OneQuarterAlex

^Any source for this? 'Cause these sound like rumors .

Just for the heck of it, let's list attraction ideas for each franchise: • Mario: MarioKart simulator or walk-through Mushroom Kingdom. Maybe add a Luigi's Mansion Dark Ride. "Suit" Characters • Pokemon: Maybe a few flat rides, like the Pokemon-Dumbo idea. Headliner could be a Pokemon dark ride where you fire pokeballs to capture animatronic Pokemon. If they want to add carnival games (for some reason) have plushies of different species for prizes. The queue for the ride resembles a hospital from the games. At random times, trainers will have battles at random locations in the land. • Donkey Kong: See River Raft idea, or roller coaster themed after the mine cart levels. DK is a fur character. A DK restaurant could be themed around fruit/jungle dishes. • Metroid: Metroid themed walk through/dark ride. Again, riders shoot monsters with Samus, kinda like MIB. Samus could do meets like the Transformers-someone tall in the suit, with a woman offstage providing the voice. • Star Fox: Simulator or "flying" coaster, with the obligatory barrel roll. Fur characters • Zelda: Walk through "maze" or play area themed after the temples. Vistiors can embark on scavenger hunts to find items from the games. All characters are "face" • Kid Icarus: Flying coaster mixed with dark ride portions. All face characters, with twins playing the two Pits • F-Zero: Launch coaster. Capt. Falcon is a face character (since I can only imagine him doing meets) If a theater (or the Toon Lagoon stadium) is used, stunt shows based around Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Kid Icarus, and Pokemon can be rotated year-round. Smash Bros. can be a yearly "event" in the land, with unique fights staged in the theater and visitors buying character-themed merchandise to support each player. Of course, reality's gonna be way less impressive, but whaddya think?

I've thought a bit about the Nintendo deal, and I think most are forgetting one great location: Toon Lagoon. Most kids aren't familiar with the characters, unless Popeye makes a comeback, and moving Nintendo Land here would allow Universal to keep E.T. and Marvel. Also, you could easily re-theme the rides: •Bilge-Rat Barges --> Donkey Kong Rafts or Mario River. •Ripsaw Falls --> Mario River (again) There's also one thing that everybody's forgetting about: that big stadium behind the land that Universal's even forgot. Use that for Nintedo shows- The Legend of Zelda Stunt show! Smash Bros. LIVE! etc.