Conceptual art of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan.
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Super Nintendo World will open at Universal Studios Japan by 2020

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Nintendo’s theme park strategy will begin with Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan, the companies announced today.

The first of multiple theme park attractions across the globe, Super Nintendo World will feature Nintendo’s familiar video game characters. The attraction will open at Universal Studios Japan in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Nintendo-themed areas are also coming to Orlando and Hollywood as announced a couple of weeks ago by Nintendo and Universal Parks & Resorts.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.