Nintendo Gets Into the Movie Business [Archive]

Jorpho

12-01-2004, 10:55 AM

http://cube.ign.com/articles/569/569725p1.html

Out to one-up Square Pictures, perhaps?

Querjek

12-01-2004, 03:16 PM

Watch out--this grave is pretty big.

Ha! Secret message. Anyways...
I think this is a pretty bad idea, unless Nintendo can manage to do something revolutionary with this. Maybe allow the movie to be downloaded onto a DS?

BigGeorgeJohnson

12-01-2004, 03:48 PM

A Metroid movie would be cool, but who would play Samus?

I say Kate Beckinsale or Jessica Biel would be good.

tholly

12-01-2004, 04:19 PM

Nintendo Enters Movie Biz
It's official. First movie to hit sometime 2006. (Last movie to hit sometime 2006.)

Habeeb Hamusta

12-01-2004, 06:32 PM

Haha. You guys are quick to critisize them. I'll be going to check out one of their movies when they come out. Just to see how it is. Even if it is bad.

SegaAges

12-01-2004, 06:44 PM

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.

Gapporin

12-01-2004, 06:47 PM

Bah. Sega is the one who should be making a film company. Just think about it. Sega Pictures, Inc. Think of all the film adaptions that could be made from Phantasy Star, Streets Of Rage, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shining Force, Space Harrier et al.

FlufflePuff

12-01-2004, 09:38 PM

Why in the hell don't they make a movie about Zelda!!!?? I mean Samus is interesting and all, but it would just come off as an Aliens/Riddick clone. At least with Zelda, it would get likened to LotR. *grumble*

PC-Famicom64

12-01-2004, 10:05 PM

I sod that Nintendo will do the ani-na-may-sin fore Pocket Monsters and Tottoko Hamutaro sune.

MarioAllStar2600

12-01-2004, 11:23 PM

Bah. Sega is the one who should be making a film company. Just think about it. Sega Pictures, Inc. Think of all the film adaptions that could be made from Phantasy Star, Streets Of Rage, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shining Force, Space Harrier et al.

Ugh, a sonic movie? That would be miserable. Im sure sonic would run so fast you wouldn't be able to keep track either.

Zelda definatly has some good potential for a movie though. I would want to see it more then any other video game movie. If your gunna make a video game movie it should be on an RPG, cause there as boring as a bad movie to begin with. -_-

soniko_karuto

12-01-2004, 11:27 PM

wow, imagine alys, chaz and rune on the big screen *__*.

c'mon sega, you have tooo!!!

Sotenga

12-02-2004, 04:13 PM

This may be a rather prematurely judgmental outburst, but...

RAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! HIROSHI YAMAUCHI, I'M CALLING YOU OUT!!!!! :texaschain:

slip81

12-02-2004, 04:21 PM

I hope Nintendo does well with the venture because they have a lot of good properties that would translate well into animated features, like Zelda and Metroid. I would really like to see an F-Zero flick though, or maybe a good Super Mario movie.

kai123

12-02-2004, 04:26 PM

Bah. Sega is the one who should be making a film company. Just think about it. Sega Pictures, Inc. Think of all the film adaptions that could be made from Phantasy Star, Streets Of Rage, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shining Force, Space Harrier et al.

Don't forget House of the Dead!!! I wish I could forget it. :/ :frustrated:

NE146

12-02-2004, 04:49 PM

Nintendo Gets Into the Movie Business

Uhmm.. haven't they BEEN in the movie business? What the heck were those Pokemon movies and the Wizard about? :P

studvicious

12-02-2004, 04:59 PM

Nintendo Gets Into the Movie Business

Uhmm.. haven't they BEEN in the movie business? What the heck were those Pokemon movies and the Wizard about? :P

No, they let other studios use their characters/license. This will make them have their own studio where they will be in total control. Like Sony had with Final Fantasy.

Habeeb Hamusta

12-02-2004, 05:19 PM

Bah. Sega is the one who should be making a film company. Just think about it. Sega Pictures, Inc. Think of all the film adaptions that could be made from Phantasy Star, Streets Of Rage, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shining Force, Space Harrier et al.

Don't forget House of the Dead!!! I wish I could forget it. :/ :frustrated:

Definately one of the worst movies i've ever seen.

studvicious

12-02-2004, 05:46 PM

Definately one of the worst movies i've ever seen.

Then I guess you haven't seen Super Mario Brothers! LOL

Jasoco

12-02-2004, 06:20 PM

Maybe they could remake the Super Mario Bros. Movie right this time... Of course, I'm picturing really bad acting and voice work set with Sunshine characters. @_@

Garry Silljo

12-03-2004, 01:31 AM

Time to repitch Teleroboxer: The Movie.

MegaDrive20XX

12-03-2004, 03:19 AM

*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

12-03-2004, 04:59 AM

"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

12-03-2004, 05:07 AM

i liked the excuuuuuuuuse me princess, crap :(

GarrettCRW

12-03-2004, 08:24 AM

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

12-03-2004, 08:34 AM

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

drdrew1469

12-03-2004, 01:40 PM

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

12-03-2004, 02:32 PM

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

12-03-2004, 03:24 PM

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

PC-Famicom64

12-25-2004, 06:27 PM

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

12-25-2004, 06:54 PM

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

PC-Famicom64

12-25-2004, 07:57 PM

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

12-25-2004, 09:00 PM

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

12-25-2004, 09:52 PM

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

12-26-2004, 02:44 PM

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 (http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/1081374531.html) 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....