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NinjaPug
05-15-2016, 06:21 PM
In February this year, Shigeru Miyamoto said because Nintendo sees itself as an "entertainment" company, he was not opposed to the idea of bringing Nintendo franchises to the big screen.
Now, it appears that is definitely going to happen, as Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima reportedly said in a new interview that the company will release a new movie in the next 2-3 years.
In an interview with Japan's Asahi Shimbun, as translated by Kyle McLain on Twitter, Kimishima reportedly offered some new details on Nintendo's movie plans.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sounds-like-nintendo-is-getting-serious-about-maki/1100-6439819/
CyberCubed
05-15-2016, 06:21 PM
Pokemon movies still come out annually, the 19th pokemon movie hits this July.
I suppose these will be CG with Pixar like graphics. Mario and Zelda are probably the two obvious ones.
I want a Smash Bros. movie.
TheSkeletonMan939
05-15-2016, 06:37 PM
Mario and Zelda are probably the two obvious ones.
Yeah, I'd love to see a movie where the main character doesn't even speak. :roll:
I can't see most Nintendo properties making a successful jump to film. Their IPs are just not story oriented. What possible story could you make for Mario? Sure he's one of the most iconic characters ever made but so is Mickey Mouse and when was his last movie released? There's a reason for that. The Legend of Zelda's stories are pretty bare bones as it is, I can see a decent movie being made either live action or CG but I doubt it'd be too successful and it'd be really easy to mess it up. Metroid? Same situation as Zelda. I can't think of any other franchise that could pull off a movie. Maybe a Star Fox CG movie.TV shows could definitely work for a few franchises like Star Fox. Kirby has already been done but that worked out.
*NormalGamer*
05-15-2016, 07:12 PM
The movies that Nintendo plan to make ain't going to be live-action; this tweet clears up this:
https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/731987350327156736
Krutch
05-15-2016, 07:26 PM
I can't see most Nintendo properties making a successful jump to film. Their IPs are just not story oriented. What possible story could you make for Mario? Sure he's one of the most iconic characters ever made but so is Mickey Mouse and when was his last movie released? There's a reason for that. The Legend of Zelda's stories are pretty bare bones as it is, I can see a decent movie being made either live action or CG but I doubt it'd be too successful and it'd be really easy to mess it up. Metroid? Same situation as Zelda. I can't think of any other franchise that could pull off a movie. Maybe a Star Fox CG movie.TV shows could definitely work for a few franchises like Star Fox. Kirby has already been done but that worked out.
I see what you mean, but it wouldn't be hard to drop the framework of a typical love/adventure story onto of Zelda or Mario movie. Show Mario/Link as the humble peasant with a crush on the princess, she gets taken, Mario/Link does the whole heroes journey triumphing over evil and winning over the girls heart in the process. It'd be typical, but not impossible.
TigerClaw
05-15-2016, 07:52 PM
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/sounds-like-nintendo-is-getting-serious-about-maki/1100-6439819/
That's cool, I hope they make a CGI Star Fox movie, that's one IP that works best as an animated film.
Spike Spiegel
05-15-2016, 08:43 PM
All I want is a Metroid movie.
chrisdude
05-15-2016, 09:09 PM
I want a Smash Bros. movie. You're jumping way ahead in the cinematic universe.
Powder
05-15-2016, 09:31 PM
Pokemon is tried & true, would be cool to see them do a quality CG film in the vein of those Pikachu opening features.
Wildcat
05-15-2016, 11:21 PM
I was just thinking about the old mario movie and how easy it would be to make a decent Super Mario Bros. movie. In live action or animated.
It's just guy rescues princess from evil monsters in a colorful fantasy world. Why was that so difficult to do before?
I'd prefer live action. It could look really pretty.
drgon78
05-16-2016, 06:20 AM
I am hoping for Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Star Tropics, Super Dodge Ball, Secret of Mana, Earthbound, and Gargoyle's Quest.
If Capcon is involved then Megaman and Breath of Fire.
If Squire gets involved then Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and Dragon Quest.
TigerClaw
05-16-2016, 06:36 AM
I heard the movies Nintendo wants to make, are 3D CGI animated movies, not live action ones.
ToTheNines
05-16-2016, 07:39 AM
Kirby movie. Make it so.
raph27
05-16-2016, 08:09 AM
I'm hoping they go animated. Also hoping that this doesn't turn out like the 90's Mario Bros. movie.
plastroncafe
05-16-2016, 09:04 AM
Guess we note know why that Disney game was cancelled.
Candy Kappa
05-16-2016, 09:15 AM
Maybe we'll see that Zelda movie after all.
Kirby movie. Make it so.
As long as it's better than the show.
drgon78
05-16-2016, 12:44 PM
It makes a lot more sense to make them animated, you can do more with that then live action.
NinjaPug
05-16-2016, 01:24 PM
I saw someone mention Lord & Miller doing an animated Super Mario Bros movie which seems so obvious. It won't happen but I'd be pretty excited for that.
TigerClaw
05-16-2016, 01:29 PM
It makes a lot more sense to make them animated, you can do more with that then live action.
Yeah, Star Fox is better suited for CGI since it has talking anthropomorphic animals.
Prowler
05-16-2016, 01:47 PM
If they take this seriously, a good Mario movie could come out of this. Zelda? Well Link is supposed to be a silent protagonist, so I dunno how that would work.
The Deadman
05-17-2016, 02:18 PM
Nintendo Hoping to Self-Finance Their Own Animated Movies
(http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/687387-nintendo-hoping-to-self-finance-their-own-animated-movies)
A concept for a Pixar-level Super Mario Bros movie has taken up real estate in my brain for like 15 years. There's no reason that can't work beautifully.
Nintendo wanting to self-finance is a good sign, I think. They know how their properties work, and they've got... reasons... not to trust just licensing them out.
ToTheNines
05-17-2016, 02:29 PM
As long as it's better than the show.
Haha, I totally forgot about that. It used to come on before TMNT in the 4kids days.
TigerClaw
05-17-2016, 02:39 PM
A concept for a Pixar-level Super Mario Bros movie has taken up real estate in my brain for like 15 years. There's no reason that can't work beautifully.
Nintendo wanting to self-finance is a good sign, I think. They know how their properties work, and they've got... reasons... not to trust just licensing them out.
Yeah I could see a CGI animated movie for Super Mario Bros done in a art style similar to Wreck-It Ralph.
TonySiegel
05-17-2016, 03:34 PM
Lets go starfox movie!
honestly though... theres alot riding on the success of their first film...
hoping for the best...
CyberCubed
05-17-2016, 03:57 PM
Apparently there was an Animal Crossing movie that only came out in Japan a number of years ago, I don't know if it was good or not.
Powder
05-17-2016, 06:52 PM
Apparently there was an Animal Crossing movie that only came out in Japan a number of years ago, I don't know if it was good or not.
It was really good. If you like Animal Crossing, anyway!
Shark_Blade
05-17-2016, 08:07 PM
Bayonetta movie pls. :tlove:
I want her to strut, pole dances and touching every inch of her sexy body.
raph27
05-17-2016, 10:55 PM
Bayonetta movie pls. :tlove:
I want her to strut, pole dances and touching every inch of her sexy body.
Bayonetta doesn't belong to them, that's Platinum Games.
CyberCubed
05-17-2016, 10:58 PM
It was really good. If you like Animal Crossing, anyway!
Is it subbed anywhere?
Powder
05-18-2016, 12:59 AM
Somewhere, surely. I saw it subbed.
Bayonetta movie pls. :tlove:
I want her to strut, pole dances and touching every inch of her sexy body.
There already is a Bayonetta movie.
FredWolfLeonardo
05-18-2016, 01:09 AM
We need a good mario movie. Not that crappy live action thing that they made long ago.
The only nintendo franchise I can think of which has taken advantages of its popularity and made good movies is pokemon.
Just Imagine the possibilities with Nintendo making movies of all its franchises. Having Star fox, Donkey Kong and Metroid on the big screen could make for some fine entertainment. The potential is there.
drgon78
05-18-2016, 06:27 AM
I don't think Mario translates all that well into movies especially the new ones that seem to have less plot then the original Nintendo games.
I can see Metroid and Zelda translating well though.
I would love a Breath of Fire and Chrono Trigger movie(s) but they would look better as anime.
Earthbound would be better off as a mini-series or TV show.
What I wouldn't give to see a well done cgi animated show based on FFVI.
We need a good mario movie. Not that crappy live action thing that they made long ago.
The only nintendo franchise I can think of which has taken advantages of its popularity and made good movies is pokemon.
Just Imagine the possibilities with Nintendo making movies of all its franchises. Having Star fox, Donkey Kong and Metroid on the big screen could make for some fine entertainment. The potential is there.
I actually like the original movie. They did as best as they could with the plot. Really. If you think about it, Mario is just save the princess by going through multiple terrains. While that could work, I think it would be rather hard to do for one in a live action film and two without getting repetitive. King Koopa wasn't very ideal, though. I would have liked a full blown costume. (They should have gotten the studio that did the TMNT costumes for the 1990 flick.
The Animal Crossing movie is great, I watched it a long time ago but for something that you'd think wouldn't be able to do it justice was able to have the same essence as the game. The fact that I don't know Japanese probably made the movie better as well since they were still speaking gibberish to me. I need to re-watch it.
Might as well mention the other licensed Nintendo Material that I've watched since Nintendo keeps mentioning they're now licensing happy again like back in the 80s. This is awesome since I liked the stuff they had when they were more license happy and the bad thing about NoJ having full control of the company and not NOA was that they didn't allow any more licensing.
Super Mario Super Show: Not a big fan since most of the episode are just a lame kids version of some other famous story. I've only watched a handful of episodes but I'll give it a shot soon enough.
Super Mario Bros 3: Unlike the previous show this one was so out there that it was fun to watch, I'll also marathon this one soon along SMW which I never saw.
The Legend of Zelda: This show gets a bad rap on the internet but it's fairly entertaining especially since they only had the first game to make a cartoon from. Many things that appeared in this show actually became Zelda staples later on like Link's fairy and horse.
Donkey Kong Country: Just watched it last year since it's entire run is on youtube legally. I had only seen a little bit as a kid and it's definitely a product of its time. I like it but it has plenty of flaws that people usually point out but people forget this was aimed at younger kids.
Captain N: Love this show and the concept, I'd love a new Nintendo only version of this show but I don't see it happening. Does Nintendo even the two main characters Kevin and Lana? I really liked them. I know Nintendo had a big say on the DVD release of the show so even though there were some third party game characters it did seem like Nintendo actually owns enough to have a say in it.
The Wizard: Absolutely Cheesy but that's what makes this movie so "bad". Love it. It'd be hard to re-create something like this again though.
SMB The Movie: Haven't watched it since I was a kid but I remember thinking it was really weird and even though I said I liked it I don't think I really did. For the person in this thread who said SMB can actually work as a live action movie he's just crazy I don't know what he's on but he should share it. Good thing they mentioned this movie as an example of something they didn't want to do.
Pokemon: I'm a fan and for the most part does a decent job at showing you the Pokemon world.
Kirby Right Back at ya': The 4Kids dub was so out there that it made it enjoyable to me. Kirby doing whatever the f-ck it wanted only made the show better.
Prowler
05-18-2016, 10:22 PM
It's hard to adapt a video game into a movie because they're two different mediums and tw odifferent experiences. Per example, no way they could make an animated movie consisting of just Mario going throuhg levels like in the games.
There have been several Zelda manga adaptations. I've read Ocarina and Major's Mask manga adaptations. Obviously the games are a lot more fun and the adaptations had quite different retellings of the events/story, but they were fine for what they were.
The problem with adapting videogames that most people don't seem to grasp is that part of what makes a story so epic in a game is that you played through all those hazards and when you try to re-create that in a movie/show there just isn't enough there to get you hooked and the experience of "going through" the hazards is gone. It's just something that cannot be recreated in a movie/show with a few exceptions.
I don't think most of Nintendo's IPs would be good at this but who knows. Star Fox could definitely work. Kid Icarus I guess already had the anime shorts before his new game came out. Mario I find it very hard to do. Zelda could go either way. I didn't watch the Pikmin shorts but those seemed to work.
Prowler
05-18-2016, 10:39 PM
The problem with adapting videogames that most people don't seem to grasp is that part of what makes a story so epic in a game is that you played through all those hazards and when you try to re-create that in a movie/show there just isn't enough there to get you hooked and the experience of "going through" the hazards is gone. It's just something that cannot be recreated in a movie/show with a few exceptions.
I don't think most of Nintendo's IPs would be good at this but who knows. Star Fox could definitely work. Kid Icarus I guess already had the anime shorts before his new game came out. Mario I find it very hard to do. Zelda could go either way. I didn't watch the Pikmin shorts but those seemed to work.
True.
Nintendo franchises such as Mario and Zelda would work better in cartoon/anime format. Mario would just turn into an episodic cartoon with Bowser getting his plans foiled at the end of every episode. Star Fox... I could see it working fine in an animated filme trilogy or something like that.
You mentioned Animal Crossing had an animated film which was quite good and that surprised me considering I can't imagine AC working in anything other than in a short 5-10 min episode OVA or something like that.
Go for it, I want an NCU.
Start with a Kirby movie, then Metroid, then Donkey Kong, then Legend of Zelda, then Star Fox, then Kid Icarus, then Mario Bros., then Pokemon, all leading to Nintendo's Smash Bros.
Well I kept talking about a Star Fox movie or show happening and it looks like we might finally get one. I don't think it's a spoiler but Star Fox stole the Mario Galaxy movie. There's no way they spent all that time on animating fox to not make a spin-off.
I'm updating my previous predictions from the mario movie thread here:
Nintenbros we're getting a new Nintendo movie every year for the next decade basically.
2026 Mario Movie 2
2027 Zelda Movie
2028 Donkey Kong Movie
2029 Mario Movie 3
2030 Zelda Movie 2
2031 (Star Fox?/Metroid?/Kirby?)
2032 Donkey Kong movie 2
2033 Zelda Movie 3
2034 sequel to 2031 movie
2035 Mario Movie 4
I would guess Illumination has already negotiated the rights for Star Fox, and well Zelda is being done by Sony, so if Nintendo doesn't care they could allow perhaps Zelda and Star Fox to release the same year, after all my prediction while somewhat what I believed was for the most part just a meme.
If the DK movie does become a thing I do think it would come out in 2028. Star Fox would likely come out in 2029. Would they really wait 4 years to make another Mario movie? I guess Mario 3 could come out in 2028 or 2029 if neither DK or SF take the dates.
I actually don't think or want to get a Smash Bros movie, it makes no sense, not even the games stories, despite all the other nintendo cameos in the Mario movie, there's no cinematic universe. If anything they seem to really enjoy nostalgia from the 80s cartoons, I'm crossing my fingers Captain N gets a cameo one day.
Andrew NDB
04-07-2026, 02:00 PM
I actually don't think or want to get a Smash Bros movie, it makes no sense, not even the games stories, despite all the other nintendo cameos in the Mario movie, there's no cinematic universe.
It'd make sense enough. "The Master" (that giant hand, right?) would cause some ruckus gathering up a big group heroes to fight each other from inside and outside the Nintendo cinematic universe. It'd even be rather timely since this is more or less exactly what Avengers: Doomsday and/or Avengers: Secret Wars will be about. I don't think it needs to be much more complex than that.
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