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NinjaPug 02-06-2015 03:32 PM

Netflix developing live action Legend of Zelda series
 
Please please please don't veto this Nintendo.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-86552

Cure 02-06-2015 03:33 PM

Not gonna post a link, eh?

TurtleTitan97 02-06-2015 03:38 PM

Sounds awesome! Looking forward to it.

CyberCubed 02-06-2015 03:40 PM

Nintendo actually agreed to something like this? Very surprising considering how adamant they are of Link not speaking in Zelda games and little interest in live action projects.

TheSkeletonMan939 02-06-2015 03:50 PM

ooohhh noooooo

Did we all forget about

http://media.tumblr.com/61ec89e4a1ef...5Eo1qjwlhy.gif

They made a live-action Mario movie. It stank.

They made a Zelda cartoon. It stank.

They made, like, three Mario cartoons. I never saw any of them but I bet they stank.

Video game -> film almost never works.

Leo656 02-06-2015 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939 (Post 1417269)
They made a Zelda cartoon. It stank.

They made, like, three Mario cartoons. I never saw any of them but I bet they stank.

On the first part, you're half right. They definitely made a Zelda cartoon. Can't agree with you about the second part. Or about the Mario cartoons.

Also, it's not 1988 anymore. Somehow people actually figured out how to make TV shows that weren't awful. That's actually kind of weird, back in the day movies were great and TV was lame, now it's all backwards. Movies are getting worse while TV shows are getting better all the time.

I hope this happens, even though I won't be able to see it right away, since I don't have Netflix. I'm betting it will only "suck" to nerds who will be mad it's not a literal adaptation of their most favorite game in the series. There is SO much potential for LoZ as a live-action property, far greater than any other Nintendo franchise.

Toitlefan 02-06-2015 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure (Post 1417260)
Not gonna post a link, eh?

Ahhahaha! I see what you did there :tlol:

ZariusTwo 02-06-2015 03:58 PM

The Zelda cartoon was awesome. Mainly because Zelda herself was awesome

Leo656 02-06-2015 04:03 PM

I don't get what people look at with that show. I mean no, it wasn't perfect. But c'mon. It was like 15 minutes long and was the first time any if the characters looked like anything but pixel blobs outside of the manual. Literally everyone liked it at the time. People looking back on it 25 years and 80 games later are all, "It wasn't a great representation of the franchise". Yeah, that's called "growing pains", literally nothing had come before it. What do people want? I don't know.

CyberCubed 02-06-2015 04:07 PM

The best Nintendo cartoon/anime they ever made was the Pokemon anime. And yes, I'm being completely serious.

Leo656 02-06-2015 04:14 PM

Nerd........

CyberCubed 02-06-2015 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1417294)
Nerd........

I've watched about 800 episodes of the Pokemon anime. No joke. The series is up to episode 840 something around now.

lindz247 02-06-2015 04:19 PM

Yes bring it! This is so exciting, they don't have much on Netflix. I've played The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (you know the really old one) and loved the story behind it, for a long time actually thought the boy was Zelda! xD
And don't they have a Pacman show going on now? I bet that's crap.

Leo656 02-06-2015 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1417296)
I've watched about 800 episodes of the Pokemon anime. No joke. The series is up to episode 840 something around now.

If I was a female this conversation would be over. :lol:

J/K. Mostly. Seriously leave that off of your OKCupid profile.

LeotheLateBloomer 02-06-2015 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1417287)
The best Nintendo cartoon/anime they ever made was the Pokemon anime. And yes, I'm being completely serious.

That is actually true. As much as I like the old Mario cartoons, they aren't exactly "good". Same with the DKC cartoon. What did you think of the Kirby and F-Zero cartoons?

TurtleTitan97 02-06-2015 04:32 PM

The only Pokémon related things that I really like now is Pokémon: Origins and the Pokémon Adventures manga. Honestly, I've grown pretty sick and tired of Ash. It's to my understanding that, outside of the Orange Island League and the Battle Frontier, he has yet to win an actual Pokémon League Tournament? If that doesn't scream "bad trainer", I don't know what does. Cause at this point Pikachu should be as strong as a Legendary Pokémon and Ash should have a ton of experience on how to win battles.

Gunpowder 02-06-2015 05:30 PM

This reminds me of that April Fools trailer that got released back in '08...



But anyway, glad it's (supposedly) the real deal this time. Awesome.

MrTMNT2012 02-06-2015 05:41 PM

Hyped. Just hope we get official confirmation on this soon... :)

ZariusTwo 02-06-2015 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97 (Post 1417310)
The only Pokémon related things that I really like now is Pokémon: Origins and the Pokémon Adventures manga. Honestly, I've grown pretty sick and tired of Ash. It's to my understanding that, outside of the Orange Island League and the Battle Frontier, he has yet to win an actual Pokémon League Tournament? If that doesn't scream "bad trainer", I don't know what does. Cause at this point Pikachu should be as strong as a Legendary Pokémon and Ash should have a ton of experience on how to win battles.

Did he win Battle Frontier? I'm certain he drew with someone. But yeah, it's quite telling the only tournaments he wins are ones NOT connected to the games and are filler leagues.

Creativemind 02-06-2015 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1417282)
I don't get what people look at with that show. I mean no, it wasn't perfect. But c'mon. It was like 15 minutes long and was the first time any if the characters looked like anything but pixel blobs outside of the manual. Literally everyone liked it at the time. People looking back on it 25 years and 80 games later are all, "It wasn't a great representation of the franchise". Yeah, that's called "growing pains", literally nothing had come before it. What do people want? I don't know.

My thoughts exactly. I loved it when I was a kid and still do.

Powder 02-06-2015 06:48 PM

I am by no means optimistic about this, & I have a LOZ tattoo & everything.

TurtleTitan97 02-06-2015 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo (Post 1417366)
Did he win Battle Frontier?

According to Bulbapedia, he did. He was offered to become a Frontier Brain, but declined.

DarkFell 02-06-2015 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunpowder (Post 1417359)
This reminds me of that April Fools trailer that got released back in '08...


I was feeling "Whoah.." when I saw the trailer, then got p***ed off when I found out that trailer was a fake. All that effort that they put into making that trailer happen...
If this movie comes to be, I really hope it'll be made well.

CyberCubed 02-06-2015 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97 (Post 1417310)
The only Pokémon related things that I really like now is Pokémon: Origins and the Pokémon Adventures manga. Honestly, I've grown pretty sick and tired of Ash. It's to my understanding that, outside of the Orange Island League and the Battle Frontier, he has yet to win an actual Pokémon League Tournament? If that doesn't scream "bad trainer", I don't know what does. Cause at this point Pikachu should be as strong as a Legendary Pokémon and Ash should have a ton of experience on how to win battles.

The reason Ash is still here all this time is only because Pikachu is the mascot of the franchise. Otherwise I'm sure Ash would have been gone by the end of Johto at the latest.

Also given the Pokemon anime has been running 17 years, entire new generations of kids come into the show every year having never seen the older seasons, so the series resets itself for new younger kids. Ash's female companions usually go through the most development each saga, Ash goes through a little and his Pokemon team develops, and the rivals are concluded...but then it restarts in the next gen.

snake 02-06-2015 07:13 PM

Might be good. Probably not.

TurtleTitan97 02-06-2015 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed (Post 1417403)
The reason Ash is still here all this time is only because Pikachu is the mascot of the franchise. Otherwise I'm sure Ash would have been gone by the end of Johto at the latest.

Also given the Pokemon anime has been running 17 years, entire new generations of kids come into the show every year having never seen the older seasons, so the series resets itself for new younger kids. Ash's female companions usually go through the most development each saga, Ash goes through a little and his Pokemon team develops, and the rivals are concluded...but then it restarts in the next gen.

If that really is the case, then that's a pretty excuse for him not winning at least ONE league tournament after all these years.

Peanut 02-06-2015 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939 (Post 1417269)
They made a live-action Mario movie. It stank.

They made a Zelda cartoon. It stank.

They made, like, three Mario cartoons. I never saw any of them but I bet they stank.

Video game -> film almost never works.

This is the worst kind of logic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1417299)
If I was a female this conversation would be over. :lol:

Yeah, they'd be way more into the conversation if he talked about spending years playing fighting for food stamps!

J/K. Mostly.

Leo656 02-06-2015 08:15 PM

Eh I just like razzing Cubed and that was an easy cheapshot. I care neither way about Pokemon. :lol:

And brother, you'd be surprised. :lol: Skanks flock to guys in tights for some reason. I honestly couldn't tell you why and I'd never partake, but that's how it goes. Damnedest thing.

CyberCubed 02-06-2015 09:22 PM

You guys do realize a large chunk of the Pokemon fandom is female, right? Pokemon probably has the largest amount of female players than any other game franchise, except maybe Final Fantasy.

Leo656 02-06-2015 09:26 PM

I guess I do now!

Leonardo322 02-06-2015 09:50 PM

Legend of Zelda the series. This is a total surprise. I hope it is good.

Shred Head 02-07-2015 05:57 AM

Totally down for a new LOZ tv series but I wish it was animated instead. Creating the races and monsters to make this show actually look like LOZ and not Game of Thrones for kids is going to be a massive undertaking. I doubt they have the budget for what they really need to do. Now animated using maybe the studio that animated Legend of Korra or whoever did that Smash Bros Palutena reveal trailer. That would be something to be excited about.

Whatswiththeheadbands? 02-07-2015 06:33 AM

If this ends up happening, then I'm gonna be so excited!

Please Nintendo! Make it happen!

NinjaPug 02-02-2021 05:47 PM

So this ended up not happening because Nintendo didn't like that the news leaked

https://collider.com/what-happened-t...etflix-series/

Panda_Kahn_fan 02-02-2021 07:01 PM

*sigh* of course nintendo,don't even see what kind of product they might produce, just pull the plug because of your paranoia about Hollywood due to a mishandled movie disaster that came out around thirty years ago.

*sigh*

CyberCubed 02-02-2021 07:06 PM

Good. A live action Zelda would be like some terrible low budget LOTR knock off anyway.

Andrew NDB 02-02-2021 08:16 PM

Yeah. It's unlikely that the "video game adaptation curse" would suddenly not apply to a Zelda thing.

TigerClaw 02-02-2021 08:38 PM

That claymation StarFox is a bad idea. I would have prefer that be a CGI animated movie.

Powder 02-02-2021 08:52 PM

Thank God. Keep these sick weirdos away from my baby.

sdp 02-02-2021 09:06 PM

I'm so sad at the loss of the star fox shoe, it was supposed to be like that fantastic mr fox movie, not claymation but stop motion and the original star fox game had those puppets. I did love that star fox animated short which was fun, I'd love any Star Fox show.

I amsk doubt a good live action Zelda show could be made but I'd give it a chance if it were made. I think a lot of the future of Nintendo properties on media depend on the success and reception of the new Mario movie


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