After a six month delay, Universal Studios Japan’s Donkey Kong Country themed Super Nintendo World expansion finally ha…
After a six month delay, Universal Studios Japan’s Donkey Kong Country themed Super Nintendo World expansion finally has an opening date. It’ll be barrel-blasting open its doors from 11th December, and if you’re curious to see what’s in store, you can now watch Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto take a tour of the area, with a brief pause to bonk on some bongo drums.
A Donkey Kong themed expansion to Universal’s Super Nintendo World theme park area was officially announced in September 2021, just months after the opening of its main Mushroom Kingdom-themed area (although it had been spotted on mock-ups long before). At the time, Universal teased it would feature „interactive experiences and themed merchandise and food“, alongside a new coaster – and we’ve now had our best look yet at the finished thing.
Miyamoto toured the Donkey Kong Country expansion in special ten-minute-long Nintendo Direct, beginning by whisking players through the now unsealed warp pipe toward the rear of the Mushroom Kingdom.
