Nintendo at the Movies

[Otis McNutt 395]

When you mention the works of Nintendo and Movies in the same sentence what flashes in most minds is.....

 

Oh yes your hatred feeds me!

 

Seriously did the writers of that train wreck ever even play the game? 

 

The glaring downside of the dreaded Game Based Movie is the epic unfamiliarity of the cast, crew writers, etc to the source material. 

 

Which brings me to the point of this post. If you were asked to consult on a film based on a Nintendo game what game (besides the obvious Zelda) would it be and how would you try to placate even the most die hard fanboy and fangirl?

[Teto 2609]

Super Mario Bros movie would have been a passable generic 90s sci-fi flick, if it wasn't matched to the Mario franchise. As it is, I feel like it's the only Mario franchise-related media which can be considered canon.

 

If I had to consult on any, it'd be Pikmin. I'd make sure the morph suits for the pikmen looked just right, and that they used actual real life flowers for hats, to make it realistic. In my version of events the Pikmen are quite strong, so to make it translate well onto the big screen, the Pikmen would have to be quite buff. So essentially the Pikmen would have to be beefcakes in body-tight, coloured morph-suits, with plant pots on their heads. That'd be my major concern with a Pikmin movie; that they would miss this detail.

[LLmao ?✊? 1276]

Nintendo characters rarely talk, so it's hard to give them a personality that pleases everyone.

However, Starfox could be a CGI movie, I think. I'm not a huge fan, so I don't know what I would like to see in a hypothetical movie.

[pheonix561 2080]

I agree, actually. I just want to see another starfox game or movie. Renounce everything that happened after Starfox 64 as uncanon, and make a direct sequel about what happens to the lylat system after andross tore everything up or something.

 

[LLmao ?✊? 1276]

Also, if the movie sucks, who cares? Lol. Starfox is already dumb.

[Teto 2609]

Nintendo characters rarely talk, so it's hard to give them a personality that pleases everyone.

However, Starfox could be a CGI movie, I think. I'm not a huge fan, so I don't know what I would like to see in a hypothetical movie.

 

Ratchet & Clank is already happening this year, so the Space Furry movie is already done.

[pheonix561 2080]

Ratchet and Clank is getting a movie?

[Teto 2609]

 

I'll probably watch it, because Ratchet & Clank is cool. Movie content is different from the games, but apparently they're also doing a remake of the original R&C for PS4 with a plot more closely following that of the movie.

 

The trailer looks lame and typical, but trailers always do I guess. They never really represent the movie well. I like the premise, so I'll watch the movie.

 

They're also doing a movie for Sly Cooper, but who cares about Sly Cooper? Nobody. I won't watch that one.

[Cassandra 623]

The only good video game based movie I've ever seen is the Sonic the Hedgehog movie.

[T1g 1503]

Are we all forgetting Hero of Time?

 

Because I hope we haven't forgotten about Hero of Time

[Double45 164]

 

Also the Super Mario Bros. movie is a huge guilty pleasure of mine, it's just perfect in this weird way.

Edited 11 Jan 2015 by Double45 (see edit history)