Anybody who grew up taking part in old skool video video games desires of visiting Tremendous Nintendo World. This themed part inside Common Studios Japan in Osaka is a geek-filled paradise the place you warp proper into Princess Peach’s Citadel, punch query mark blocks in actual life, and dine on cute Mario-themed meals objects.
After years of being caught at dwelling and escaping to digital worlds, it felt nice to get sucked into this immersive online game world in actual life in Japan throughout a current household journey.
The themed space, which opened on March 18, 2021 relies on a number of Nintendo online game franchises, primarily Tremendous Mario and its Yoshi spin-off sequence. The world will additional broaden with the addition of the Donkey Kong Nation spin-off sequence, which can be accomplished in 2024.
Tremendous Nintendo World at Common Studios Japan in Osaka is the primary themed world of its sort and the closest geographically for vacationers coming from the Philippines. One other Tremendous Nintendo World opened in 2023 in Common Studios Hollywood. Comparable themed areas are at the moment beneath development at Common Studios Singapore and Common Epic Universe at Common Orlando Resort.
The themed space is situated on the finish of the park, west of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It’s a couple of 10-minute stroll from essential park entrance, passing by the primary Hollywood Boulevard, the doorway to Wizarding World, Amity Ville, Jurassic Park, and a walkway that branches proper subsequent to the WaterWorld signal. Try the park’s official interactive map right here.
There are a number of pipes and a Tremendous Nintendo World signage proper exterior the primary entrance the place you may get an awesome memento photograph op. Friends enter the world by a big Warp Pipe from an entrance plaza with a big energy star within the pavement.
The huge pipe leads proper into Princess Peach’s Citadel and out right into a courtyard on the 2nd flooring. A stairway and balcony offers guests a view of the entire Mushroom Kingdom with the imposing grey Bowser’s Citadel proper throughout.
Simply strolling around the globe gives you loads of nice photograph alternatives. The small print are wonderful. Query mark blocks and word blocks are scattered round. Even the toilet is themed after the Mario water world stage full with the precise music and cute particulars like squid monsters on the wall.
These with youngsters can catch the meet-and-greet classes for photograph ops with the costumed essential characters. Princess Peach is stationed inside a gazebo-like construction subsequent to her fort, whereas Mario and Luigi are close to the doorway to the Yoshi’s Journey trip. Friends also can go to Toad in several elements of the lower-level close to the cafe.
Tremendous Nintendo World is just not a stand-alone theme park, however only a smaller themed part so there are at the moment solely two essential rides. Anticipate the traces to be lengthy for each.
Yoshi’s Journey
Yoshi’s Journey is a family-friendly trip. Dangle on to Yoshi as you seek for Captain Toad on a treasure hunt.
This slow-moving coaster trip offers riders a spectacular view of the Mushroom Kingdom from Mount Beanpole. Riders also can use the Captain’s map to search out 3 mysterious eggs across the course.
Mario Kart: Koopa’s Problem
The most well-liked trip by far is Mario Kart: Koopa’s Problem, which is sort of a VR model of Mario Kart. On this interactive trip, you race your approach to victory by aiming at enemies and blasting them with with shells because the trip takes you across the course.
This one is actually enjoyable and can go away you desirous to trip it once more. Nevertheless, the road itself simply getting in to the trip takes some time. At peak hours, the ready line could be about two hours simply to go on the five-minute trip. There are loads of enjoyable props and photograph ops across the fort whilst you wait in your flip.
Energy Up Band Key Challenges
Mini-games are simply a part of what makes many video video games enjoyable past the primary story or ranges. You possibly can get pleasure from extra adventures of the multilevel world with a Energy-Up Band, that are offered individually. Whereas utilizing the band and the official Common Studios smartphone app, you possibly can expertise key challenges, accumulate digital cash and objects, maintain monitor of progress, and actually stage up your expertise on this world.
The Energy-Up Band is available in six common designs, impressed by Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Toad, and Yoshi. There’s additionally a particular Restricted Version Gold Mario band.
Throughout our go to, the Energy-Up Bands value ¥4,200 (Php 1,621.73) every. You may get these at a kiosk proper earlier than coming into the world, on the 1-UP Retailer inside Tremendous Nintendo World or at a kiosk within the land. You don’t need to cost the bands, and might simply use and sync it to the app instantly.
Whilst you don’t have to purchase Energy-Up Bands for everybody in your group, having at the least one can improve the entire expertise, particularly for youths. It additionally makes a enjoyable memento for the journey.
Talking of souvenirs, there are a LOT of Mario-themed merchandise obtainable, so arm your self with lots of money or your bank card should you’re planning to buy. Apart from the 2 essential outlets inside Tremendous Nintendo World, the preferred Mario merch like keychains, t-shirts, and extra can be found at The Common Studios Retailer on Hollywood Boulevard.
1 Up Manufacturing facility
The 1-Up Manufacturing facility, which is designed to seem like the within of a manufacturing facility, has the widest vary of souvenirs together with wearable merchandise, plush hats, meals objects, toys, glasses, and extra. You’ll find this on the floor stage of the world while you go down the steps from Princess Peach’s fort.
Mario Motors
Mario Motors, situated beside Bowser’s Citadel, is a garage-style store that incorporates extra motoring-themed souvenirs from the Mario Kart video games.
Tremendous Nintendo World has one essential restaurant and two fast service stalls that serve themed snacks and drinks on the go.
Kinopio’s Cafe
Kinopio’s Cafe is the one sit-down restaurant space inside Tremendous Nintendo World. Right here, you possibly can bask in enjoyable connoisseur dishes crafted by the Chef Toad (apparently Kinopio is the Japanese identify of the mushroom man who tells you that the Princess is in one other fort within the sport). Whereas the cafe seems small exterior, it’s really fairly massive.
Bestsellers right here embody Mario’s Bacon Cheeseburger, Luigi’s Inexperienced Curry Rooster Sandwich, Yoshi’s Spinach Carbonara, Tremendous Mushroom Pizza Bowl with Mushroom Tomato Sauce, ? Block Tiramisu, and extra.
The burger was fairly good and I appreciated the dessert, however every part was dear (as anticipated) because you’re paying for the expertise. Take word that when you pay and sit down, you possibly can’t order extra meals with out lining up exterior the cafe once more, so I recommend you order sufficient drinks and desserts except for the primary dishes. There’s a free service water station contained in the resto.
Word: Relying on the day’s situations, tickets for particular occasions to buy these things could also be distributed. Distribution will finish when the pre-determined variety of tickets has been handed out.
I like to recommend attempting to safe the time entry tickets for the cafe as early as doable as meals may get offered out ;ater within the day. Even with a bodily timed entry ticket for the cafe, you’ll nonetheless have to line up and wait to be seated.
TIP: To save lots of on drinks, there’s a stall that sells cheaper common bottled water and tea. There ‘s additionally a ingesting fountain close to the restroom and contained in the cafe the place you possibly can refill containers or tumblers without spending a dime.
Yoshi’s Snack Island
Yoshi’s Snack Island is a meals stand with Yoshi-inspired choices. They serve Inexperienced Shell Calzone (stuffed with Yakisoba and Cheese) (￥800) that seem like Koopa Troopas, Yoshi’s Lassi Drinks (￥700), and cute drinks that are available in Fireplace Flower Drink Bottles, Tremendous Mushroom Drink Bottle and 1-Up Mushroom Drink Bottle (￥2,100).
Pit Cease Popcorn
Pit Cease Popcorn is a stall that sells popcorn in cute themed containers together with Mario Kart Popcorn Buckets (￥5,200) and Tremendous Star Popcorn Buckets (￥4,500). The popcorn is available in two flavors: Caramel Peach and Mushroom Cream. Gross sales are restricted to 1 per individual solely and the variety of buckets per sale per day can shortly run out.
BONUS: Mario Cafe & Retailer
In case you weren’t capable of eat in the primary restaurant or enter Tremendous Nintendo World itself, there’s a restaurant that serves just a few Mario-themed desserts and drinks exterior Tremendous Nintendo World.
The Mario Cafe & Retailer on Hollywood Boulevard presents unique Tremendous Mario merchandise and meals that includes colours and designs from the Mushroom Kingdom. They provide Mario’s Cap Strawberry Shortcake and Luigi’s Cap Grape No-Bake Cheesecake Pancake Sandwiches for ￥800 every.
Common tickets will not be relevant for individually ticketed particular occasions, akin to Countdown Celebration Cross or working hours except acknowledged in any other case on the go.
So that you don’t need to line up on the ticket counter, you possibly can guide the common Common Studios Japan Studio Cross with straight entry simply on Klook.
1 Day Studio Cross
- Adults (12+) – ￥8,600 per ticket (P3,361.19)
- Kids (4~11) – ￥5,600 per ticket (P2,188.68)
- Seniors (65+) – ¥7,700 per ticket (P3,009.44)
2 Day Studio Cross
- Adults (12+) – ¥16,300 per ticket (P6,370.63)
- Kids (4~11) – ¥10,600 per ticket (P4,142.87)
1.5 Day Studio Cross
Legitimate from 3:00 pm on the primary day for 2 consecutive days
- Adults (12+): ¥13,100 per ticket (P5,119.96)
- Kids (4~11) ¥8,600 per ticket (P3,361.19)
Completely different Common Categorical Passes ranging in worth from ¥6,800, ¥7,800 ¥10,800 every (roughly P2,600 to P4,200 extra for all ages) on prime of the common theme park admission are additionally obtainable. These tickets permit you you to bypass lengthy traces to the preferred rides.
Apart from the Common Studios Japan Studio Cross, there are two essential Categorical Passes it is best to look out for, specifically USJ Categorical Cross 4 and Categorical Cross 7, which let you skip 4 and 7 sights respectively.
If you wish to save time and have the money to spare, then these Categorical Passes are extremely really helpful. Most sights have ready occasions of 1 to a few hours only for rides that final one to 5 minutes. The ready line could be longer throughout particular seasonal occasions like Halloween Horror Night time or holidays.
USJ’s hours differ by the season, however opening time is often between 8:30 and 9:30 am, and shutting time between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Prolonged hours are carried out on some weekends and on public holidays. The park stays open day-after-day of the yr.
Whereas Tremendous Nintendo World is a part of Common Studios Japan, attributable to its immense recognition, a separate Space Timed Entry Ticket: Advance Reserving or an Space Timed Entry Ticket/Standby Entry Ticket is required to enter SUPER NINTENDO WORLD. Guests can receive these tickets both earlier than coming to the park or on the day of your go to by our official app or at a ticket kiosk within the park.
Word: Distribution of Space Timed Entry Tickets could finish early relying on situations on the day of go to. There could also be occasions when entry is feasible with out an Space Timed Entry Ticket: Advance Reserving or an Space Timed Entry Ticket/Standby Entry Ticket.
We got here sooner than printed park hours and have been capable of enter Tremendous Nintendo World while not having an Categorical Cross. E book tickets right here: Common Studios Japan Studio Cross.
Whereas contained in the park, Timed Entry Tickets have been solely obtainable on the app round 10:00 am onwards for midday timeslots. By midday, the timeslots have been just for 5:00 pm onwards. After we walked out after lunch, there was already a protracted line of individuals simply ready to get in with their standby tickets.
For those who get to USJ early, you possibly can enter Tremendous Nintendo World directly, line up for the rides and hopefully get a ticket to have early lunch at Kinopio’s Cafe. The realm is pretty small, so you may simply circle the world (exterior the rides) in an hour or two.
Nevertheless, you’ll most definitely spend half a day simply ready in line to do the rides, ready to eat on the restaurant, and lining as much as pay for merchandise on the outlets. I like to recommend coming early as a result of timeslots get stuffed out later within the day and so you possibly can enter with out the timed entry ticket. To maximise your time, go for the Categorical Cross or make use of Single Rider’s Traces for rides.
Common Studios Japan is situated about 7 kilometers from Osaka. After we visited, we availed of the Bus Switch between Osaka and Common Studios Japan on Klook going there. The bus picks you up from Dohtonbori and brings you on to the park with no transfers. For those who don’t need a seamless trip with out the effort of navigating trains and doing a number of transfers and need to get to the park early, the bus is an efficient choice. You simply want to indicate the voucher on the bus and also you’re good to go.
Nevertheless, taking the bus entails a protracted stroll from the bus parking space to the park entrance. The bus trip took about quarter-hour whereas the stroll to the park entrance took one other 10 minutes. It value round P970 for two folks for a a method journey once I booked it.
It’s also possible to get to the park and go away by prepare. We simply took the prepare going again to the lodge from the park. These with a Japan Rail Cross or prepare passes can take the Osaka Loop Line from Osaka Station Metropolis to Nishikujo Station. Then, switch to the Sakurajima Line to Common-Metropolis Station. This journey takes about 13 minutes, and trains depart about each quarter-hour. You possibly can stroll from the park entrance to the prepare station in beneath 5 minutes.
Learn extra about different elements of Common Studios Japan journey in my earlier publish. Ensure to have WiFi for navigation and for utilizing the Common Studios app throughout your park go to.
Tremendous Nintendo World is situated inside Common Studios Japan at 2 Chome 1-33 Sakurajima, Konohana Ward, Osaka, Japan.
