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Super Nintendo World Japan's Donkey Kong Country area opens this spring
Super Nintendo World Japan's Donkey Kong Country area is set to open this spring. The main attraction is a mine cart rollercoaster named after a level in the 1994 SNES classic, Donkey Kong Country.
Kris Holt12.05.2023
Super Nintendo World will open its US doors on February 17th
The Mario-themed attraction opens in Universal Studios Hollywood in time for the animated Mario movie.
Will Shanklin12.14.2022
Super Nintendo World Japan confirms Donkey Kong expansion for 2024
Nintendo has confirmed that it will expand its Super Nintendo World theme park at Universal Studios Japan with a new Donkey Kong section.
Steve Dent09.28.2021
Super Nintendo World will open March 18th with strong COVID-19 measures
After the planned February 4th launch was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Nintendo World will open on March 18th.
Steve Dent03.08.2021
Orlando’s Super Nintendo World reportedly won't open until 2025
After a pandemic-related construction delay, Universal’s Epic Universe park in Orlando will miss its originally planned 2023 opening date.
Igor Bonifacic03.04.2021
Watch this 20-minute tour of the Mario Kart ride at Super Nintendo World
You can check out almost the entire park on YouTube.
Kris Holt02.04.2021
'Dracula' and six other horror classics will stream for free on YouTube
Universal is making seven horror movie classics available for free on YouTube for a week, including 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein.'
Jon Fingas01.08.2021
Shigeru Miyamoto gives a tour of the Super Nintendo World theme park
The promise of Super Nintendo World is especially tantalizing in a world where the pandemic is cutting into travel options, but now we’ve had a chance to experience the Universal Studios park without going to Japan or waiting for its doors to open in the spring.
Richard Lawler12.18.2020
Nintendo Direct will show off Super Nintendo World on Friday
A special Nintendo Direct will take viewers inside the Super Nintendo World theme park ahead of its opening next spring.
Richard Lawler12.17.2020
After math: Big Tech gets bigger while AMC's release window gets shorter
As the dust settles on another non-stop spate of news let’s take a look back at the some of the top headlines from the week that was. Trolls: World Tour isn’t the sort of film that one would expect to cause controversy but at the start of the COVID pandemic, AMC and Universal got themselves into a knock down drag out fight over the family film — specifically whether or not it could be released on VOD before its window of theatrical exclusivity closed.
Andrew Tarantola08.02.2020
Life found a way with Google’s ‘Jurassic World’ AR models
You can see scale 3D models with Google's new Jurassic World tie-in.
Marc DeAngelis06.30.2020
Super Nintendo World theme park opening delayed due to COVID-19
Universal has indefinitely delayed the debut of its Super Nintendo World theme park section due to the pandemic.
Jon Fingas06.27.2020
Super Nintendo World won't open in Orlando until at least 2023
The first Super Nintendo World theme park attraction is set to open at Universal Studios Japan this summer. There have long been plans to open up similar areas at Universal Studios locations in Hollywood and Orlando, but you'll have to wait a while longer to explore the Mario-themed attractions stateside.
Kris Holt01.23.2020
Super Nintendo World theme park is a 'life-size, living video game'
As promised, Universal Studios Japan is on track to open its Super Nintendo World park this summer ahead of the Olympic Games. Now it's teasing the new area with a mostly-CG music video and song made by Galantis with Charlie XCX. If you were hoping for a glimpse inside the new area or some idea of what rides are in store, you won't see them. Instead there's a dance sequence and some dreamy segments showing how players go from hanging out at home with their Switch to enjoying an in-real-life experience. However, on a website that launched along with the video, it did mention the real-life Mario Kart experience we'd heard about, and says that families will be able to travel the park on Yoshi's back. Also, there's a "power up band" teased that appears to be your wearable park pass, while you traverse the world and encounter Mario-style blocks in real life. Bloomberg reports, based on a briefing with Universal Studios Japan CEO J.L. Bonnier, that the wearable and a smartphone app will allow visitors to battle bosses and collect coins. As it says at the end of the video, "Play in real world this summer." Update: On Twitter Bloomberg reporter Kurumi Mori has posted more images and information from a briefing event. There, Universal Studios Japan showed the Power Up Band that will track visitors progress in its "life-size, living video game," as well as a mention that future parks will come to Hollywood, Orlando and Singapore.
Richard Lawler01.13.2020
Universal, Ford create in-car VR experience for 'Bride of Frankenstein'
Starting on October 14th, a fleet of 2020 Ford Explorer vehicles will be offering special rides to the public from Universal CityWalk Hollywood. Those vehicles come equipped with virtual reality headsets from German startup Holoride, which will give passengers the chance to try an in-car VR experience based on Universal Pictures' 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein. The passengers will have to go on a virtual journey, face monsters and overcome obstacles to deliver a message to Frankenstein in the new content created by Universal Monsters.
Mariella Moon10.12.2019
‘Jurassic World Alive’ update lets users feed their AR dinosaurs
You might not realize it, but you're living in a world full of dinosaurs. Since the augmented reality game Jurassic World Alive came out last year, it's been downloaded 17 million times. Players have unleashed 115 million dinosaurs and taken them to battle nearly one billion times. Now, the game is getting a few new features, including "sanctuaries," where users can feed, interact and play with their dinosaurs.
Christine Fisher06.26.2019
Comcast teams with Hollywood to make movies 'more immersive'
Who doesn't love having movies explained to them in real time? Comcast announced on Friday that is is collaborating with a number of major Hollywood studios including Paramount, Universal, Lionsgate and Sony to create a new way to watch movies at home. The company's forthcoming "Enhanced Extras" feature will enable viewers to "explore, connect and engage with a wide variety of online content" -- while the film is playing.
Andrew Tarantola12.17.2016
New tourism app has IBM's Watson guide you around Orlando
There's plenty to do in Orlando, Florida besides getting a tan -- what with Universal Studios, Disney World, the Epcot Center and SeaWorld. And a new app, backed by the supercomputing power of IBM's Watson, will tell you how to get the most out of every one of your minutes in the Sunshine State.
Andrew Tarantola08.25.2016
$350 million Nintendo land coming to Universal Japan's park
When Nintendo announced it was granting Universal Studios the rights to some of its properties for theme park rides, it was anyone's guess where they'd show up first. Now we know that they'll debut in the gaming juggernaut's back yard: Japan. Regional news outlet Sankei (Japanese) reports that the attraction is scheduled for completion by 2020, the year Tokyo is slated to host the Olympics.
Timothy J. Seppala03.05.2016
Appeals Court: Copyright holders 'must consider fair use' before sending DMCAs
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Universal Music Group in a 2007 Digital Millennium Copyright Act case that could change how and when copyright holders can send takedown notices. The case revolves around a takedown notice sent to YouTube user, Stephanie Lenz, who posted a sub-30 second video of her toddler learning to walk while Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" played in the background. She, along with pro bono counsel from the EFF, subsequently sued Universal for violating the DMCA's fair use statute.
Andrew Tarantola09.14.2015