Nintendo Wants a 'Consistent Release' Schedule of New Films - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 November 2025 / 2,230 Views
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa in a presentation following its latest earnings report says he wants to a "consistent" release" schedule of new films following the huge success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Now, I would like to explain our current approach and structure for our movies and videos," said Furukawa.
"Currently, we are actively taking part in financing and are deeply involved in the production of multiple movies, from planning and development through to production," said Furukawa.
"For The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, our own Shigeru Miyamoto has served as a co-producer alongside Mr. Chris Meledandri of Illumination. For the live-action movie of The Legend of Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto is co-producing with Mr. Avi Arad of Arad Productions Inc., and has been closely involved since the initial planning stages."
Furukawa added Nintendo Pictures released its first short animation based on the world of Pikmin last month. This was done ahead of a free update for Pikmin 4 that is set to release this month.
In a separate page he added, "We are continuing to prepare for the ongoing release of movies in the future."
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It is so sad that Nintendo and Miyamoto, both always known for maintaining a philosophy of rejecting violence in their videogames, are now partnering with a company and a producer that actively support the genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleasing of the palestinian people from their land... Avi Arad, the producer of the live action Legend of Zelda movie, is a proud zionist, former IDF military and defender of Netanyahu's goverment.
If it wasn't bad enough that Zelda is getting a live action instead of an anime, knowing that this supporter of war crimes is behind the new project makes it even worse.
We are getting so close to a movie for Metroid !!! If MP4 is a success i feel like it can really be a good option for them.
The hell is wrong with them? You don't order movies the same way you order a pizza! What if the next one is a complete flop?
I guess they don't even care of the quality of the movies. "Just make movies, even if they suck! People will keep paying to watch them anyway! It's all that matters!" That's how they seem to think. That's the current disney syndrom.
There will be an animal crossing, smash brothers, Luigi's Mansion
Nah, a Smash movie doesn't need to and probably wouldn't have any 3rd party character.
I hope they do more original songs in the Mario Galaxy movie.
