Nintendo confirms its desire to adapt some of its cult licenses to the cinema, after the international success of Super Mario Bros. Soon Metroid or Zelda in the cinema?
The film Super Mario Bros was highly anticipated by fans of the plumber. On the other hand, no one could have predicted such a success for the feature film. A few days ago, it exceeded $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts. In France, the film achieved 5.8 million admissions in its first four weeks of release. This critical and commercial success seems to give ideas to Nintendo. In recent days, several rumors indicate that the Japanese firm is thinking of adapting other of its cult franchises to the cinema, such as Metroid. On Nintendo’s official website, Shuntaro Furukawa, president of the group, talks about the subject.
Nintendo wants to adapt its cult licenses to the cinema
In a Q&A available at Nintendo’s website (Japanese only), Shuntaro Furukawa talks about the success of Super Mario Bros. A success on which Nintendo intends to surf by adapting other cult licenses to the cinema. ” Going forward, we will also be working on various video productions, as we did last year with the acquisition of Nintendo Pictures as a subsidiary. We intend to put more effort into various film productions, as we did last year with the establishment of the Nintendo Pictures subsidiary “, declared the president of the group.
Shuntaro Furukawa also confides that thanks to the success of Super Mario Bros, sales of games and derivative products around the world of plumbers have exploded. It is sure, that of what to give wings to renew the exercise with other of its strong licenses. We imagine that Nintendo is thinking of an adaptation of Zelda, and fans of the brand too. Especially since the series has taken on a new dimension since the release of Breath of the Wild.
The success of Super Mario Bros positive at all levels
For the president of Nintendo, the film Super Mario Bros can lead children and the elderly to discover one of the most famous video game licenses. Shuntaro Furukawa thinks that even the Nintendo Switch business can be positively impacted in the medium term. On all levels, Nintendo can be delighted with the box of its feature film, released on April 6 in France.
It even gives ideas to other studios. An adaptation of the famous series Crash Bandicoot could also see the light of day in the cinema. between movies Mario et Sonic, released last year, video game adaptations in theaters finally seem to be on the right track. It now remains to be seen what the Big N strategy will be in this sector, which is already working very well for it. With Metroid, Kirby, Zelda, Star Fox or even Xenoblade there is plenty to do.
