Nintendo Should Follow In Marvel's Footsteps And Produce Its Own Hollywood Movies, Say Producers

What would that even look like? Smash 3's story mode? XD
If they would though, it'd be pretty awesome

Well firstly Nintendo's characters are very different to that of Marvel so I don't really see the comparison. Also producing high quality films is very different to producing high quality games. Everyone remembers THAT Mario film.

And let's be honest, when was the last time there was a good film adaptation of a video game? They happen very rarely.

Pppft. Nintendo would not be wise to risk devaluing their brands by commissioning crappy Hollywood films based on their otherwise high quality IP; particularly if they are serious about taking on the competition with the NX and their upcoming mobile software.

At least they can't go down from there. I do wonder if movies are necessary though.

"I feel like the world of Nintendo could translate well to the screen."

Yes... such as a television set with a Nintendo console... or a Nintendo handheld with its own screen.

"The more iconic the characters are, they better the movies they will make."

Eh... Nope.

But I do agree in some respects, mostly if they were animated movies. Wreck-it Ralph showed us you can do a good video game movie, without even really involving real videogame characters in the plot

If they get the team behind the Lego movie, then yes

I'd love to see A Nintendo Cinematic Universe, They could Do a Mario Movie, Zelda Movie Metroid Movie, Starfox Movie etc and eventually bring them all together Avengers Style into a Smash Bros Movie

I disagree. Films based on comic books were at least a mixed bag before the MCU with both the good (X-Men, Spider-man), the bad (Hulk) and the ugly (Daredevil). Films based on video games are almost always in the ugly category.

Thing is The Wizard is a re-hash of Tommy by the Who, except with less abuse and more storyline. Zelda Movie would be too simple to encapsulate the greatness of Zelda. That's why I signed the petition to stop the TV show.

I did like Wreck it Ralph though, there is so many characters hidden in that film

I think only Tekken was kind of decent.

Waiting to see how Warcraft will be and Assassin's Creed I don't really have high hopes for it.

@VortexTraveller Kinda like that idea, could work.

Nintendo is all about gameplay, they don't even like cinematic. Why would Nintendo start making movies?

Nintendo's characters barely even speak to keep their mystic and character to the imagination, making a movie will ruined all their IP.

@Bunkerneath It wouldn't need to encapsulate the whole world, just tell some cool little story within that world while making sure it keeps a Zelda feel

The problem is they'd have to do a Mario Bros. movie as Mario is the mascot of the company, and I think it'd be too difficult to make the Pixar-esque type movie that's being suggested. I don't think the mushroom kingdom fits well into that format - I can't imagine dialogue that isn't contrived sounding, I don't see a plot that fits but isn't derivative and not for the better.

Maybe there's a 'right team' to handle a Mario movie but I don't see it

Well i would not mind seeing Nintendo franchises hit the big screen but if they were to do it i think that the best studio to partner up whit is Disney.

As both companies have a lot in common and put high standards on storytelling and one of the last good videogames to be adept to the big screen came from them as while most think of wreck it ralph then also did a good jump whit Prince of Persia

Video game characters are usually far too shallow for movies, even compared to comic book characters. How many Nintendo characters have any kind of personality? The closest one comes is probably Luigi who is 'easily scared'.

Oh yes, Nintendo movies could obviously be a huge success, just not under Nintendo's direction. They can barely make games fans want let alone a film.

But if they gave complete rights to Disney/Pixar...

A few people have been saying this for quite some time now. I'm one of those people.

There are some possibilities for generic movies using Nintendo IP.

Metroid: A Alien style movie, with Samus leading a team that's tracking down space pirates until metroids get involved and then things get messy.

F-Zero: A Fast and Furious style movie. Captain Falcon, bounty hunter, joins the elite racing league to track down someone or other.

Pikmin: A kid friendly Pitch Black style film.

Whats next ? Catfood production ? Car manufacturing ? Real estate ? Seriously, no. Nintendos characters are actually the least i want to see a movie made of. Most of them are blank slates without any character. Youve seen what happened in OtherM if you suddenly inject too much story into such a series.

There are a few game series out there, where movies would actually make sense. Uncharted comes to mind, which would basically be Indiana Jones 2.0.

That said, Nintendo does have one, two series which could, if carefully made, turn out to be good kids movies. Pikmin could be an interesting animated movie. Animal Crossing already has an Anime OVA and could work well as a series. Other than that, please dont...

The problem with that, is that Nintendo's franchises aren't necessarily known for their "stories". Unlike say, Marvel or DC, whose comic books are obviously based around storytelling. The only franchises I could see MAYBE working for Nintendo in movie form would be Zelda or Metroid.

Yes - Nintendo IPs don't tend to have much backstory, and the characters don't tend to speak much.....

...but, it doesn't necessarily have to stay that way forever. The quality of writing in films targeting younger audiences has increased in the last 15 years. If Nintendo teamed up with some quality writers, and gave the production rights to a quality studio, the IPs could be given a whole new lease of life.

Not saying it's easy, and they'd need to be certain of the quality before risking it, but it could be done.

Nintendo movies? I'd be alright with that.
Made in Hollywood? Hell no. I just can't see anything but disaster thinking about it. I hope that they can come up with some anime adaptations in Japan if they're aiming for that, but otherwise, just... no.

@gcunit I totallly agree. Nintendo needs to add some more storytelling to their games nowadays. I used to think they were awesome for that, with games like Paper Mario, Metroid Prime, etc. But now their games are severely lacking in that department.

Also I think the only way a Mario movie could work, is if it was extremely meta. Kind of like Wreck it Ralph, or the Lego Movie.

@NinjaWaddleDee Nah.

They could do so much more with a Mario movie, even following the basic 'kidnapped Princess' plot. Why does Bowser kidnap Peach? How? What is the aftermath? How does Mario feel? Does he even know Peach? Why does he help? etc etc. They could easily flesh it out into a real, tangible plot with emotion and depth.

Personally, if they were going to start their own cinematic universe I think they should start from the beginning. Reboot Mario's origin story, make the supporting characters fun and lovable like in Ralph/Big Hero 6 etc. Follow Mario's development from a nobody to a hero, induldge in his emotional growth, have a touching scene where Mario wants to go back because he doesn't believe in himself and have Luigi talk him around.

Disney is on a roll with movies lately, with Ralph, BH6 and Tangled being the highlights, and I feel they could make a beautiful Mario movie.

"That was a huge risk for Marvel, but they did it and look at them now"

Making mediocre (at best) movies? Nintendo could do a good Metroid TV series if they utilised their connections with the Jim Henson Company and made it in a similar vein to Farscape, but it won't happen, and nor should movies.

As long as it's CG like the Pikmin short movies then yes. I don't think Mario or Zelda would work though. I think Metroid, Star Fox and Pikmin CG movies could work.

Would be awesome! Post Credit Master Hand show up and says "I'm here to talk about the Smash Initiative"! And this could add some layers to Nintendo games, they really need to revamp the storytelling. Only Fire Emblem and Kid Icarus have good storytelling.

That said what I really want is a Fire Emblem anime, a long running one, not just one OVA. Or a Kid Icarus one!

Because producers are never wrong right?

Is this really Marvel speaking, or is it Hollywood / Disney / Time Warner and the like speaking? Comic book properties work well as movies or animation, because they're all static forms of media, with action packed styles of scripts and stories which translate over in a very direct manner. It's a natural transition.

This is not the case at all for video games. Video games are interactive; movies are not. Video games offer choice of movement and sometimes even player decided outcomes; movies and the like are set in stone, with predetermined, choreographed movements.

The transition between an interactive and static medium is counter intuitive from a design standpoint; this transition is most jarring in games like the Metal Gear Solid series and Xenosaga series, where the player has long stretches of time between essentially watching an animated movie and playing a game. It requires a certain level of tolerance that not everyone has. It changes the dynamics of what makes each medium work into something it's not meant to work for. Game designing is fundamentally different from movie designing, which is why video games have such a long history of bad movie transitions.

It didn't work well 25 years ago, and it's not going to work well now. The passage of time is not going to change the stark differences in design between static and interactive mediums. I know Nintendo Life has been on a binge of these types of articles lately, but there comes a time when restraint must be practiced. Just because someone somewhere said something, doesn't change an already well known and well defined history.

This is a topic which was discussed fairly often in the print media days of gaming journalism, and the conclusions were the same as that which I've described above: the transition just doesn't work well, but people will clamor for it anyways.

I think with the right studio and writers/directors who are passionate enough they could easily have some great animated movies. Something like Zelda would do great if handled like the How To Train Your Dragon movies and Metroid could lend itself well to a survival movie where Samus is stranded on an alien world.

And then surely like Marvel, Nintendo would be bought by Disney?

Anyway, it's been working for them with Pokémon for 2 decades now. That TV show is still running, and they're on the, what, 19th movie now?

My initial reaction was no - unless Nintendo wants to sell itself to Disney like Marvel did - but that's b/c I didn't like the idea of Nintendo trying get to produce their own movies, I don't see that working out well at all.

But on 2nd thought, it's a really good idea. No Mario though, non-starter.

1. Pokémon - for those who don't know - I'm not really sure how though - there have already been a dozen Pokémon movies. They don't get wide scale western releases but perhaps they should?
2. Zelda - Lord of the Rings was a very successful movie trilogy, enough so to follow it up with The Hobbit. Windwaker might not work, but TP would make a WAY better movie than the upcoming Warcraft. Even SS could work, though the game itself is too sliw.
3. Metroid - it's sci-fi, Ronda Rouse wants to play her, just do it. The Star Trek reboot would be a good model, 1st movie was really good. They would probably screw it up doing Guardian of the Galaxy though. I'd hire the Farscape team, great TV show drame, that could work. Less Other M, more Prime.
4. Pikmin - should have been done already. Minions, Penguins of Madagascar. First game, story of Olimar, give select Pikmin personality like the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movies, first was great, 2nd good enough.
5. Starfox - this one can get the comedic Guardians of the Galaxy treament, though more TMNT. Starfox Adventures has dinos, and a hot blue chick like Mystique, but furry, it would work. If you like TMNT. Or go all out like Avatar. I know it's hip to hate on it, but it's a beautiful movie. 3 more coming soon, work with that.
6. Donkey Kong - Tropical Freeze could have a Madagascar feel. Or do his whole family like the Croods, or Ice age

But they shouldn't produce their own, just license the IP. Let Legendary do it. Ratchet and Clank out in April, maybe Sly Cooper next year. Godzilka, Kong Skull Island, Godzilka vs Kong. Now is the time.

Has anybody noticed that Ratchet and Clank is getting it's own movie? If that does well I don't see why Nintendo shouldn't do this. It's called product recognition and it could also sell system like crazy.

Before Iron Man I couldn't care less about Marvel. It could draw in a whole new crowd of gamers wanting to see what they've been missing for the last 15 years.

Ninja'ed by @rjejr, that stings!

@PlywoodStick It is true that video games are capable of things that movies aren't like nonlinear progression, but that doesn't mean that video games can't be movies. They just have to be adapted differently than comics or books. Instead, adapt the movie like people adapt historic events where characters are added and changed to be more compelling.

@CB85 If you think about it, though, those are all anime which use fairly well defined "Shonen" tropes to stay relevant throughout the ages. They're practically not even about Pokémon, so much as they're about a "Shonen" style journey, with unchanging characters and "endearing" creatures/oh they're our friends instead of dangerous wild animals throughout.

There was a short, 5 episode or so one-off of the original Red version, which fast forwarded through the 1st game with a few highlights, and an anime-inspired interpretation of the events which transpired. But the watcher couldn't choose to switch out that Charizard. Or choose when and where to go. Or choose whether to use the Master Ball on Mewtwo or not.

The anime loses the game design aspects of choice a game player has, and so loses the essence of it's source material. But this isn't immediately obvious to the target audience, and it's reconfigured to deliver updated "Shonen" anime traits, so it continues unabated.

I still think a Metroid film could work, but a think is with Nintendo characters, most of them don't speak.
A Kid Icarus cartoon would work though.

At least the plot line for a Mario film would be better than most Marvel films.

Marvel plot. Something happens to alter a human. He becomes a Superhero. Same thing happens to another person who becomes a Villian. They fight Superhero wins.

Nintendo plot. Princess gets kidnapped by a dragon thing and is rescued by an Italian plumber.

The Nintendo plot is a lot easier to follow.

@MrMario02 Pray tell, how does one make the transition between interactive and static mediums? This question has been pondered for over 30 years now, and no good answer has come up yet. (For good reason.)

Trying to change histories and events to be more compelling is something which has been attempted for about 25 years now... To the effect of (predictably) having to change the core of what made the property work well in the first place into something it's not.

Something like the Pokemon anime, or the Valkyria Chronicles anime, for example, is not so much about their source material so much as they're about appealing to certain tropes and "Shonen" or "trope-naïve" or even "trope-liking" audiences. Something like the Super Mario Bros movie is the poster child of what happens when games are attempted to be translated into movie format- core aspects of the series are removed and redesigned into something that is barely recognizable, merely using the namesake as an empty moniker for what the product is supposed to represent.

I ask, then, in the spirit of Shakespeare: What is in a name? Does the name applied to a creative work make it that thing? Or is it defined by something more?

I hate cutscenes (unless they're short and snappy, like those in Fire Emblem: Awakening). Why would I want to watch one that runs for 2 hours?

The problem with Nintendo IPs is that they either 1) have little to no story or 2) rely on the main character being mute the entire game. The only games I see making good experiences are Metroid as a suspense space flick or maybe a grim and dark F-zero film with Captain Falcon's origins as a bounty hunter.

@FierceRagnar What? Just because video game adaptations into film have not really worked in the past does not mean that they never will. If done correctly and with the same attention to detail that Nintendo puts into their games a film based on their games could work.

@PlywoodStick I have to agree with your point. You lose part of the experience going from interactive media to a static one. I came here to post those sentiments.

That said, it wouldn't hurt Nintendo to push it's IPs into new territories. If only to give them more brand recognition with younger audiences. As to how they should accomplish that, well that's beyond me. I personally wouldn't be opposed to watching a new movie or tv show based of their IPs, but I guess we'll have to see what the future holds.

Nintendo does have at least some series that could translate to film. But these tend to be their niche series. I know Metroid, Fire Emblem, and F-Zero aren't exactly niche, but compared to Mario?

I'd guess the better route would be animated TV series, made either in Japan or the west. You can't capture the essence of Zelda in a film, but you could capture a typical journey over 26 episodes or so. This is sort of what Pokemon did before getting carried away. A series of 11 minute shorts focusing on oddball situations would would work for the opposite reason with Mario: feature short and simple stories with a mix of comedy and action. And there would be no need to make a cinematic universe.

I have pretty mixed feelings about this. On the one hand is love to see some Nintendo movies, especially if they're done right. On the other, video games aren't movies and usually don't transition well. If they were to make a movie I'd think it'd be best if they used an existing IP, but with a completely original storyline.

For once I agree, Nintendo should make movies out of certain franchises like Metroid, Zelda or Starfox. Metroid could be a really cool and dark space movie with a strong female bounty hunter, Legend of Zelda could be trilogy in the footsteps of Lord of the Rings and Starfox should be animated and a bit like Guardians of the Galaxy.
This could totally work!

@Nintendian: Nintendo don't like cinematic? Have you played Skyward Sword or Hyrule Warriors? What about Metroid and Starfox? I wouldn't say they don't like cinematics. Starfox Zero actually emphazises on cinematics.
@NinChocolate: Why? Who says Nintendo has to do a Mario movie? There's no unwritten rule to that. They could just start with Metroid, Starfox or Zelda because those translate better into a movie.
@damo: This might be nit-picking, but the Deadpool movie was produced by Fox, not Marvel (although Marvel holds the comic rights).

I think Nintendo has already been testing the idea of doing their own films. The short Pikmin animations I believe were to test what goes into shows/films. I think the obvious choice would be Mario. If the right story teller wrote the script and if a director with as much attention to detail as the game designers were at the helm...it would work. I'm actually really surprised that a Zelda movie has not already been done. With Zelda, I don't think that they would need to make a movie based off of an existing game. I think that would be a failure. The way the Zelda series works, a brand new story could be created just for a Zelda film. But I think Zelda would be far more complicated then a Mario movie. There's a lot to tough decisions to make with it. With Mario, he's already "kid friendly" and it would work sooooo much better in animation then it would in live-action. There are so many quality studios out there that could pull it off too. But ultimately, I think Nintendo should be heavily involved if they choose to lone their series out to film studios.

@rjejr 1. The Pokémon anime/movies are less about Pokémon and more about fulfilling certain "Shonen" style anime tropes and well worn plotlines that haven't changed much between 1997 (when the Pokémon anime started in Japan) and today.

2. Lord of the Rings had tons of dialogue, with a huge cast of characters and just as disparate a range of personalities. Zelda has relatively little dialogue and few personalities, to the point where characters like Midna seem like blabbermouths. The environments have more significant personalities than the characters. Link is supposed to be mute, and his actions in themselves are what tells the story; this is a concept which is naturally portrayed through video games, but would end up looking like a weird "sort of silent but not" movie. If that aspect is changed, well... Is it even still Zelda at that point?

3. Having an almost silent Metroid movie, with very sparsely laid out dialogue, and all of the storytelling told through environmental exploration and combat, would bring Metroid much closer to a unique movie or serial experience. However, again as with Zelda, a big part of the Metroid experience is BEING Samus while those environments are explored, and baddies are blasted. Take the interactivity away, and you're left with a beautiful painting; but what's the point in just staring at that painting if you can explore it instead? (What kind of game would Super Mario 64 be if we just stared at what went on in the paintings, instead of jumping in for ourselves?)

4. All of those Pixar/Dreamworks/etc animated movies are based around a certain theme or moral. They're more about making a point through the characters, rather than letting the characters themselves make their own points. Pikmin are perfect examples of characters of demonstrating the latter: they exemplify traits of family cohesiveness and self sacrifice for the whole, or even for friendly strangers, through their actions and not their words. Although the player tells them what to do, are they really just automaton servants, or are they listening to you and acting accordingly? Remove that aspect, and Pikmin lose their essence.

5. The old StarFox manga in Nintendo Power basically already described the entirety of how that would play out. Perhaps that could be animated, but it would still lose the essence of being part of a small rebel/mercenary group in the midst of an interstellar war.

6. This was already kind of done in the 90s Donkey Kong Country animated series. It turned out exactly as one would have thought: goofy, stupid, and having absolutely nothing to do with the amazing adventures of the DKC game series. I don't think the passage of time would change how a new animated series today would turn out.

Eh I can only see this with either Metroid or F-Zero, which funny enough both could use the exposure. The problem is that it will require far better writing that what I've seen Nintendo capable of. I mean I saw what they were trying to go for with Samus in Other M but it was all janky and disjointed.

For instance, totally understandable in her having that freak out from seeing the Alien that ate her parents but if it was like her first time seeing him not her 10th. It would have been better to have something a kin to that in a flashback to her first encounter so that you would see it in comparison to her latest to seen how much she has grown.

A game like Xenoblade Chronicles would be good as an anime series. It won't work as a movie because its too long.

@Samuel-Flutter My reply to rjejr describes how I feel about each individual series, and what has been attempted in the past. In particular, as exemplified by Super Mario 64: What's the point in staring at what goes on in a painting, when you can jump in and participate in what goes on for yourself?

Until real VR comes along (not the current pseudo VR of obstructing your peripheral vision to impart the illusion of a display being your environment), I don't think it will be possible to accurately transition interactive experiences into static ones.

A Pixar like film of something like Super Mario Galaxy could be amazing, and immensely popular.

They can also adapt the Zelda games which have a lot of story into movies, preferably also using Pixar like visuals.

Another option is an Animal Crossing movie because of all the characters, like Zootopia.

Metroid could work too in a way like Ghost in the Shell visually maybe, but not as an Alien live-action film.

Nintendo-Pixar wins Hollywood

@PlywoodStick I think you are mistaking winning awards with making money. And keeping "true" to the essence of a fictional videogame character with making movies that make money.
Yes, Link would talk, and the movie would not be as good as LotR, but there have been sword and sorcery movies as long as there have been movies, it would work w/ a movie going audience who either don't play Zelda games or prefer that Link would talk. (Excalibur in 1981 was a great flick fo ri's time, nw campy like Clash of the Titans.) Nobody is talking about making movies that are true to videogames, that's ridiculous. We are talking about Nitneod making money by licensing out their IP to people who could make good movies based on the ideas around the IP. If that means all the Pikmin talk like the rocks in "Boxtrolls", so be it. It's abut making money. It's about having exposure for these IP so more people buy the games, the toys, the t-shirts. It has nothing to do w/ making a movie that reflects a videogame.

Did you know there are 5 Resident Evil movies, w/ the 6th coming out next year? Do you think they are all based frame by frame on the games? Did you know combined that made almost $1 Billion?

I agree w/ what you are saying, the movies can not be like the games, but good movies - good not great - movies can be made based on the IP is Ntineod just licensed them out. "The Legend of Zelda" already sounds like a film title, and Ganandorf is a great villain. And Dreamworks, Pixar, Fox and the rest make plenty of CG movies that already look like videogames.

While it's surely possible the movies could blow chunks, I think there is way more upside than downside. As long as there isn't another Mario movie, that's just tarnished beyond repair.

Marvel's new success literally only exists due to the Disney buyout.

Without Disney's restructuring the company and it's tight management of the company, Marvel would have been bankrupt by now.

Marvel didn't make enough money on it's own during the 2000s to stay a float.

Ha. No.

Not much else to say about it. Surprised someone actually recommended this. Anyone with half-a-brain can reason why Nintendo isn't what Marvel was/is.

just a couple of additions. the reason marvel got into making movies wasn't because of marvel at all. it was because of blade, arguably the first successful marvel movie - ironically under new line , which was sister to warner, owner of dc. i don't see someone doing that for nintendo with a lesser known property. also, the adam of the entire marvel cinematic universe is no less than robert downey jr. he was the guy that made iron man work. i can't see a guy doing that for mario - tho' samus is a good idea to start with.

having said that, the marvel movies are for kidults, that key demo of teenager to just short of old-guy males. nintendo properties are largely kid friendly ones. i can't see someone michael baying mario into something explode-y. with deadpool, the trend is to now even go into r-rated kidult movies. therefore my conclusion is that they ought to make an r-rated bayonetta movie and I WOULD BE TOTALLY DOWN FOR AN R-RATED BAYONETTA MOVIE!!!

@Damien McFerran

You should probably remove Deadpool from your list of Marvel films, since it wasn't Marvel's film studios that produced it. Fox owns the film rights to the X-Men and their fellow mutants (including Deadpool), and are the sole producers behind the core X-Men films and their spinoffs.

This is what I think Nintendo should focus on:

• a full CGI "Pixar-Like" Mario Bros. film (with DK, Bowser, and Wario all serving as protagonists)
• a live action Metroid film (hopefully directed by Ridley Scott himself, and staring Charlize Theron)
• a live action Legend of Zelda mini-series (it doesn't have to follow Link, but it could follow someone who is trying to follow in his footsteps, and Link is only shown in fight scenes, so we never do hear him speak)

Just give me a Legend of Zelda movie made by Studio Ghibli.

Here's what I want to see:
a Mario CG movie
a Zelda live-action movie
a Metroid live-action movie
a Fire Emblem anime (I think it might've been done before, actually)
a Donkey Kong animated movie
an Animal Crossing movie (by Studio Ghibli)
also not Nintendo, but i still want them:
a Castlevania live-action movie
a Mega Man CGI movie
a Street Fighter anime
a Jet Set Radio anime

I'd like Pixar to make a Pikmin movie. I really liked the Pikmin movies I bought on the eShop.

I'm not sure about Mario movie, Zelda might not work as well as Link is usually silent, Starfox is too awkward for movie I guess. However, I can see Metroid movie can be decent, Fire Emblem epic story can work too, Kid Icarus anime movie will be awesome, and Splatoon of course, will be awesome too!

I agree that Nintendo need to expand to movie or other media a bit more, Pokemon success is the best example.

So, if there IS a Super Mario movie on the horizon, the burning question is:

Would Charles Martinet get to voice the leading roles? And with more dialogue than those mere little soundbites you find on the games?

We need a Metroid, F Zero & Zelda followed by a Smash live action movie

@MarinoKadame The Tekken movie was shit. En that was a shame cause the Tekken franchise works great for a movie if handeld well. But again they just tryed to profit from the brand name instead of really translate the story the big screen.

As for nintendo to the big screen?
They could do that. Its not totally a bad idea. But they should be very varefull with that. If i was nintendo i would start with metroid as an movie.
Zelda would also work but... Ocarina of time should be the first movie. Oot has a simple story but is rich with characters and some definitly can contribute more to the main story (for instance impa, and sheik) and depending on writing it can be devided over multipul movies (or just one) but it should be OoT.
Also when it comes to zelda, i dont want a Lord of the Ring-ish vibe. Id rather have it be like (maybe strange) Maleficent movie, vibe wise ofcourse.

Everything Related to the mario franchise should stay animated (cgi) and the mario franchise works the best as an MCU/avenger wannabee. (Super mario bros, donkey kong, wario, )

And no, having all the different nintendo ip come together in a movie like in SSB kinda ruins what all these IP individuely are about. That should be exclusive the game or otherwise wreck it ralph.

@Crumpet123 im sorry i just have to ruin it for you, but a smash bros movie?!! Why? Why do you want that? These characters appearing in smash is the only thing that makes them relateable. Story wise it would make no sense at all. They all come from different universes.

@Sanangelo89 subspace mode on the wii could be adapted... besides not all marvel are in the same universe

The Wizard wasn't that bad of a movie, it just ended up coming out at the wrong time when it was released...too many other big movies out at the same time killed it, but it does have a strong following now. The Super Mario Bros movie went through too many changes, which is why Bob Haskins and John Leguizamo were always drinking during production. The movie had it's entertainment value and was fun to watch, but it had barely anything to do with the Mario games.

If they put the right directors into play, they could make some really good movies. Legend Of Zelda would be perfect if it was done by Steven Spielberg's hands, and with Universal putting a nintendo park in the studios, this could happen (Spielberg owns Universal Studios). However, most of their other movies would have to be animated...Donkey Kong, Kirby and Mario. Metroid could also be a really good film if someone like Ridley Scott directed...even Pikmin could become a good animated film...just keep Disney away from them and get Fox Searchlight pictures or Dreamworks to do them...we don't need a bunch of fairies in nintendo game animated movies (that would be a disney pun)...sorry, hate Disney and anything they do anymore (They were good until the mid-80's).

He's right. If Nintendo makes there own movies and they direct everything, Their movies won't be a failure.

@sillygostly You do know the new president already confirmed they're licensing their IPs for movies and anime, right? They already licensed them for the theme park.

Jesus, I hate this "ALL VIDEOGAMES MOVIES ARE BAAAD!" meme. They're not bad becase they're videogame movies, they're bad because they're BAD MOVIES. Bad directors, bad writers, bad actors, they're projects that weren't taken seriously.
If Nintendo doesn't want to be left behind they need to start working on their own films, otherwise someone's gonna start making good videogame movies, which is gonna start a chain reaction that leads to the production of a bunch of great videogame movies...and Nintendo will have nothing.

@Sanangelo89 Nintendo Cinematic Multiverse.
There.
Wow you people have like no vision.

@ElementSponge Ghibli is literally dead.

That's a great idea and I would love to see the movies based on Nintendo characters

I don't think Nintendo should join the scramble since 2012 to make another Avengers by any means but it would be nice if the company got behind putting out good video game adaptations.

It's been so long since the likes of the Mario movie or the Zelda cartoon that those series have since produced lot more material to draw from. Sure, there'd be a tedious debate if a live-action Zelda got made about Link's voice but if a good product came out of it that'd die down.

I've no doubt cinema will one day get a movie that shows gaming IPs can make money but whether that will by any time soon or not is the question. Ideally Ubisoft will get the ball rolling with Assassin's Creed. If I'm remembering correctly, Netflix made Marco Polo cause people kept searching Game of Thrones so they made what was supposed to be a similar show. Get the Suikoden licence from Konami hint hint.

On the other hand, considering how much gameplay is a factor in Nintendo's stories, what are Mario, Link, Pikmin, Kirby and so on when you remove the player interaction? And with games being generally still somewhat lacking in the writing department, how do you make movies of Starfox or Metroid that aren't just Star Wars and Aliens by other names? Not much Nintendo stuff is driven by character.

Still, I think it's worth a go. If they failed, the games aren't going anywhere and I'd rather see Nintendo make the attempt to generate money there than allow another Mercedes into Mario Kart or something.

@Ridley I've seen what they are when you remove them from player interaction. The Cartoons, Comics and the Manga adaptations. As for how would Star Fox and Metroid movies be made that aren't just Star Wars and Aliens? Simple, bring in their own lore and back stories.

Sorry, 2016 Ridley, Assassin's Creed was not the one to get the ball rolling. Maybe the TV shows will get it. Sonic gave it a decent go though.

Some people have since convinced themselves that they could listen to Charles Martinet for 90 minutes cause Chris Pratt has possibly maybe dodgy politics or is over-saturated it's not quite clear.

Sony doesn't seem to have learned much.