Pokémon the Ride

Pokémon: The Ride is a 3D motion simulator attraction located in the Super Nintendo World section at Universal Studios Japan. Set in the fictional Pokémon universe, Pokémon: The Ride takes guests on a turbulent excursion trip across various regions including Kalos, Jhoto, Kanto, and Alola, as Satoshi (Ash Ketchum in the US version) and Pikachu use the aircraft, owned by Pokémon World Airways (PWA) to attempt to bring and undisguised spy who stopped Team Rocket home to safety.

Pokémon: The Ride features locations and characters from Generations I through VII as well as the long running anime series of the same name. The attraction opened on July 4, 2021 at Universal Studios Japan.

Queue
The ride places guests in the role of tourists about to take a flight on a private jet service called Pokémon World Airways, en route to a predetermined destination. The queue is designed to resemble an airport terminal: posters advertise voyages to different regions of the fictional Pokémon earth, and a large LCD screen informs riders of flight statuses, planetary weather forecasts, and advertisements promoting the benefits of booking flights with PWA. The screen displays information in spoken in basic Japanese and English. The queue is populated with animated characters projected onto walls, including Satoshi, Pikachu, Kazumi, Takeshi, and Professor Okido, that interact with one another and to guests. The Chancey  processing the passengers' luggage on a scanning system reveals the luggages' contents to the guests waiting in the queue. Many references, gags, and in-jokes relating to Nintendo, Universal Studios, as well as 90's pop culture made via the contents of this luggage. Guests then retrieve their 3-D "flight glasses" and are directed by a flight agent to one of several concourses where they wait to board.

Pre-show
Television monitors show Satoshi, who has been assigned to maintenance on the PokéJet, that guests are about to board, is inadvertently trapped in the cockpit. Following this, a flight attendant presents an instruction video to the guests on how to fasten their seat belts and where to place their belongings followed by the Universal Parks & Resorts safety spiel in Japanese and English with Chinese subtitles. Once the doors to the PokéJet 3000 open, guests enter one of several ride simulators. After the doors close, Satoshi complains to Pikachu about the misunderstanding, but is ignored when the PokéJet begins to take flight with Satoshi in it.