There's already a live-action Zelda movie in the works, but beyond this, it's not clear how else this legendary Nintendo series could be adapted to the big screen going forward.
Enter Sonic 3 movie writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller - who revealed to IGN in the same interview recently the video games they would "love" to transform into movies if given the opportunity. The most exciting one of the lot happens to be the GameCube classic Wind Waker.
The pair apparently have fond memories of this particular entry and wanted to just put out the idea "out there" about a possible "Wind Waker spin-off", "maybe" after Nintendo has done with its more traditional live-action take.
Josh Miller: "I think another easy one I think we can answer because the movie's already happening and we're already not doing it would be a Zelda. I remember always when we played Wind Waker, we were always like, man, I mean, it would probably be weird if they made a Zelda movie to start with Wind Waker versus the more classic Hyrule. But we both loved Wind Waker and it's so cinematic. Yeah. So after they make this Zelda movie, I guess we're putting it out there in the world, maybe we can do a Wind Waker spin-off."
Some other video games the pair would be interested in adapting to cinema include Golden Axe and A Boy and His Blob. They are also currently adapting 'Game of the Year' winner It Takes Two, and to add to this, a fourth movie outing for Sonic is reportedly already confirmed.
Nintendo's Zelda live-action movie was originally announced in November last year and is being directed by Wes Ball with Shigeru Miyamoto guiding the project. The most recent update from Nintendo's schedule noted how it would arrive before the end of the decade but seemingly after the next Mario movie due out in 2026.
Would you be interested in a Zelda game like Wind Waker being adapted to the big screen? How about the Sonic movie writers working on Nintendo movies? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
[source ign.com]
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I've never really thought there's much potential for a Zelda movie to be good but if you want to try and make it happen Wind Waker is probably one of the better ones you can draw from (though if I had to make one I'd probably do something where you kind of mash together Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess, following the plot progression of the former while working in Zant and Midna to give it more flavor), and I did rather enjoy Sonic 3 so I'd probably at least give it a shot.
Man, can you imagine? I can’t wait for the scene in the movie when Link is sucked into a whirlpool and transported to modern-day Miami where he meets a character played by Jason Lee and they fight a real estate mogul named Gannen Dorf.
as Palpatine would say:
D E W I T
Seriously, though, I just finished this game, and that ending was freaking nuts. It's not my absolute favorite Zelda, but it might be top 5.
Now that's a movie they can't do a live action on. Much of the charm of WindWaker is how toon-anime it is.
I love Wind Waker. One of my favorites so yes please!
@Solomon_Rambling Okay, but I would actually watch that movie though.
Look, even if it does give us a higher chance of seeing Danny DeVito as Tingle, I'd much rather play Wind Waker instead of watch it, or better yet, a new Toon Link game! That'd be nice wouldn't it?
I think that part of Wind Waker's charm is it's art style, so unless it's an animated film it already lost a huge part of it's essence. Also, the game already does a perfect job at telling it's story, which is the reason why I see doing movies from games completely unnecessary. It might be a way to tell the story for the people that haven't played it, but then again the target audience is the people that did play it and others don't care. Usually, they do poor adaptations that perpetuates the bad reputation of these movies and give the wrong idea about games and the cycle continues over and over.
At best, they are serviceable like the Sonic movies. Which again, are considerably inferior to actually experience the stories through the games.
No please, nooo.
Waterworld, Zelda Edition?
If I'm being honest, I don't want them to make an adaptation of The Wind Waker. At least, not as it is right now. Maybe if Akira Himekawa made an adaptation of it that expands upon the story and especially the characters, then I could see it. But with just the game to go on, I don't think it's workable.
Uh-huh. Fascinating.
They have as much a chance as I do inheriting Buckingham Palace.
@N00BiSH Now this is making me want a live action Tingle movie. No Zelda movies. Just Tingle.
@VoidofLight It'd make one Tingillion dollars at the box office, I guarantee.
I mean if they do decide to do a Zelda spin off it should probably be from studio ghibli
@N00BiSH It better star Danny Devito and have The Rock as Beetle.
I would love for it to be adapted to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 consoles.
While I love a Wind Waker movie, I would actually prefer something more horrifying or serious like a Majora's Mask movie similar to this short film.
@SilentS Except Waterworld doesn't had land, Wind Waker had islands though and even land mass.
Can we adapt it for the Switch screen first please?
What? Link and King Red open a portal to Manhattan and have to find a way back to Hyrule? No thanks.
Would be cool, though I wonder what exactly they have in mind for it.
There are already plenty of great games being dishonored by low quality film and tv shows. Let’s not add Wind Waker to the list.
I would quite like a Wind Waker animated film, if only to make the game itself a bit more well-known again. Having a WW film could be the difference that could lead to Wind Waker Lego sets, or even a true Wind Waker 2 game.
I am very interested in a Wind Waker movie. After watching Sonic 1 and 2, I am sure they can make an entertaining movie.
Linebeck could make a comeback.
It's a mistake to handle those movies to a western studio.
But the Sonic movies are absolute trash.
(That's not to say people can't or shouldn't enjoy them by the way. I love plenty of trash movies!)
They're deluded if they think the Sonic movies are some sort or justification for getting their hands on one of the biggest IP's on the planet.
It doesn't matter what "you/they" want, it is what Nintendo wants!
Yeah, I don't want anyone from the sonic movies within 100 ft of Zelda 😅
I would've already preferred the upcoming Zelda movie being an animated one, but even more so in the case of a potential Wind Waker one (there's a reason why this version of Link is known as Toon Link in Smash and Hyrule Warriors) - as long as that's the case I wouldn't mind Miller and co. giving it a shot although I seriously doubt Nintendo will ever let them.
By the way, yes please to Wind Waker HD finally also on Switch and/or its successor first and foremost!
@Serpenterror water world was set on earth.
There was once land.
The driving narrative was to find land.
I won't spoil if the do or don't find land.
As much as I liked Sonic 3, My mind is immediately jumping to what I didn't like about it, a lot of Sonic's dialogue. I feel like they would write in a "Konnichi-whaaaaat?!" style quip like "Tingle, Tingle, kooloo-lim-PUH-LEASE!"
@MetalKingShield Nintendo would never retcon their own games. I'd rather we get remakes of Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks, and tbh, I don't care if Nintendo FFVII's them (make them different games entirely) as long as they keep the stories intact, because they deserve as much recognition as their prequel.
Just stop. Leave my childhood memories alone.
everyone's like "nooo pls dont do this itll ruin it" but I trust the guys who gave us the definitive versions of 60% of the Sonic cast more with Zelda than anyone else, especially Avi "executive interference" Arad and whatever hot garbage he's cooking up for the Zelda movie😂😂😂😂
No thanks given how rubbish sonic films were
I'd rather have it adapted by an anime studio. The team behind demon slayer would be perfect once they're done with the film trilogy, but many other would be great.
I think I'd rather play it on my Switch.
@nocdaes I think the Sonic movies are basically its own universe now just like how classic Sonic is its own universe, modern Sonic is its own universe, Boom Sonic is its own universe, anime Sonic is its own universe, Underground Sonic is its own universe, and SatAM Sonic is its own universe. That means how Sonic would meet all his friends would be quite different in each of those universe and not all characters would appear in every universe. Meaning though Fang, Mighty, and Ray appeared in the classic universe, they probably won't show up in the modern universe whereas Big, Cream, Shadow, Rouge, Blaze, and Silver would exist only in the modern universe but would never meet Sally Acorn or Bunny Robot in the SatAM universe. Only a version of Sonic, Tails, Dr. Robotnik, and maybe Amy or Knuckles would exist in all universe.
If they're thinking about doing a very loose adaptation which only covers a portion of the story we experienced in the game like Sonic 3 did with Sonic Adventure 2, then maybe there is a chance. But if they're thinking about converting a 15 hour long adventure into a 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hour long viewing with the way Zelda games are structured, then I can only see failure, and mainly why I can only see an original story having a chance of working out with this Zelda film.
@rushiosan “western stuff bad”
Sonic 3 says otherwise.
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