Super Nintendo World, the Mario and Friends theme area at Universal Studios Japan, was scheduled to open next month on February 4th. However, due to the declared state of emergency in Osaka, it will not.
This is not the first time the park has been delayed. It was originally scheduled to open in the summer of 2020, but after last year’s state of emergency, yes pushed back.
The latest announcement was made today at USJ’s official site:
The grand opening of Super Nintendo World has been postponed.
We will announce the new opening date shortly after the state of emergency in Osaka Prefecture has been lifted.
An advance preview was held for the park last November, showing visitors what to expect.
As covid-19 cases continue to rise in Japan, a state of emergency was declared yesterday for Osaka and surrounding prefectures. This comes after a similar announcement era done last week in the greater Tokyo area and as a new variant of the new coronavirus was recently discovered in Haneda Airport.
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The current declaration of state of emergency for Osaka for Japan will end on February 7th.