JCC Gaming Retro Gaming Den

Makes me wish I had bought that Encyclopedia of Hyrule.

 

Always loved Super Mario 2. It's crazier and more surreal than the first. (Even with its development backstory) And you can play as other characters. If there's a second Mario movie they need to incorporate elements from this game.

 

For me it introduced one of my favorite characters to the Mushroom Kingdom, Shy Guy:

 

That is neat! Did the Shy Guys make their famous noise:

 

Ohhh we had to leave half way through cuz the 4 year old got scared.

Still though, maybe the villain Wart or the weird aesthetics.

 

The lava and yeah. He’s 4.5

 

Well The Mario Movie passed Rise of Skywalker in gross. I suppose this means we will get many more video game movies.

I hope we get SinStar, Defender, and Joust adapted,

 

A great list of classics I played, save for Metriod Prime Trilogy:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/swear-no-one-ever-remembers-205018118.html

 

SMB 2 Movie is almost assured.

I suspect if Nintendo is feeling their power in the film world, they will dictate the terms of a Metroid movie next. It is a property kind of on the backburner just now, and a film adaptation with the goodwill SMB is getting could be just the thing to launch it. The real question is whether they try to appeal to a different target age, or simply repeat the SMB formula and keep it light. I could see either working and/or being total disasters, so it's the marketing research people's job to crack that one.

The Golden Egg is a Zelda Movie...but they will have to be very VERY careful with that one. Honestly, I don't know if they can pull it off as a single film...which is all the more reason it would have to wait.

 

Had a nice little quick run in NES Metroid just now, 15 missles, 1 energy pack, bombs and long beam, before 1st death, which was largely due to how all easy it seemed after so long. Then reality set it, got lost, and died.

 

For me its the cast. I think Indris Elba would be a incredible Ganondorf.

 

Metriod’s reveal that it was a lady all along was the “I am your father,” moment in gaming. It was amazing.

 

I would love a Zelda movie. CG animated probably. And although I think focusing on one legendary story is the way to go, I'd love for them to work in the nature that the myth and legend happens again and again over time in different ways.

 

I think Metroid could go CG animated or Live-action with lots of CG...but each would target a different age group.

I think if they wanted to reach for the skies, Zelda would be live-action in the vein of a LOTR still adaptation. That could bridge demographics in ways even SMB hasn't, which could greatly expand the box office.

But.

Animation allows for easier voiceover work to adapt the film for a worldwide audience. So if a massive global purse is sufficient, with some older audiences turned away, then I could see them going animation every single time.

 

I think trying to adapt Zelda into live action realism would take something away from the soul of it. Ya know? Hyrule has always had such a rich stylistic fantasy look to it, and that would be lost if just made to look like LOTRs…the Witcher…etc.

 

I wouldn’t mind the animation of BotW and Tears of the Kingdom being an inspiration for the animation, that impressionism/realism style.

 

I like the inspirations you mention that should be used. If there was any of the games they should adapt or stay close to in story telling, Ocarina of Time would be good. The time travel element would allow the 2hr film to jump to Link as an adult, and you could montage certain temples, and on a few linger.