We discuss if the brand new Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge AR ride at Universal Studios Hollywood is any good in our in-depth review!
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0:00 Is the Ride Good
17:26 The Amazing Queue
22:02 Pre-Show Sucks
25:03 The Verdict
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Video by: André
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0:59 – the one small detail I loved in this ride (in Japan), was Peach's wink after her somersault. I don't know why, but it's the kind of small touches I love. Glad to see it here too.
Other than that, great review! Yes, it's daunting at first, but it's fantastic when you know what it's about: an AR shooting game on a somewhat slower ride. It's a game first before being a ride, in some ways.
Imagine if they had cheat codes you could enter as a team to change some things.
I’ll give a go and then get addicted trying to get the most coins.
Wow this looks incredible! Wanna go to Super Nintendo World one day.
Can't wait to go this Wednesday with the family
Amazing! I have to go to Super Nintendo World with my Family and Friends someday for this! Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge! 😀😃😄😁
Super Nintendo World looks better than Walt Disney World.
But I want a Luigi Kart helmet/visor
Too bad it's only in Commiefornia I don't go there
Oh sweet!
I wanto to go there someday
That review, much like the Mario Kart ride itself, was so much fun!
I hope that everyone who wants to experience it, eventually gets to do so. Definitely worth it!
My issue with this ride is that most people who go to theme parks dont get to ride rides twice. So with a mediocre pre-show and an initially confusing ride experience, I feel as if alot of guests will walk away from this disappointed.
It’s going to be good
Imo, it’s better the first time. Somehow I got to do it two times. The first time I waited 80 mins, and the second time 30 mins. Still enjoyed it though!
Nintendo needs their own park! I want a zelda, metroid, pikmin, & fzero themed lands
It’s mostly for 12yo and under though, right?
4:40 HOLD the steering wheel in direction of arrow and you "drift" and get 5 coins for a well done drift! There are many drift moments in game, some are tricky in relation to aiming and drifting at same time! Great ride.
5:48 Agree. I wish the AR shield was a few inches bigger to not see where the AR cuts off.
6:15 Also, read the "achievements" on the app to see how deep the game is. Like bonuses from hitting characters consecutively, finding hidden blocks are NOT hitting any Mario Type characters with a shell! The gaming element is deep.
6:44 Yea, I was obsessed to get 200 coins which is not easy in this game and gives u an achievement. When I got 201 after 10 rides, I literally screamed in the ride.
7:35 You can "stack" shell. So if you have 8, then hit a ? and get 15, you will have 23! Don't feel u need to blow all the shells before the next ? In fact, stack shells for easy big screen targets to get a nice score!
Rainbow road end is one of the greatest ends to a ride ever!
14:15 Yes, the need more item blocks. Not enough. I talked to one of the creatives. He said MIYAMOTO didnt want to start with item blocks. Wanted people to learn the mechanics of steering. He did say the future upgrade and changes to the AR can be coming, which will make this fun to go on again and again.
14:50 The one thing the just ok SPIDERMAN shooting ride at DCA does give u if you buy their costly SPIDERMAN glove is upgraded gaming elements like different types of things to shoot. Yes, the power band should do this too.
16:30 well u sorta can get it somewhere else: Mario Kart Home Circuit 😉
23:25 Or Mickey Runaway Train at Disneyland has a great pre show that sets up the entire ride! And yes Spiderman ride too! And Rise of Resistance!
Also, if you do a second or third or 10th time like me, there is a single rider line! Where u only have to wait up to 20 minutes (when wait over 2 hours). You will most probably get broken up with family/friends (u can get lucky and still ride with them). Though this is a great element to keep on riding many times for obsessive gamers like me!
"The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it." _Henry Ford
BTW, there is real SMOKE and WIND effects in the ride, and, there is SENSORY elements that vibrate in the seats too that sync to the show elements! I give it a B+!
Unique sensation you can’t get anywhere else
Part of what makes Nintendo Nintendo
Makes sense theyd gamify theme parks like how they gamified lego
This all started with the rise of Pokémon go in 2016 look how far we have come in AR
This is the only way to play nintendo games on high fps with 4k resoultion
The problem that this ride is going to have is that people are not going to play it 5 or 6 times because of lines, and they'll probably only get that single time to play the ride, and they'll likely come off of it with that unimpressed, confused impression that Andre got since they won't be able to ride it as many times.
Numberjacks and other security guards
Sooo hype to go to this when it opens in Orland FL!