Guests enter the park through a warp pipe from an entrance plaza. Design Universal Studios Japan Īt Universal Studios Japan, Super Nintendo World is wedged in at the northern end of the park, west of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and south of the Nintendo headquarters that are just outside of the property. It eventually opened to the public on March 18, 2021. However, guests with a Universal Studios Japan annual pass are allowed to visit the area as of February 4, 2021. On November 30, 2020, Universal officially announced that the land would open at Universal Studios Japan on Februhowever, in January the opening was once again delayed indefinitely after the Japanese government reimposed a state of emergency in response to a third wave of COVID-19 infections in the city. On December 26, 2020, the land soft opened to limited previews for Universal Studios Japan annual passholders.
On December 18, 2020, a Nintendo Direct about the land went live on Nintendo's official YouTube channel, featuring Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto hosting a tour around a small fraction of the land. On October 15, 2020, Universal Studios Japan released a new promo image featuring several details of the land. The land's opening was initially planned for completion before the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On January 13, 2020, Nintendo released a video on YouTube for the upcoming land, using the song " We Are Born to Play" by Galantis ft. Ĭonstruction on the land at Universal Studios Japan began in June 2017 with a groundbreaking ceremony. The first concept image of the land was unveiled on December 12, 2016. The ¥40 billion ($351 million U.S.) collaboration built for Universal Studios Japan in Osaka is similar in scale to Universal's investment in the Harry Potter franchise. The partnership, announced in May 2015 and detailed the next year, would use Mario and other Nintendo franchises as themes in the dedicated areas of Universal theme parks.