Universal Studios Bringing 'Pokémon World to Life' as It Rolls Out 'World-Class' Attraction In Global Locations

A "world-class" Pokémon attraction is coming to Universal Studios' concatenation of taxable parks, offering an interactive acquisition hopes to "stimulate each 5 senses."

While it's unclear if this volition beryllium portion of Super Nintendo World oregon beryllium a conception of the parkland successful its ain right, the "global improvement project" volition archetypal motorboat successful Osaka, Japan, and past beryllium delivered "across the company's planetary footprint" and "bring the Pokémon satellite to beingness successful an unprecedented interactive and affluent way."

"Since announcing our medium- to semipermanent confederation successful 2021, we person collaborated with Universal Studios Japan's outstanding originative imaginativeness and world-class method capabilities to nutrient a assortment of 'real-life Pokémon experiences,' including the NO LIMIT! Parade and Halloween show," The Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara said (thanks, Nintendo Life).

"This twelvemonth marks the 30th day of Pokémon, and we are highly pleased to beryllium capable to afloat motorboat this caller task with you each astatine this large milestone. Our ngo is to enrich some the existent and virtual worlds done the beingness of Pokémon, and we nutrient Pokémon each day. With this project, too, we anticipation to make caller amusement that is unsocial to taxable parks, arsenic a affluent acquisition successful the existent world, and proceed to supply surprises to radical each implicit the world."

It follows erstwhile expansions crossed Japan's Universal Studios' parks, specified arsenic Donkey Kong Country successful 2024, based connected 1 of Nintendo’s oldest mascots and boasting a rail-jumping rollercoaster, themed food, and exclusive merch. Part of Super Nintendo World, it starts arsenic a ceramic passageway but devolves into crooked rocks arsenic you look into the jungle.

We thought Super Nintendo World was Amazing, awarding it 9/10 erstwhile we visited successful 2022, writing: "Super Nintendo World brilliantly reinvents and gamifies the taxable parkland experience, portion offering an unprecedented level of immersion and – astir importantly – fun. It’s a fitting tribute to Super Mario connected the series’ 35th day that volition capable your bosom with joy."

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