news culture Super Nintendo World: The Mario Kart attraction has an aberrant constraint!
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After a first Super Nintendo World land in Osaka, the Universal Studios Hollywood park will soon open a new section to the Mario universe. Ahead of its inauguration on February 17, some people were invited to try the attractions in preview. If the opinions are rather positive, one remark stands out.
Summary
- A Nintendo theme park in the United States!
- A last minute problem
A Nintendo theme park in the United States!
That’s it. After the Super Mario World universe at Universal Studios Japan, it’s the turn of the United States to be entitled to an area dedicated to the world of Mario and his friends. To get there, you will have to go to the west coast of the country, that is to say to Universal Studios Hollywood. There are many attractions that had made all the charm of the land in Japan, such as the famous Mario Kart race in augmented reality that made more than one dream. At present, only a handful of lucky ones have had the opportunity to discover this corner of the Universal Park and try out the different activities. But if you can’t wait to try it, good news because the inauguration is imminent since it is currently set for February 7th. If the first opinions are very positive, we were still entitled to negative feedback, which was surprising to say the least.
A last minute problem
The remark comes to us from an Internet user by the name of Rocco Botte, a “food influencer” who is part of a collective called Mega64 which deals with the world of video games. The previous week, the latter was invited to test the activities of the park and left a notice in stride that we translate to you just below.
I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Super Nintendo World, except this: the body size limitations on the mario kart ride are absolutely ridiculous. I’ve never had a problem getting into a ride in my entire life, and I can barely get into this one. It’s completely absurd.
Nothing but wonderful things to say about Super Nintendo World except this: the body size limitations on the Mario Kart ride are absolutely ridiculous. I’ve never had any issue fitting into any ride in my entire life, and I can BARELY fit into this one. Completely absurd.
— Rocco Boot (@rocco_boot) January 31, 2023
In the rules of the attraction, it is stated that the activity is not suitable for visitors whose waist circumference exceeds 40 inches, which is about a meter. However, this is causing a problem in the United States, in a country where the average waist circumference for men over 20 is 40.5 inches. In replies to the tweet, other netizens complained about the same thing at other Universal Park attractions. In response to the remarks, a Universal spokesperson said they are listening to their guests and are looking to make changes while maintaining the safety of the attraction. It remains to be seen whether this problem will be resolved before the inauguration scheduled for February 17.
