Tom Morrow
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It looks cramped, plasticy, and tacky. Exactly what I feared it might look like.
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Nintendo partnering with Universal to make attractions.
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OG Runner
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So a lot like the video game it is supposed to be representing?
I'll withhold judgment until it's finished and I have a better idea of what I'm looking at. Ours may not even be exactly the same.
Who would have thought.
Tom Morrow
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"We could make it look representative of a modern video game with beautiful visuals or we could save money and make it sort of resemble a retro video game. This gives us a cop-out to anyone who complains that it looks hideous."
Visuals aside, the absolutely claustrophobic layout looks beyond awful.
Mike S
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It does look like a modern Mario game. At least, the most modern one before the land was announced which was 3D World.
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This is also the familiar style of the 2D games.
Stripes
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When you bring the Mario world into the real world, I think inevitably it's going to have a plasticy look to it. That's just the nature of the property. Disney could've and should've done a much, much better job with TSL but the Toy Story IP is sort of the same way. Some elements of the land look really good, others I'm afraid are looking cheap to my eye.It does look like a modern Mario game. At least, the most modern one before the land was announced which was 3D World.
This is also the familiar style of the 2D games.
Regardless, I think we can all agree that USJ won't be the home of the most beautiful new castle of 2020.
(Beauty and the Beast Tokyo E-ticket facade. Opening this year.)
My what NFL could've been.
Mike S
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When you bring the Mario world into the real world, I think inevitably it's going to have a plasticy look to it. That's just the nature of the property. Disney could've and should've done a much, much better job with TSL but the Toy Story IP is sort of the same way. Some elements of the land look really good, others I'm afraid are looking cheap to my eye.
Regardless, I think we can all agree that USJ won't be the home of the most beautiful new castle of 2020.
(Beauty and the Beast Tokyo E-ticket facade. Opening this year.)
My what NFL could've been.
OG Runner
Well-Known Member
When you bring the Mario world into the real world, I think inevitably it's going to have a plasticy look to it. That's just the nature of the property. Disney could've and should've done a much, much better job with TSL but the Toy Story IP is sort of the same way. Some elements of the land look really good, others I'm afraid are looking cheap to my eye.
Regardless, I think we can all agree that USJ won't be the home of the most beautiful new castle of 2020.
(Beauty and the Beast Tokyo E-ticket facade. Opening this year.)
My what NFL could've been.
Apples & Oranges! It doesn't even make sense to make this comparison.
ToTBellHop
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Animaniac93-98
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I've never played Super Avatar World.
Mike S
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Not the Mushroom Kingdom.
ToTBellHop
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Not everywhere they are building is Mushroom Kingdom. It’s a hodgepodge. Any why should they be constrained? Harry Potter isn’t just Hogwarts. But I’ll play.
No need for a claustrophobic, boxy migraine. My only hope is the blessing of space in Epic Universe will allow a better product in Florida.
Mike S
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A plain grassy field with one castle. Very interesting area to explore in a theme park.
And the plan hasn’t changed from KidZone which was an exact clone of Japan. We will have the Donkey Kong area open from the start though.
lazyboy97o
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Florida is getting a clone of Osaka. What it lacks in horizontal space may be made up in vertical space.
It is kind of lame that Universal has committed to just lifting whole lands and dropping them into different contexts. It does seem odd that Despicable Me will have the most variety in the form of its lands.
It is kind of lame that Universal has committed to just lifting whole lands and dropping them into different contexts. It does seem odd that Despicable Me will have the most variety in the form of its lands.
Stripes
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Illumination just won't stop with that franchise. 6 movies? Are you kidding me? The first one was cute, but it's been downhill from there.
Stripes
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From my rudimentary measurements, the outside, guest accessible walking space is approximately 20-25% smaller than Diagon Alley. I didn't include the courtyard area or any part of the train hall when measuring the size of the exterior walking space of Diagon.
Mike S
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Well in Hollywood SNW will consist of only the main Mario Kart ride due to lack of space. The original designs were for both KidZone and Osaka and the change to EU as I understand it happened kind of quickly. I think it was just seen as easier to just drop the same KidZone plan in the new park with leftover space for future expansion which is what they’re doing.
As I pointed out we will have the full land at opening unlike Japan.
lazyboy97o
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Osaka’s site constraints are what really shaped the design. KidsZone as Mario didn’t last too long as it was going to be Pokémon.
Dropping a land designed for another park into a new park is supposed to easier but also disappointing. You don’t have the same space constraints when starting fresh so any compromises are being made again for convenience.
Mike S
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Walls went up in KidZone and then right back down for Mario. They were ready to build it and then decided it would be better to use it as an anchor for the new park. Mario + DK were designed to fit both Osaka and perfectly over KidZone. Universal likely didn’t have time to completely redesign the land and hit the opening they wanted for the new park.