Carried by umbrellas, bomb after bomb floated toward my shadow on a giant screen. I punched the air, allowing my shadow to swat the bombs away until one found its mark – right on my head.
My shadow shrunk to almost nothing, and I was sure it was game over. Luckily a mysterious box appeared. I jumped up to break it open, revealing a flower that floated down to my shadow and gave me the power to throw flames.
Pew, pew, pew, pew. The flames I threw blew up bad guys and their bombs. I had won back the golden mushroom that had been stolen from Princess Peach.
The game, Bowser Jr. Boss Battle, was the end of my journey at Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood. Along with other reporters, I got to preview the immersive world at the end of December, nearly two months before its public opening on Feb. 17.
It’s the closest I’ll probably ever come to actually feeling like a video game character.
What does Super Nintendo World offer?
When the land opens, visitors will take a giant escalator and pass Jurassic Park, The Mummy and Transformers. Greeting them will be a green pipe that takes them Princess Peach’s Castle, where they will get their mission to recover her golden mushroom.
From there, they enter the 360-degree world of Mushroom Kingdom. They must complete four tasks to obtain four keys that will allow them to play Boss Battle.
The interactive games are physical. In Sleeping Piranha, guests must run to turn off a series of alarm clocks or risk getting eaten and…
