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'''Umeda Joypolis''' (梅田ジョイポリス) was a [[Joypolis]] indoor amusement theme park opened by [[Sega]]. Located on the eighth and ninth floors of the Hep Five shopping centre in Osaka and one of the original tenants on its day of opening, it was the eighth and final Joypolis venue to be opened in the 1990s and would subsequently go on to become one of the longest running ones, closing permanently in May 2018.  
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'''Umeda Joypolis''' (梅田ジョイポリス) was a [[Joypolis]] indoor amusement theme park opened by [[Sega]]. Located on the eighth and ninth floors of the Hep Five shopping centre in Osaka and one of the original tenants on its day of opening, it was the eighth and final Joypolis venue to be opened in the 1990s and would subsequently go on to become one of the longest running ones, later closing permanently in May 2018.  
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The eighth and final original Joypolis park created by Sega, Umeda Joypolis opened on 28 November 1998 alongside 150 other tenants in the Hep Five shopping centre, Umeda, Osaka.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19991008030618/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/umeda/hepfive.html}} Themed around the concept of "Underworld", a fictional urban complex, the venue initially featured four newly-developed attractions at that time exclusive to the park, ''[[Drift Cart]]'', ''[[Fortune Cave]]'', ''[[Dennou Senki Virtual-On Special]]'', and an upgraded ''[[AS-1]]'' simulator under the name of ''[[AS-MAX]]''{{ref|https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1998-09-24:_Osaka_ni_Umeda_Joypolis_Toujou}}; the latter two were removed within months, with the Virtual-On Special units relocated to [[Shinjuku Joypolis]].
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Umeda Joypolis opened on 28 November 1998 alongside 150 other tenants in the Hep Five shopping centre, Umeda, Osaka.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/19991008030618/http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/umeda/hepfive.html}} Themed around the concept of "Underworld", a fictional urban complex, the venue initially featured four newly-developed attractions at that time exclusive to the park, [[Drift Cart]], [[Fortune Cave]], [[Dennou Senki Virtual-On Special]], and an upgraded [[AS-1]] simulator under the name of [[AS-MAX]]{{ref|https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1998-09-24:_Osaka_ni_Umeda_Joypolis_Toujou}}; the latter two were removed within months, with the Virtual-On Special units relocated to [[Shinjuku Joypolis]].
 
  
 
Alongside [[Tokyo Joypolis]] and [[Okayama Joypolis]], the venue survived the wide-scale closures of many game centres by Sega during the early 2000s that included several Joypolis parks. In the following years it would receive less frequent updates than the flagship Tokyo branch, became the only venue other than it in Japan to house attractions developed by Sega after the removal of Okayama's in 2008, and would later be largely targeted towards young women, containing what was at one stage the largest Purikura photo booth facilities in Japan, "P+closet".{{ref|https://p-closet.sega.jp/}}
 
Alongside [[Tokyo Joypolis]] and [[Okayama Joypolis]], the venue survived the wide-scale closures of many game centres by Sega during the early 2000s that included several Joypolis parks. In the following years it would receive less frequent updates than the flagship Tokyo branch, became the only venue other than it in Japan to house attractions developed by Sega after the removal of Okayama's in 2008, and would later be largely targeted towards young women, containing what was at one stage the largest Purikura photo booth facilities in Japan, "P+closet".{{ref|https://p-closet.sega.jp/}}
  
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Later attractions installed included special editions of [[Let's Go Jungle!]] and [[The House of the Dead 4]], as well as VR horror simulator [[Enigma Sphere]]. The venue was included in the majority stake acquisition of [[Sega Live Creation]] by China Animations Character Co in 2016, initially operating as normal after it came into effect the following year. Subsequently, the lease on its space expired just under 20 years after opening, and the park closed permanently on 6 May 2018, leaving Tokyo Joypolis as the final original Joypolis indoor theme park besides the downsized Okayama site, which closed shortly afterwards in September 2018.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180212001407/http://umeda-joypolis.sega.jp/close.html}}
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Later attractions installed included special editions of ''[[Let's Go Jungle!]]'' and ''[[The House of the Dead 4]]'', as well as VR horror simulator ''[[Enigma Sphere]]''. The venue was included in the majority stake acquisition of [[Sega Live Creation]] by China Animations Character Co in 2016, initially operating as normal after it came into effect the following year. Subsequently, the lease on its space expired just under 20 years after opening, and the park closed permanently on 6 May 2018, leaving Tokyo Joypolis as the final original Joypolis indoor theme park (with the exception of the downsized Okayama game centre location).{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20180212001407/http://umeda-joypolis.sega.jp/close.html}}
  
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Its space was later largely occupied by a VR Zone venue managed by [[Namco]], although it was closed on October 25, 2020.{{ref|https://vrzone-pic.com/osaka/}}
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Its space was later largely occupied by a VR Zone venue managed by [[Namco]].{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20201101024220/https://vrzone-pic.com/osaka/}} Currently, the unit is home to the Bandai Namco Cross Store, which retains some arcade games on one of the floors.
  
 
==Attractions==
 
==Attractions==
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===Original attractions===
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*''[[Wild River]]'' (1998-11-28 - 2006-07-07)
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*''[[Drift Cart]]'' (1998-11-28 - 2002-06-xx)
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*''[[Murder Lodge]]'' (1998-11-28 - 200x-xx-xx)
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*''[[Dennou Senki Virtual-On Special]]'' (1998-11-28 - 1999-04-01)
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*''[[AS-1|AS-MAX]]'' (1998-11-28 - 2000-0x-xx)
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*''[[Fortune Cave]]'' (1998-11-28 - 2004-06-xx)
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*''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special]]'' (1998-11-28 - 2007-07-07)
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}}
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===Later attractions===
 
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*[[Wild River]]
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*''[[Sky Cruising]]'' (1999-10-22 - 2018-05-06)
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*[[Drift Cart]]
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*''[[The House of the Dead 4|The House of the Dead 4 Special]]'' (2006-07-08 - 2007-07-17)
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*[[Murder Lodge]]
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*''[[Wild River#Wild River Splash|Wild River Splash!]]'' (2006-07-08 - 2016-02-17)
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*[[Dennou Senki Virtual-On Special]]
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*''[[Let's Go Jungle!|Let's Go Jungle! Special]]'' (2007-07-21 - 2018-05-06)
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*[[AS-MAX]]
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*''[[Lola and Carla the Beauty Contest]]'' (2010-12-22 - 2018-05-06)
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*[[Fortune Cave]]
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*''[[Wild River#Wild River The Treasure Hunt|Wild River The Treasure Hunt]]'' (2016-02-19 - 2018-05-06)
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*[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special]]
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*''[[Ace Attorney in Joypolis]]'' (2016-05-03 - 2018-05-06)
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*[[The Horror House from Hollywood]]
 
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*[[Sky Cruising]]
 
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*[[Last Panic]]
 
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*[[Biohazard 4D Executer]]
 
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*[[Blair Witch Project]]
 
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*[[Let's Go Jungle!|Let's Go Jungle! Special]]
 
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*[[The House of the Dead 4|The House of the Dead 4 Special]]
 
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*[[3D Adventure The Ride]]
 
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*[[Ace Attorney in Joypolis]]
 
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*[[Haunted House of  Art Craftman Yoshiaki Kamimura]]
 
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*[[Zombie Zoo]]
 
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*[[Enigma Sphere]]
 
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*[[The Room of Living Doll]]
 
 
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Umeda_Arcade_19983.jpg|
 
Umeda_Arcade_19983.jpg|
 
Umeda_Arcade_19984.jpg|
 
Umeda_Arcade_19984.jpg|
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Umeda_VirtualOn_Special.jpg|Virtual-On Special
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Umeda_VirtualOn_Special.jpg|''Virtual-On Special''
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Umeda_Drift.jpg|Drift Cart
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Umeda_Drift_Cart.jpg|''Drift Cart''
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Umeda_Drift2.jpg|
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Umeda_Drift.jpg
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Umeda_Drift2.jpg
 
Umeda_Drift3.jpg
 
Umeda_Drift3.jpg
 
Joypolis_Osaka.jpg|Exterior in 2000s
 
Joypolis_Osaka.jpg|Exterior in 2000s
 
Umeda_Back_2000s.jpg|Side façade in early 2000s
 
Umeda_Back_2000s.jpg|Side façade in early 2000s
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Umeda_Blair_Witch 2000s.jpg|Blair Witch Project attraction in early 2000s
 
 
Umeda_Back_2008.jpg|Alternate entrance in 2008
 
Umeda_Back_2008.jpg|Alternate entrance in 2008
 
Umeda_Entrance_2008.jpg|Entrance in 2008
 
Umeda_Entrance_2008.jpg|Entrance in 2008
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Umeda_Sky_Cruising_2010.jpg|Sky Cruising attraction in 2010
 
Umeda_Sky_Cruising_2010.jpg|Sky Cruising attraction in 2010
 
Umeda_Arcade_2014.jpg|Arcade in 2014
 
Umeda_Arcade_2014.jpg|Arcade in 2014
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Umeda_Wild_River_Splash.jpg|Updated Wild River attraction
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Umeda_Wild_River_Splash.jpg|''Wild River Splash!''
 
Umeda_Purikura.jpg|Purikura booths
 
Umeda_Purikura.jpg|Purikura booths
 
Umeda_Tickets.jpg|2010s tickets
 
Umeda_Tickets.jpg|2010s tickets
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Umeda_Jungle.jpg|Let's Go Jungle! Special
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Umeda_Jungle.jpg|''Let's Go Jungle! Special''
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Enigma_Sphere_2016.jpg|Enigma Sphere in 2016
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Enigma_Sphere_2016.jpg|''Enigma Sphere'' in 2016
 
Enigma_Sphere_20162.jpg
 
Enigma_Sphere_20162.jpg
 
Enigma_Sphere_20163.jpg
 
Enigma_Sphere_20163.jpg
 
Enigma_Sphere_20164.jpg
 
Enigma_Sphere_20164.jpg
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Umeda_Wild_River.jpg|Wild River Treasure Hunt attraction update
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Umeda_Wild_River.jpg|''Wild River The Treasure Hunt''
 
Umeda_Wild_River2.jpg|
 
Umeda_Wild_River2.jpg|
 
Umeda_Exterior_2018.jpg|Exterior in 2018
 
Umeda_Exterior_2018.jpg|Exterior in 2018
 
Umeda_Exterior_20182.jpg
 
Umeda_Exterior_20182.jpg
 
Umeda_Interior_9F_2018.jpg|Interior in 2018
 
Umeda_Interior_9F_2018.jpg|Interior in 2018
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Umeda_Execution_2018.jpg|"Execution" [[Funteraction]] machine in 2018
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Umeda_Execution_2018.jpg|''Execution'' [[Funteraction]] machine in 2018
 
Umeda_Theme_2018.jpg|Intact original theming
 
Umeda_Theme_2018.jpg|Intact original theming
 
Umeda_Theme_20182.jpg
 
Umeda_Theme_20182.jpg
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==Promotional material==
 
==Promotional material==
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{{gitem|Umeda Joypolis CM 98.mp4|Pre-opening advert}}
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Umeda Joypolis CM 98.mp4|Pre-opening advert
 
 
Umeda Joypolis Poster.jpg|1998 poster advertisement
 
Umeda Joypolis Poster.jpg|1998 poster advertisement
 
</gallery>
 
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Latest revision as of 10:53, 10 January 2024

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Umeda Joypolis
Location: 大阪市北区角田町5－15,「HEP FIVE」, 8F・9F, Japan
Opened: 1998-11-28[1]
Closed: 2018-05-06[2]

Umeda Joypolis (梅田ジョイポリス) was a Joypolis indoor amusement theme park opened by Sega. Located on the eighth and ninth floors of the Hep Five shopping centre in Osaka and one of the original tenants on its day of opening, it was the eighth and final Joypolis venue to be opened in the 1990s and would subsequently go on to become one of the longest running ones, later closing permanently in May 2018.

History

The eighth and final original Joypolis park created by Sega, Umeda Joypolis opened on 28 November 1998 alongside 150 other tenants in the Hep Five shopping centre, Umeda, Osaka.[3] Themed around the concept of "Underworld", a fictional urban complex, the venue initially featured four newly-developed attractions at that time exclusive to the park, Drift Cart, Fortune Cave, Dennou Senki Virtual-On Special, and an upgraded AS-1 simulator under the name of AS-MAX[1]; the latter two were removed within months, with the Virtual-On Special units relocated to Shinjuku Joypolis.

Alongside Tokyo Joypolis and Okayama Joypolis, the venue survived the wide-scale closures of many game centres by Sega during the early 2000s that included several Joypolis parks. In the following years it would receive less frequent updates than the flagship Tokyo branch, became the only venue other than it in Japan to house attractions developed by Sega after the removal of Okayama's in 2008, and would later be largely targeted towards young women, containing what was at one stage the largest Purikura photo booth facilities in Japan, "P+closet".[4]

Later attractions installed included special editions of Let's Go Jungle! and The House of the Dead 4, as well as VR horror simulator Enigma Sphere. The venue was included in the majority stake acquisition of Sega Live Creation by China Animations Character Co in 2016, initially operating as normal after it came into effect the following year. Subsequently, the lease on its space expired just under 20 years after opening, and the park closed permanently on 6 May 2018, leaving Tokyo Joypolis as the final original Joypolis indoor theme park (with the exception of the downsized Okayama game centre location).[2]

Its space was later largely occupied by a VR Zone venue managed by Namco.[5] Currently, the unit is home to the Bandai Namco Cross Store, which retains some arcade games on one of the floors.

Attractions

Original attractions

Later attractions

Gallery

1998-2010

  • Interior circa 1998

  • Umeda Interior 19982.jpg
  • Umeda Interior 19983.jpg
  • Umeda Interior 19984.jpg
  • Umeda Interior 19985.jpg
  • Umeda Interior 19986.jpg

  • Arcade area

  • Umeda Arcade 19982.jpg
  • Umeda Arcade 19983.jpg
  • Umeda Arcade 19984.jpg

  • Virtual-On Special

  • Drift Cart

  • Umeda Drift.jpg
  • Umeda Drift2.jpg
  • Umeda Drift3.jpg

  • Exterior in 2000s

  • Side façade in early 2000s

  • Alternate entrance in 2008

  • Entrance in 2008

  • 2008 floor guide

  • Arcade in 2008

2010-2018

  • Sky Cruising attraction in 2010

  • Arcade in 2014

  • Wild River Splash!

  • Purikura booths

  • 2010s tickets

  • Let's Go Jungle! Special

  • Enigma Sphere in 2016

  • Enigma Sphere 20162.jpg
  • Enigma Sphere 20163.jpg
  • Enigma Sphere 20164.jpg

  • Wild River The Treasure Hunt

  • Umeda Wild River2.jpg

  • Exterior in 2018

  • Umeda Exterior 20182.jpg

  • Interior in 2018

  • Execution Funteraction machine in 2018

  • Intact original theming

  • Umeda Theme 20182.jpg
  • Umeda Theme 20183.jpg
  • Umeda Theme 20184.jpg

  • Closing day sign

Magazine articles

Main article: Umeda Joypolis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • 1998 poster advertisement

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1998-09-24:_Osaka_ni_Umeda_Joypolis_Toujou
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://umeda-joypolis.sega.jp/close.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-02-12 00:14)
  3. ↑ http://www.sega.co.jp/sega/atp/umeda/hepfive.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-10-08 03:06)
  4. ↑ https://p-closet.sega.jp/
  5. ↑ https://vrzone-pic.com/osaka/ (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-01 02:42)


Joypolis venues
Current
Tokyo Joypolis (1996) | Shanghai Joypolis (2014) | Qingdao Joypolis (2015)
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Shinjuku Joypolis (1996-2000) | Niigata Joypolis (1995-2001) | Yokohama Joypolis (1994-2001) | Fukuoka Joypolis (1996-2001) | Kyoto Joypolis (1997-2002) | Umeda Joypolis (1998-2018) | Okayama Joypolis (1998-2018) | Joypolis VR Shibuya (2018-2020)
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