Super Nintendo World Osaka’s top attractions: from AR Mario Kart races to noshing on koopa shell-shaped calzones at Yoshi’s Snack Island, here’s 5 reasons to visit Universal Studios Japan’s new video game theme park

• Covid-19 delayed the opening date of Osaka’s new video game theme park, originally planned for a summer launch aside the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
• As vaccines continue to roll out, Mario franchise creator Shigeru Miyamoto says he hopes the whole world will come and visit once the pandemic is over