How the Nintendo Amusement Park Works

Tito! S. writes "HowStuffWorks has up an article describing how the Nintendo Amusement Park works. This is the New York city area theme park in the making with a physically augmented ride themed around Super Mario Bros. They plan to make the side-scrolling course 100 meters long with a safe and fully interactive course with foam crash padding platforms powered by hydraulic actuators." From the article: "It's really a single 'ride' — a real-life interactive adventure that allows players to dress up as Mario or Luigi, enter the Mushroom Kingdom and perform the actions that the heroes perform in the video game. Players can jump over obstacles, land on and ride moving platforms, and smash enemies. They can even collect gold coins and punch power-up boxes."

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I wonder how popular it will be?

[Slithe]

If this had come out 14 years ago, it would have been a sure-fire hit, but now I am not so sure. It seems that VR stuff is nowhere near as popular as it used to be. Also, I think that theme parks may have seen a decline in recent years with the rise of online amusements (I heard that Yellowstone National Park has seen a decline in tourists because people are content to look at photos of all the wildlife on Yellowstone's web site). Also, amusement parks generally appeal to young children, and Mario might not be as popular with kids today as he was when I was young (14 years ago).