The attraction has been praised for its innovative technology, intricate theming, detailed sets, and special effects. The ride has received mixed reception from critics. If guests scan their Power-Up Band against the steering wheel, they can log and keep track of their high-score for the ride on the official Universal Studios smartphone applications. Point tallies are shown at the end of the ride, similar to Toy Story Mania. However, if riders don't accumulate enough points, they'll see an alternate ending where "Team Bowser" wins. If riders collectively earn 100 points, the ride ends with "Team Mario" winning the race. The ride then takes guests through a variety of locations from Mario Kart 8, including: N64 Royal Raceway, GBA Mario Circuit, 3DS Piranha Plant Slide, Dolphin Shoals, Twisted Mansion, Cloudtop Cruise, Wii Grumble Volcano, and N64 Rainbow Road. Ride Īfter leaving the boarding station, the ride vehicles turn into a corner where guests can practice aiming and firing in the augmented reality before heading to the starting line. If all four riders turn their wheels in unison at certain turns, they'll "drift" into the turn, earning more points. ![]() Guests accumulate points during the ride by successfully hitting the "Team Bowser" characters with their shells. Guests rotate their AR-wearing heads around to aim their Koopa Shell ammo, and press a button on their steering wheel to fire the shells at characters within the augmented reality. Guests attach the AR visors to the AR lenses in the vehicles, to view the Mario characters racing alongside them. The four-person vehicles (modeled after "karts" from Mario Kart 8) follow a set path on a railtrack. Here, Lakitu explains the ride vehicles and the shooting gallery-esque gameplay: Guests then enter the second pre-show room, filled with replicas of Mii outfits from Mario Kart 8. Guests are given the augmented reality's visors and enter the first pre-show room, which features Lakitu and Mii characters showing how to put on and adjust the visor. ![]() The queue gradually reveals that the ride's plot involves "Team Bowser" ( Bowser and the Koopalings) challenging "Team Mario" ( Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad, and Yoshi) to the "Universal Cup." Pre-show The ride's exterior and queue are modeled after Bowser's Castle. The ride is primarily based on the Mario Kart 8 video game. Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge (known in Japan as Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge ) is an augmented reality dark ride that serves as the anchor attraction of Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan and Universal Studios Hollywood, and under construction at Universal Studios Singapore and the upcoming Universal Epic Universe.
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