A merchandise bag from Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Japan includes a cameo from an surprising Nintendo character: a purple Pikmin! Despite the identify of the attraction, Super Nintendo World focuses predominantly on characters from the Super Mario household, versus franchises like Star Fox, Animal Crossing, or Metroid. The Pikmin’s look right here is the primary time that followers have seen every other character owned by the corporate within the park. Whether or not this cameo will result in one thing contained in the attraction itself stays to be seen. Images of the bag have been posted on Twitter by @Journey3310, and may be discovered within the Tweet embedded beneath!
ほんまや！ピクミンおる！なんで！？ pic.twitter.com/YHLp1ykFnt
— EN417フジ USJと任天堂ファン (@journey3310) October 15, 2020
Super Nintendo World will function a trip based mostly on Mario Kart, in addition to Power Up bands that permit gamers to gather “cash” across the park. Should the attraction show fashionable sufficient, it looks as if a protected guess that it might be expanded to incorporate further Nintendo properties past the Mario household. While Pikmin would possibly look like an uncommon inclusion given the recognition of a few of Nintendo’s different IPs, the sequence holds a particular place within the coronary heart of Shigeru Miyamoto. Given the way in which that Nintendo appears to be working intently with Universal on the attraction, that may have performed some position within the cameo’s choice.
Super Nintendo World was initially meant to open in Universal Studios Japan over the summer time, however the opening was pushed again as a result of coronavirus pandemic. The attraction will now open in spring 2021, however a Mario-themed cafe and retailer will open on October 16th. Super Nintendo World will ultimately make its solution to Universal Studios Hollywood, and Universal Studios Orlando. Construction on the former kicked-off in August, however American followers will seemingly have a major wait forward of them.
Until Nintendo and Universal point out in any other case, it appears that evidently the Pikmin cameo is probably going only a enjoyable reference for Nintendo followers to find. If it’s one thing extra, followers may not know till the attraction opens. In the meantime, you may take a look at all of our earlier protection of Super Nintendo World right here.
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