Why has no Zelda film been made yet?

[Prowler]

I think Mario had a few anime movies that were Japan exclusive. Dunno if they're any good.

Donkey Kong had a cartoon series in the 90s, didn't it?

[sdp]

Mario had an anime movie but this was after SMB so very early, I haven't watched it yet and a few anime "shorts" in the early NES era.

Of course Mario also had the Super Mario Cartoon Trilogy western cartoons (Super Show, Bros.3, Mario World), there was a Zelda Cartoon and Captain N which are all part of the Nintendo Animated Universe since all shows were basically the same timeline.

Donkey Kong Country had a CG cartoon in the late 90s, it's ok if you think about when it was released, of course if you don't it just looks ugly today. Donkey Kong also had a cartoon in the Supercade show which featured cartoons of various arcade games.

But all of these were when Nintendo of America could license stuff out, after the live action SMB movie they got stricter and eventually in the late 90s they left them without any real power.

[Andrew NDB]

Nintendo has really sold themselves short, but they've been doing that since the days of the N64. There is no reason in the world Mario, Luigi, Link, Samus, and Donkey Kong couldn't be as "big" as Disney properties today in TV, film and merchandising.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Nintendo has really sold themselves short, but they've been doing that since the days of the N64. There is no reason in the world Mario, Luigi, Link, Samus, and Donkey Kong couldn't be as "big" as Disney properties today in TV, film and merchandising.

That is absolutely true.

Also, if any IPs could turn around the "video game movie curse", it'd be those guys.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Nintendo has really sold themselves short, but they've been doing that since the days of the N64. There is no reason in the world Mario, Luigi, Link, Samus, and Donkey Kong couldn't be as "big" as Disney properties today in TV, film and merchandising.

Mario is as big as Mickey and Bugs Bunny or pretty close to it. Everyone knows Mario, even people as old as my grandma. Mario is a juggernaut. Perhaps a proper cartoon or anime series of Mario could help Nintendo make even more money but it's not like Mario needs one to sell tons of video game copies, consoles and merchandise.

I suppose a proper movie or cartoon series could favour the Zelda and Metroid properties, but like I've said, it's hard to make a proper Zelda movie that gives you an experience even close to the games. As for Metroid, dunno. I suppose it'd be a PG rated alien or predator type of thing? Also, Samus doesn't really talk either. So who would she interact with? No idea about modern Metroid games, though. They tried to give her a personality in Other M, I think?

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

That is absolutely true.

Also, if any IPs could turn around the "video game movie curse", it'd be those guys.

The live action SMB wasn't really faithful to the source...

Originally Posted by sdp

Mario had an anime movie but this was after SMB so very early, I haven't watched it yet and a few anime "shorts" in the early NES era.

Of course Mario also had the Super Mario Cartoon Trilogy western cartoons (Super Show, Bros.3, Mario World), there was a Zelda Cartoon and Captain N which are all part of the Nintendo Animated Universe since all shows were basically the same timeline.

Donkey Kong Country had a CG cartoon in the late 90s, it's ok if you think about when it was released, of course if you don't it just looks ugly today. Donkey Kong also had a cartoon in the Supercade show which featured cartoons of various arcade games.

But all of these were when Nintendo of America could license stuff out, after the live action SMB movie they got stricter and eventually in the late 90s they left them without any real power.

I've seen a bit of Zelda's cartoon on youtube. Pretty cheesy and god Link was annoying . That's not how I imagine Link to be like.

There are several Zelda mangas. Ever read any? I've read 3 of them. They are alright, I guess. The ones I read were adaptations of ALttP, OoT and MM.

Anyway, do we really need Mario, Zelda and the likes to have tv series and live action movies? The games and merch are all I need. I'd like to see mor cool and mass produced action figures of Zelda and Mario. Now that would be awesome.