In March, Super Nintendo World debuted in Universal Studios Japan. However, with the ebbing and flowing of waves of uptick in COVID-19 cases, Japan declared multiple states of emergency and USJ was forced to close its door to visitors for quite some time, and thereby our plan to visit Mario Bros had to be postponed several times. All that waiting and it did not disappoint. Super Nintendo World is like a real life video game, you really feel transported into this digital kingdom that we all grew up with. Can easily stay there the whole day!

Ways to Get Tickets

Official Website: when tickets sold out on English translation website, you can try Japanese site.
Hotels: some hotels reserve tickets for guests, but you can’t buy it ahead of time.
Convenient Store: you might be able to get the ticket from Osaka convenient stores, but I haven’t verified this information.

Roller Coaster List

Flying Dino: You need to lay on your stomach. Made me a bit nauseous!
Space Fantasy: One of our favorite rides. It’s like coffee mugs on steroids!
Hollywood Backdrop: The most popular ride.

Universal Studios Hollywood, Orlando, and Japan have many similarities, including some of the rides. UN and I love USO, but with the new Super Nintendo World, USJ is now our favorite. From the scenery to the various games, the intricate details put into designing SNW will make you fall in love with this place (and also make you willing to shell out many coins). Purchasing the Power Band (3000 yen) allows you to collect “coins”, “keys”, and stickers. Certain games can only be “unlocked” once you have collected enough keys. The staff over there are super helpful and gave me many tips to help me win. The Power Band is paired with the USJ App on your phone via QR Code, which allows you to compete with other players in the park on that day to see who collected the most coins. The App also tells you the wait time of every ride, quite useful!

Japan is not in summer break yet, therefore the lines weren’t very long, the wait was on average 10-15 minutes only. Even for the very popular Hollywood Dream, the wait was only 20 minutes. You will read on the internet that you should arrive at the park an hour before opening to skip the long lines, but perhaps due to the pandemic, many of the attractions and restaurants were either closed or opened after 11am. USJ also has a City Walk, and it even has convenient stores. Notable is a whole food court featuring the Osaka delicacy Takoyaki. There are various world cuisines that you could choose from, but they all closed at 8pm due to Japan’s state of emergency regulation.

Our Osaka trip’s main mission was to visit USJ, and it was so much fun! Remember to keep social distance when taking picture with characters!

Chinese Translation

今年三月，Super Nintendo World在日本環球影城正式開幕，但疫情持續衝擊日本，環球影城暫時休業一陣子，讓我們的旅遊計劃不斷推遲。不辜負期望，Super Nintendo World彷彿虛擬世界，讓我們置身在Super Mario遊戲裡，真希望能在那待一整天！

購票方法

網站購買：日本環球影城英文翻譯網站的票幾乎全售光，但換成日文網站就能買到票。
特約飯店：許多大阪飯店入住後能和工作人員買票，但無法事先預訂。
便利商店：聽說大阪便利商店能買到票，但這方法我們還未證實。

雲霄飛車推薦單

Flying Dinosour：身體呈現與地面平行，別飯後來玩，保證吐！
Space Fantacy：根本是大人版咖啡杯，暈！
Hollywood Backdrop：刺激又好玩，也是最多人排隊的雲霄飛車！

Hollywood和Orlando環球影城和日本環球影城有很多相似處，許多遊樂設施也幾乎一樣。我和UN一直很喜歡Universal Studio Orlando，但Super Nintendo World從園區外面的佈景到玩小遊戲，每個小細節都會讓你好愛這地方（還會狂花錢）。為了能像遊戲裡一樣收集硬幣，可以買Power Band（3000日幣），收集足夠徽章還能玩僅限Power Band用戶能玩的遊戲。園區工作人員看到我一直破關不了，還傳授秘笈。手機能下載Universal Studio Japan App，可以與手錶QR Code連結，檢視自己和其他玩家的表現。此App還能查詢遊樂設施的等待時間，非常有用！

由於日本還沒放暑假，遊樂設施隊伍非常短，大約10-15分鐘就能到隊伍盡頭，連最受歡迎的Hollywood Dream也只等了20分鐘不到。網上有人建議開園前一小時到達，但許多遊樂設施和餐廳因疫情關係和人數控管，約11點後才陸續開張。日本環球影城也City Walk，有便利商店方便買水或零食，還有聚集大阪多家超知名且必吃的章魚燒店，當然也有各國食物。但由於當時大阪處在緊急事態，大部分餐廳必須晚上八點關店。

這次大阪行就是為了來日本環球影城，實在是太好玩了！但記得和卡通人物照相時要保持社交距離！