After Detective Pikachu, what franchise should be the focus of Nintendo's next movie?

[Power Jusho 1,783]

After Detective Pikachu, what franchise should be the focus of Nintendo's next movie?

[TrinityXaos# 25]

Given that we have reports talking about it, I think Nintendo's next film is going to be related to Super Mario Bros. 

[EchoFox23* 318]

I'd love to see a Zelda movie, but I wouldn't mind a Metroid movie as well. There's actually a Animal Crossing movie already out, called Animal Crossing: The Movie... it'd be nice to have it dubbed, or just another movie about Animal Crossing as well XD

[ocean's rage 770]

i would go with none

Edited May 10, 2019 by ocean's rage

[Movies798 1,357]

In my opinion, I rather see these games as animation films instead of live-action. Thank God the new Super Mario Bros. movie is going to be animated instead of live action.

[Dagesh Lene 366]

In my opinion, the best way to make a successful videogame adaptation is to adapt a videogame that is story focused.  I think that the reason why Detective Pikachu worked is that it is based on a videogame that was story focused and not gameplay focused.  That doesn't mean that I think it is impossible to adapt a videogame that is gameplay focused, I just think it is way more difficult to do so.

That being said, I think that, if Nintendo were to adapt any other videogame franchise, it should be Metroid.  I think that it could work either as a more kid-friendly version of Alien or as a more mature Nintendo adaptation that focuses a bit more on the horror of Metroid.  Either way, I think a Metroid adaptation could be successful if done right and has a better chance of being successful than any other videogame franchise that Nintendo owns.  But first, now that Nintendo has proven that a live-action Pokemon adaptation can be successful, I think that they should make another live-action Pokemon adaptation based on the main games.

[Allwil13 754]

13 hours ago, ocean's rage said:

i would go with none

While it would be awesome to have a film based on LoZ or Metroid, I think I agree that I would rather Nintendo not attempt more films based on other franchises. It's great that Detective Pikachu is doing well and getting decent reviews, but this may very well be a fluke. Let's face it; films based on video games tend to be disappointing, and often just plain bad. So I think I'm good with just this one.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they finally figured out the formula to make video game films work.

[ocean's rage 770]

1 hour ago, Allwil13 said:

While it would be awesome to have a film based on LoZ or Metroid, I think I agree that I would rather Nintendo not attempt more films based on other franchises. It's great that Detective Pikachu is doing well and getting decent reviews, but this may very well be a fluke. Let's face it; films based on video games tend to be disappointing, and often just plain bad. So I think I'm good with just this one.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they finally figured out the formula to make video game films work.

i feel ryan reynolds was the wrong choice for the character so i dont think theyve quite got it sorted 

[Allwil13 754]

32 minutes ago, ocean's rage said:

i feel ryan reynolds was the wrong choice for the character so i dont think theyve quite got it sorted 

Yeah, I'm not really sure how I feel about Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu quite yet. On the one hand, it's such a random unexpected voice for Detective Pikachu to have that I do find it kind of funny, but at the same time I find Ryan Reynolds to be hit and miss. I haven't seen the film yet so I don't really have a solid opinion on it.

[ocean's rage 770]

2 hours ago, Allwil13 said:

Yeah, I'm not really sure how I feel about Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu quite yet. On the one hand, it's such a random unexpected voice for Detective Pikachu to have that I do find it kind of funny, but at the same time I find Ryan Reynolds to be hit and miss. I haven't seen the film yet so I don't really have a solid opinion on it.

they probably just wanted a big name thatd get people to go see it

[Allwil13 754]

Just now, ocean's rage said:

they probably just wanted a big name thatd get people to go see it

That's as good a guess as any, I suppose. 

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

17 hours ago, Movies798 said:

In my opinion, I rather see these games as animation films instead of live-action. Thank God the new Super Mario Bros. movie is going to be animated instead of live action.

There is gonna be a mario movie? When?were? Who? Why?Wambo?

[ocean's rage 770]

1 hour ago, Dustin Lübbers said:

There is gonna be a mario movie? When?were? Who? Why?Wambo?

yeah nintendo are working illumination (despicable me, minions), though i cant remember whether or not they said it was animated 

[Movies798 1,357]

35 minutes ago, ocean's rage said:

yeah nintendo are working illumination (despicable me, minions), though i cant remember whether or not they said it was animated 

They did said it was going to be an animated film. It's being made by Illumination Studio after all.

[Heather Chandler 67]

Zelda, obviously. But only if they do it right, and respect the source material. Maybe don't even adapt a game by the letter, but do a story that ties into the themes and characters without fully rehashing a game's plot.