Universal Studios Japan and The Pokémon Company Teaming Up To Create “Revolutionary” Theme Park Experience

Universal Studios Japan and The Pokémon Company are teaming up to make a caller taxable parkland experience. 

Announced successful a press release today, the 2 companies person entered a "long-term partnership" to research caller ways to immerse taxable parkland goers successful "groundbreaking entertainment." While the announcement doesn't precisely spell retired an wholly caller taxable park, oregon astatine slightest a caller country wrong Universal Studios Japan a la Super Nintendo World, it seems Pokémon volition soon marque their mode into the parkland successful immoderate capacity. 

"Universal Studios Japan and The Pokémon Company volition participate a semipermanent concern to jointly research groundbreaking amusement that volition immerse guests into the satellite of Pokémon with innovative exertion and creativity opening successful 2022," the property merchandise reads. 

This quality comes conscionable implicit a week aft Universal Studios Japan announced that Super Nintendo World volition beryllium receiving an enlargement successful the signifier of a new Donkey Kong-themed country acceptable to unfastened successful 2024. However, the Donkey Kong news is precise wide astir it being a caller themed country wrong the park.  This caller concern betwixt Universal Studios Japan and The Pokémon Company mightiness beryllium little astir opening a caller tract and much astir simply bringing Pokémon into Super Nintendo World. 

The property merchandise seems to thin much into the thought of caller experiences wrong the parkland alternatively than an all-new themed area. 

"The existent and virtual worlds volition travel unneurotic creating a caller revolutionary taxable parkland experience," the merchandise reads. 

A new Pokémon taxable parkland country would beryllium awesome, but gathering Ash Ketchum and petting an almost-real-except-it-is-still-technically-a-robot Pikachu would beryllium awesome too. 

Fortunately, we won't person to hold agelong to find retired arsenic this partnership's "innovative exertion and creativity" volition statesman successful 2022. While waiting to spot what this caller taxable parkland acquisition turns retired to be, cheque retired this tour of Super Nintendo World with Shigeru Miyamoto and past cheque retired these photos from the Nintendo-themed park.