Universal Studios Japan has reportedly postponed plans to open its Nintendo theme park due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
While official confirmation of the delay has yet to be made, according to Business Times and sources “familiar with the matter”, the developers of the theme park – which is own by Comcast’s NBCUniversal – is expected to formalise its plans publicly soon, possibly as early as this week.
That said, construction of the new area is “nearly complete” and Comcast still hopes to launch the park later this year, although with the delay of the 2020 Olympics that had been scheduled to take place this summer in Tokyo, it’s still possible the opening may be pushed back until next year.
As Matt reported last year, way back in 2014 Universal Studios announced that it had signed a deal to create a number of new theme parks based on Nintendo properties, and it looked like the first of these, in Osaka, Japan, would finally open in “spring” next year.