Nintendo Gets Into the Movie Business

[Jorpho]

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

Out to one-up Square Pictures, perhaps?

[Querjek]

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]

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

I say Kate Beckinsale or Jessica Biel would be good.

[tholly]

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

[Habeeb Hamusta]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[MarioAllStar2600]

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]

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

c'mon sega, you have tooo!!!

[Sotenga]

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

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

[slip81]

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]

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. :/

[NE146]

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]

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]

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. :/

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

[studvicious]

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

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

[Jasoco]

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]

Time to repitch Teleroboxer: The Movie.