Miyamoto Hints More Nintendo Movies Are on the Way - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2023 / 2,989 Views
Nintendo designer, producer, and director Shigeru Miyamoto in an interview with Nikkei (translated by VideoGamesChronicle) hinted there will be more movies based on Nintendo IP following the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
"Please keep an eye on our next production," said Miyamoto. "Nintendo is like a talent agency. We have many other entertainers (on our roster)."
He added, "There are various ways to develop characters (for the screen), including characters that are suitable for film and characters that are well known."
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been a huge success for Nintendo and Illumination and is expected to earn over $1 billion at the global box office. It has easily become the highest grossing video game movie of all time.
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Of course there will be more, considering how well Mario has done.
I hope that both fans and Nintendo will keep their expectations in check though. Nintendo doesn't have any other franchises that are even remotely close to the popularity of Mario. My guess is that Mario is the second most recognizable character in the world, across all media, second only to Mickey Mouse. Mario transcended video games at least a generation ago. My 90-year-old grandmother knows Mario. There are no other characters on that level.
Yeah most obvious news of the year. Zelda live-action will be huge. I expect several of those movies. At least one Metroid live-action as well. And then numerous Mario, DK, Star Fox, Kirby, etc animated movies. And then bring them all together for an animated Smash movie. I could see a two part Smash movie, where the first movie is spent bringing all the characters together and filling in the story for that and then starting the fight and leaving off with a cliff hanger, and then part 2 finishes it all off.
Zelda, Metroid, and Star Fox have potential for sure.
think they have learned a lesson from the 1993 movie having involvement in the development seems to have paid off this time and is billions more to be made
The clear lesson was that most of people are dumb and need dumb products, they have been punished with this Mario of 1993 for being a too smart and original movie.
ETERNAL DARKNESS! and of course Zelda, metroid and star fox
Xenoblade, Fire Emblem and Mother Series, they all have a lot of lore to make great adaptations.
The trouble with those titles even if they translated well to the big screen and that's always the unknown , the fact is they aren't universally recognisable have the popular culture influence of Mario so the Roi side of the business will stick with a sequel and maybe some of Nintendo's more recognisable franchises .
That was obvious from the news from the past. But yep hope the next movies are as well done as this one.
After making record profits and being the most successful game to movie adaptation, thats a no suprise.
Also great news. Nintendo really needed to move on from their previous movie outings.
Zelda seems like a no brainer. Imagine if they keep having success after success and end up making a Smash Bros. Crossover movie? That'd be cool.
let's go f-zero!
