With Nintendo expanding Super Nintendo World with a section inspired by Donkey Kong Country, many are wondering what the next Big N franchise will be with a home at Universal Studios Japan. If you thought Pokemon would get that honor, think twice, because The Pokemon Company revealed that they will have their own amusement park.
To the surprise of many, The Pokemon Company has announced a collaboration with Yomiuri Land Co. and The Yomiuri Shimbun, with the aim of creating Poképark Kanto LLC, A new company that will create a division entirely dedicated to pocket monsters at Japan’s existing Yomuriland amusement park.
Appropriately, amusement parks Yomiuriland is located in the Tama Mountains of the Kanto region. If that name sounds familiar, it’s the area that inspired the map in the original Pokemon games. This is the second collaboration between The Pokemon Company and Yomiuriland amusement park. The first was a small-scale nature attraction that opened in 2019, where fans of the series had the opportunity to look for pocket monsters throughout the place.
This isn’t the first time The Pokemon Company has attempted something like this. In the mid-2000s, PokePark opened. The theme park ran for months in Japan and Taiwan in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The park, which was designed as a traveling theme park that could travel all over Japan and then planned a world tour, was closed due to its lack of popularity.
The new PokéPark, for its part, This will be an experience that can only be found at the Yomiuriland facility.And while the possibility of seeing Pikachu and company in Super Nintendo World in the future is not ruled out, this new amusement park is the only place where we can interact with these characters.
unfortunately, There is no opening date at this time, and planning has only begun. Thus, it is likely that by next year we will have some details that give us an idea of ​​the kind of experience and attractions that our Poképark will offer us.
with this, Records found for PokéPark Kalos and PokéPark Paldea. As you probably already know, Kalos is a region inspired by France, while Palladia is based on Spain. However, this is not an indication that theme parks will come to these two European countries and they are definitely a way to protect intellectual property.
On a related note, the trailer confirms the release date Pokemon Horizons on netflix. Similarly, an important CEO is arrested for Pokemon card fraud.
Editor’s note:
A Pokemon theme park is something many have dreamed of. Thus, seeing an entertainment area focused entirely on the series is what many wanted to hear. Now we have to wait to see how this place will perform in future.
Through: serebii
