Nintendo Gets Into the Movie Business

[MegaDrive20XX]

*starts to dig a 64 foot hole at the local "Video Game Cemetery"*



I don't like the sound of this....I really don't...Hollywood and Games don't mix man...it works for some...but others is like a cold winter night for me.

[Push Upstairs]

"Mortal Kombat" was good, but the sequal was total suck.


I'd be all for a good quality "Zelda" movie (none of that "EXCUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS" crap) but looking back at past VG movies my hopes arent terribly high.

[soniko_karuto]

i liked the excuuuuuuuuse me princess, crap

[GarrettCRW]

i liked the excuuuuuuuuse me princess, crap

Same here. People praise Bob Forward for Beast Wars, but his true greatest works were for Zelda (he wrote the entire run, though some with Phil Harnage) and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

That said, though, what I'd like to see is a Zelda animated feature in the style of the art in the Zelda 1 manual. Sure, that art style is now woefully dated, but it just screams epic.

[Kejoriv]

I am actually excited for these movies. Its gonna be interesting to see how they come out

[drdrew1469]

I'm all for Zelda the movie(s)

Imagine: Link getting the sword, battles, meeting the old woman, finding the fairy, going though and defeating the first boss...hmm...if every level (piece of tri force) were a mini-movie...God damn they could make alot of money! (If done with good acting/directing and staying true to the games that is)

[Pedro Lambrini]

I'd love them to make a Metroid movie but I fear it would be shite. Samus never speaks and I can't see anyone wanting to make a movie in which the lead character is quiet all the time (they would have to think carefully about the movie dynamics and the plot). I would dearly love them to make a silent movie but I can't see that happening! BTW: Does anyone know what happened to John Woo's interest in the Metroid movie thang from a while back?

I'd also love to see a F-Zero CGI movie akin to the cutscenes in F-Zero GX - the first one especially has a really cool vibe to it and would like to see this expanded...

[Push Upstairs]

Heres hoping that the F-Zero movie won't be "F-Zero: Fast & the Furious 3"

[PC-Famicom64]

Having said that, Yamauchi has suggested Nintendo's first effort should be a visual interpretation of Japanese poetry

dude, it could get interesting. as long as they don't make a butt-load of "disney-esque" movies and push those out.

visual interpretation of Japanese poetry could get very cool

it is quite possible that with ideas like that, not all the movies will be game-based, which could be cool.

Nintendo is doin Anime/Cartoon Movies not Live-Actsin Movies.

[Promophile]

Oh noes! It's going to be anime! Prepare for lots of Zelda panty shots!

[PC-Famicom64]

Oh noes! It's going to be anime! Prepare for lots of Zelda panty shots!

Nintendo dos not do Anime alone,But heers the list of Animes that Nintendo did.

(1986)-Mario OVA-(Nintendo,?)-(OVA)
(1987-?*)-Doki Doki Panic-(Nintendo,Fuji TV,FCI)-(TV)
(2001-2003)-Hoshi no Kirby-(HAL Laboratory Inc,Nintendo,CBC)-(TV)
(2003-2004)-.F-Zero:The falcon legend-(Nintendo,TV Tokyo,ASHIPRO,DENTSU)-(TV)

Pokemon is Nintendo base but Nintendo has nonthing to do with The anime.

*=End date is unknow for now.

And thats all of them,All of Nintendo's Anime Stuf.

[Promophile]

Oh noes! It's going to be anime! Prepare for lots of Zelda panty shots!

Nintendo dos not do Anime alone,But heers the list of Animes that Nintendo did.

((1989)-Little Nemo-(HAL Laboratory Inc,TMS,Nintendo)-(Movie)

Wow and I thought the Little Nemo movie came before the game. I used to LOVE that movie as a kid.

[PC-Famicom64]

Oh noes! It's going to be anime! Prepare for lots of Zelda panty shots!

Nintendo dos not do Anime alone,But heers the list of Animes that Nintendo did.

((1989)-Little Nemo-(HAL Laboratory Inc,TMS,Nintendo)-(Movie)

Wow and I thought the Little Nemo movie came before the game. I used to LOVE that movie as a kid.

It's in it JPN Release Date.

[JJNova]

I'd love them to make a Metroid movie but I fear it would be shite. ... BTW: Does anyone know what happened to John Woo's interest in the Metroid movie thang from a while back?

The Rumour from the The Hollywood Reporter states that you are looking at a 2006 release for Metroid : The Movie. <--That was a link by the way.

And just because I am always opinionated, I would like to state that I don't like the synopsis description of the movie, and that John Woo is interested in it for Martial Arts and Acrobatics.... Acrobatics, yes....Martial Arts? ...ummm....