Nintendo Coming to Universal Parks

[Scott W.]

Universal Patents New Ride Vehicle System - World Of Universal

 

[Mike S]

Universal Patents New Ride Vehicle System - World Of Universal

 

[Scott W.]

I was thinking MARIO Kart or Donkey Kong.

 

[Mike S]

I was thinking MARIO Kart or Donkey Kong.

Those were the other patents.

Could this maybe be Zelda?

 

[epcyclopedia]

What I see in the patent is a whole lotta going backwards... :ack:

 

[Imperius]

Yeah I don't see this being anything in the initial Nintendo build.

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Could it be a patent for a future project at perhaps GIV? Perhaps, but I would doubt that it's for Nintendo.

 

[brianlo]

It's not drawn like a DK patent... and recent Universal patents drawings have been a little too forthcoming about the project they are meant for...

But the patent so clearly spells out Potter or Nintendo, which begs the question: isn't another coaster a little redundant for those two properties?

This is what should have been done on Gringott's though...

 

[quinnmac000]

Seuss...is what I'm getting from this....but something whimsical and light.

 

[epcyclopedia]

It's not drawn like a DK patent... and recent Universal patents drawings have been a little too forthcoming about the project they are meant for...

But the patent so clearly spells out Potter or Nintendo, which begs the question: isn't another coaster a little redundant for those two properties?

This is what should have been done on Gringott's though...

Ministry of Magic?

 

[brianlo]

Ministry of Magic?

Nothing coaster-like is cannon in the MoM. Especially since that was/is supposedly going next to London.

Hey maybe they are going to gut Gringott's and try again. ray:

 

[GadgetGuru]

How often are these parents used?

Coming from the tech patent-stalking world, 99% of patents never seem to end up in a product

 

[brianlo]

How often are these parents used?

Coming from the tech patent-stalking world, 99% of patents never seem to end up in a product

Universal *seems* a little more purposeful in their patents. It at least signifies that something received a significant amount of blue sky work.

As in they don't make a bunch of patents and maybe or maybe not apply a project to it. They usually start with a particular project in mind, go into the development of a ride and then that patent is born out of it. Even if that particular project eventually doesn't happen, like Lorax or the JP mine coaster.


This reminds me of the Gringott's patent/drawings leaking on NYE 2012 from TPI. Fun memories!

 

[Mike S]

It's not drawn like a DK patent... and recent Universal patents drawings have been a little too forthcoming about the project they are meant for...

But the patent so clearly spells out Potter or Nintendo, which begs the question: isn't another coaster a little redundant for those two properties?

This is what should have been done on Gringott's though...

It does fit, even with the general idea of what we got.

Universal *seems* a little more purposeful in their patents. It at least signifies that something received a significant amount of blue sky work.

As in they don't make a bunch of patents and maybe or maybe not apply a project to it. They usually start with a particular project in mind, go into the development of a ride and then that patent is born out of it. Even if that particular project eventually doesn't happen, like Lorax or the JP mine coaster.


This reminds me of the Gringott's patent/drawings leaking on NYE 2012 from TPI. Fun memories!

I'm thinking JP mine evolved into DK mine.

 

[UK-Trigg]

Interesting patent, the lifts in the MofM spring to mind as a good use of this system.

 

[shiekra38]

If anything MoM will be a walkthrough of some kind..

It would be amazing to see that Grinch mountain coaster made in 2019

 

[fryoj]

This could very well be for a Fantastic beasts ride in the third park. Uni probably has access to things about the next movies that we don't know about.

 

[shiekra38]

This could very well be for a Fantastic beasts ride in the third park. Uni probably has access to things about the next movies that we don't know about.

I constantly forget about that rumored park...The possibilities are endless

 

[ragerunner]

The more I see of the first Nintendo area the more it feels like Universal's version of Fantasyland on steroids and to me that is a very good thing. This is what they need to market themselves to all ages.

 

[GadgetGuru]

Slow news season, so I'll add in something interesting I saw. I just went to our local Dave and Busters, and there was a surprising number of Nintendo games. Mario Kart, Mario + Sonic at the Olympic Games, and Luigi's Mansion. All of them were incredibly busy. Luigi's Mansion was by far the most popular game in the entire building.