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'''Tokyo Joypolis''' (東京ジョイポリス) is a [[Joypolis]] indoor theme park opened by [[Sega]]. Opened in July 1996 and situated within the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping complex, Odaiba, it is the largest and most active Joypolis in operation, and its design has gone on to become a template for the company’s further locations.
 
'''Tokyo Joypolis''' (東京ジョイポリス) is a [[Joypolis]] indoor theme park opened by [[Sega]]. Opened in July 1996 and situated within the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping complex, Odaiba, it is the largest and most active Joypolis in operation, and its design has gone on to become a template for the company’s further locations.
  
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It has been remodelled and reopened twice, once in December 2000 and again during the first half of 2012.
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It has been remodelled and reopened twice in its 25 years of operations, once in December 2000 and again in July 2012.
  
 
==Attractions==
 
==Attractions==
 
===Current attractions===
 
===Current attractions===
 
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* ''Gekion Live Coaster''
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* ''[[Fortune Forest]]''
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* ''Halfpipe Tokyo''
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* ''[[Gekion Live Coaster]]''
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* ''The Joypolis Explorer''
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* ''[[Halfpipe Tokyo]]''
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* ''Spicy Taxi''
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* ''[[House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn The Attraction]]''
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* ''Zero Latency VR''
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* ''[[The Joypolis Explorer]]''
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* ''Transformers Human Alliance Special''
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* ''[[Murder Lodge]]''
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* ''House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn The Attraction''
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* ''[[Sonic Athletics]]''
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* ''Sonic Athletics''
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* ''[[Spicy Taxi]]''
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* ''Tower Tag VR''
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* ''[[Storm G]]''
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* ''Storm G''
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* ''[[Tower Tag VR]]''
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* ''Fortune Forest''
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* ''[[Transformers Human Alliance Special]]''
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* ''Wild Wing''
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* ''[[Wild Wing]]''
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* ''Wild Jungle Brothers''
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* ''[[Wild Jungle Brothers]]''
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* ''Wild River The Treasure Hunt''
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* ''[[Wild River The Treasure Hunt]]''
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* ''Murder Lodge''
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* ''[[Zero Latency VR]]''
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
===Past attractions===
 
===Past attractions===
 
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*''[[Time Fall]]'' (12-07-1996 - 2000)
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*''[[Time Fall]]'' (1996-07-12 - 2000)
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*''[[Aqua Nova]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[Aqua Nova]]'' (1996-07-12 - 200x)
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*''[[AS-1]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[AS-1]]'' (1996-07-12 - 2004-11-23)
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*''[[Halfpipe Canyon]]'' (12-07-1996 - 2012)
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*''[[Halfpipe Canyon]]'' (1996-07-12 - 2012)
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*''[[Rail Chase: The Ride]]'' (12-07-1996 - 2000)
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*''[[Rail Chase: The Ride]]'' (1996-07-12 - 2000)
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*''[[Power Sled]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[Power Sled]]'' (1996-07-12 - 200x)
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*''[[Beast In Darkness]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[Beast In Darkness]]'' (1996-07-12  - 200x)
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*''[[The Crypt]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[The Crypt]]'' (1996-07-12  - 200x)
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*''[[Fortune Museum]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[Fortune Museum]]'' (1996-07-12  - 200x)
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*''[[Ghost Hunters#Treasure Panic|Treasure Panic]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[Ghost Hunters#Treasure Panic|Treasure Panic]]'' (1996-07-12  - 200x)
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*''[[Weird Photo Studio]]'' (12-07-1996 - 200x)
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*''[[Weird Photo Studio]]'' (1996-07-12 - 200x)
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*''[[Boat Race GP]]'' (16-01-1998 - 2000)
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*''[[Boat Race GP]]'' (1998-01-15 - 2000)
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*''[[Horror Ride]]'' (25-04-1998 - 200x)
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*''[[Lost Cemetery|Horror Ride]]'' (1998-04-25 - 200x)
 
*''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special]]'' (1998 - 200x)
 
*''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special]]'' (1998 - 200x)
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*''[[Sky Cruising]]'' (29-04-1999 - 201x)
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*''[[Sky Cruising]]'' (1999-04-29 - 201x)
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*''[[Aquarena]]'' (24-06-1999 - 200x)
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*''[[Aquarena]]'' (1999-06-24 - 200x)
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*''[[Sega Touring Car Championship Special]]'' (13-11-1999 - 2007)
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*''[[Sega Touring Car Championship Special]]'' (1999-11-13 - 2007)
 
*''[[Bike Athlon]]'' (2000 - 2007)
 
*''[[Bike Athlon]]'' (2000 - 2007)
 
*''[[Wild River]]'' (2000 - 200x)
 
*''[[Wild River]]'' (2000 - 200x)
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*''[[Viva! Skydiving]]'' (07-12-2000 - 18-04-2005)
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*''[[Viva! Skydiving]]'' (2000-12-02- 2005-04-18)
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*''[[Speed Boarder]]'' (07-12-2000 - 200x)
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*''[[Speed Boarder]]'' (2000-12-02 - 2006-06-05)
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*''[[Wild Jungle]]'' (07-12-2000 - 200x)
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*''[[Wild Jungle]]'' (2000-12-02 - 200x)
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*''[[Cycraft]]'' (2003 - 201x)
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*''[[Cycraft]]'' (2003 - 2006-05-30)
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*''[[Dark Chapel]]'' (2004 - 201x)
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*''[[Dark Chapel]]'' (2004-07-16 - 2017-05-07)
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*''[[Spin Bullet]]'' (2006 - 2012)
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*''[[Wild River Splash!]]'' (2006-04-29 - 201x)
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*''[[Spin Bullet]]'' (2006-07-16 - 2012)
 
*''[[OutRun 2 SP SDX]]'' (2006 - 201x)
 
*''[[OutRun 2 SP SDX]]'' (2006 - 201x)
 
*''[[The House of the Dead 4 Special]]'' (2006 - 2020)
 
*''[[The House of the Dead 4 Special]]'' (2006 - 2020)
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*''[[Burnout Running]]'' (23-04-2007 - 201x)
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*''[[Burnout Running]]'' (2007-04-23 - 201x)
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*''[[Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited]]'' (2007 - 201x)
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*''[[Initial D Arcade Stage 4 Limited]]'' (2007-07-21 - 201x)
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*''[[Wild River Splash!]]'' (200x - 201x)
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*''[[Let's Go Jungle! Special]]'' (2007-07-21 - 201x)
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*''[[Let's Go Jungle! Special]]'' (2008 - 201x)
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*''[[Hummer]]'' (2009-04-29 - 201x)
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*''[[Hummer]]'' (2008 - 201x)
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*''[[Veil Of Dark]]'' (2012-07-14 - 2016-05-12)
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*''[[Veil of Dark]]'' (14-07-2012 - 2014)
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*''[[Sonic Ghost Shooting]]'' (2013-07-27 - 2016-05-15)
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*''[[Sonic Brain Ranking]]'' (2013-10-24 - 2018-01-10)
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}}
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==DecoPOLIS==
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DecoPOLIS (a portmanteau of decoration and polis) is a dedicated exhibition area within Tokyo Joypolis, which has hosted multiple officially-sponsored events and collaborations.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230530100114/https://tokyo-joypolis.com/attraction/decopolis.html}}
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==Videos==
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{{gallery|
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{{gitem|GameCatalogII_180996_TokyoJoypolis.mp4|Segments from 18/09/96 edition of '' [[Game Catalog II]]''}}
 
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Tokyo Joypolis 1996 2.jpg|Central atrium circa July 1996
 
Tokyo Joypolis 1996 2.jpg|Central atrium circa July 1996
 
TJP Entrance 1996.jpg
 
TJP Entrance 1996.jpg
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Tokyo Joypolis Interior 1996.jpg
 
TJP Entrance 1996 2.jpg
 
TJP Entrance 1996 2.jpg
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Tokyo RailChase.jpg|''[[Rail Chase: The Ride]]''
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Tokyo Joypolis Interior 1996 2.jpg
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TreasurePanic Tokyo.jpg|''[[Ghost Hunters#Treasure Panic|Treasure Panic]]''
 
 
TJP Power Sled.jpg|''[[Power Sled]]''  
 
TJP Power Sled.jpg|''[[Power Sled]]''  
 
TJP Halfpipe Canyon.jpg|''[[Halfpipe Canyon]]''
 
TJP Halfpipe Canyon.jpg|''[[Halfpipe Canyon]]''
 
TJP Time Fall.jpg|''[[Time Fall]]''
 
TJP Time Fall.jpg|''[[Time Fall]]''
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Joypolis Tokyo.jpg|First entrance circa October 1999
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Tokyo RailChase.jpg|''[[Rail Chase: The Ride]]''
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TreasurePanic Tokyo.jpg|''[[Ghost Hunters#Treasure Panic|Treasure Panic]]''
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Joypolis Tokyo.jpg|Exterior, October 1999
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Tokyo Joypolis Interior 1999.jpg|Interior
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The Crypt exterior.jpg|''The Crypt'' exterior
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Tokyo Joypolis Sakura Taisen 3.jpg|''[[Sakura Taisen 3]]'' reveal event, 2000
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Tokyo Joypolis 2000.jpg
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Tokyo Joypolis 2000 2.jpg
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Tokyo Joypolis 2000 3.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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===2000-2012===
 
===2000-2012===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
Joypolis Tokyo 2.jpg|Second entrance
 
Joypolis Tokyo 2.jpg|Second entrance
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TokyoJoypolis entrance 2004.jpeg|Second entrance
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TokyoJoypolis lobby 2004.jpeg|Lobby
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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===2012-present===
 
===2012-present===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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TokyoJoypolis exterior Dec2014.jpeg|Exterior
 
Joypolis Tokyo 3.jpg|Current entrance
 
Joypolis Tokyo 3.jpg|Current entrance
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TokyoJoypolis ticketmachine 2019.jpeg|Ticket machine
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TokyoJoypolis ticketgate 2019.jpeg|Ticket gate
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
==Magazine articles==
 
==Magazine articles==
 
{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
 
{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
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==Promotional material==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Promotional material}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 23:00, 6 September 2023

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Tokyo Joypolis
Location: Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
Opened: 1996-07-12[1]

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Tokyo Joypolis (東京ジョイポリス) is a Joypolis indoor theme park opened by Sega. Opened in July 1996 and situated within the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping complex, Odaiba, it is the largest and most active Joypolis in operation, and its design has gone on to become a template for the company’s further locations.

It has been remodelled and reopened twice in its 25 years of operations, once in December 2000 and again in July 2012.

Attractions

Current attractions

Past attractions

DecoPOLIS

DecoPOLIS (a portmanteau of decoration and polis) is a dedicated exhibition area within Tokyo Joypolis, which has hosted multiple officially-sponsored events and collaborations.[2]

Videos

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Segments from 18/09/96 edition of Game Catalog II

Gallery

1996-2000

2000-2012

  • Second entrance

  • Second entrance

  • Lobby

2012-present

  • Exterior

  • Current entrance

  • Ticket machine

  • Ticket gate

Magazine articles

Main article: Tokyo Joypolis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Tokyo Joypolis/Promotional material.

References

  1. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-13 (1996-08-09)" (JP; 1996-07-26), page 43
  2. ↑ https://tokyo-joypolis.com/attraction/decopolis.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-05-30 10:01)


Joypolis venues
Current
Tokyo Joypolis (1996) | Shanghai Joypolis (2014) | Qingdao Joypolis (2015)
Former
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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