In current endeavors at Nintendo, the Japanese firm is currently thriving with the continued success that is the Nintendo Switch. But, the firm is most noted for decades of video games and other entertainment novelties that brushes across the globe. So, to push that threshold, Nintendo & Universal Pictures are collaborating to open a Super Nintendo World theme park starting in Japan.

The amusement park was announced previously with a tour of the attractions hosted by Super Mario creator Shigero Miyamoto back in December. However, due to complications with COVID-19 still present across the globe, opening of the theme park was delayed until confident in its safety. Now, Japanese holding firm Oricon announce that the park is to open next week.

Super Nintendo World in Japan will officially open its doors to the public on March 18, 2021. However, there is also an update on the status of the second scheduled amusement park from Nintendo & Universal. In that, the tourist attraction scheduled to open in Orlando, Florida is now told to open later in 2025.

In a report from The Orlando Sentinel, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings relayed to the local publication to have heard from Universal Studios plans to open the amusement park in “early 2025”. Recently, Universal Pictures also issued to continue construction on Universe Epic which has been delayed predating the recent news drop.

Returning to projects planned for Nintendo, the company announces that there is plenty that is to be dealt towards the Nintendo Switch as the console meets the halfway mark of its lifecycle already, Nintendo CEO Shuntaro Furukawa explains. You can read the full report by heading here.

So you plan on visiting either of the Super Nintendo Worlds when opening?

Source: Oricon, The Orlando Sentinel