidates are indeed Zelda and Pokémon.

 

[disneygeek90]

Yes! That is the rumor.

And Nintendo would be in said new land and US?

Edit: I just read Mike's post above. Which park will have the "Mario Kart," "Bowser Castle" etc

 

[Mike S]

And Nintendo would be in said new land and US?

Edit: I just read Mike's post above. Which park will have the "Mario Kart," "Bowser Castle" etc

Universal Studios.

 

[JustInTime]

And Nintendo would be in said new land and US?

Edit: I just read Mike's post above. Which park will have the "Mario Kart," "Bowser Castle" etc

The new park is rumored to get Zelda.

 

[disneygeek90]

The new park is rumored to get Zelda.

Ahh okay, makes sense. Thanks.