Blog:Top ten Nintendo games that can work as a film

Nintendo has been seen as one of the most prominent and iconic heads of the gaming industry. They are more than just a simple gaming company as they did work on merchandise and even a theme park attraction (looking as you Super Nintendo World). It has been stated that Nintendo wants to experiment on the film industry. Yes, Mario is getting an animated feature by Illumination yet I would like to express my ideas. Also, they need to be fully animated as I feel that it would just work out well for Nintendo standards. Sometimes, however, live-action can sometimes work. Look at Detective Pikachu. I thought i share it here since this is AGW anyways.

10. Donkey Kong Country: To start things off, this film would be an adventure/comedy film that is computer-animated. DK Country takes place in the wild and DK and his crew must save it from being in jeopardy from many evil forces like King K. Rool or Lord Fredrik. If we got that film, imagine how breathtaking it is for a film like DK Country to take place in nature in a creative way. Of course, I wanted the characters to not talk in the film. If they do, I would be fine with it just as long as the voices make sense.

9. The Legend of Zelda: While I'm not a Zelda fan myself, I do see the potential of a film surrounding the franchise. This would be a fantasy action-adventure film that would either be CGI or even done in traditional animation much like some anime films including Studio Ghibli, GoMix Wave Films, or Studio Colorido. Just think how gorgeous it would look. Especially from an iconic fantasy series. Let me give you some trivia. Zelda was going to get a film created by Imagi Animation Studios (the same company behind TMNT and Astro Boy), but it was scrapped.

8. Famicom Detective Club: This can be a traditionally animated anime film that is a detective/mystery story. Since the game got a remake on the Switch, I'd be down for a film like this. If we do get the English dub for the film, I wonder who would voice certain characters. Just look at the graphics in the Famicom Detective Club remake.

7. Splatoon: Yet another newer Nintendo IP that would be ink-credible for a film. It is an action/comedy CGI film that could be similar to the story modes in the game series. Of course, who cannot forget the colorful environment and the songs including the ones sung by fictional idols like Callie and Marie or Pearl and Marina?

6. Metroid: Not really into Metroid, but I had seen a lot of people invest in a film for Metroid (even I admit it). I can imagine it be either live-action or CGI animated. This would be a sci-fi film that takes place in the galaxy and follows the bounty hunter Samus who has a rivalry towards the Space Pirates. If it were live-action, I wonder who can make a great Samus? Anyways, it is cool to see a Metroidvania being implemented as a film. Could it expand more on Metroid lore? Of course, it can! Another trivia thing I like to mention would be Metroid being on the subject of a film adaptation.

5. Advance Wars: Since we are getting a remake of the game coming out on the switch, I think this can work as their take on a war movie. It would be a CGI or a traditional anime film that would be an action film that serves as a spoof of war movies. If you can have Shrek be a spoof of fairy tale adaptations, why not this one. Also, the action would be amazing as well.

4. Kirby: This cute little fella is no stranger to animation as he got an anime called Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. But what if he got a film as well? That right there is a thoughtful idea as it takes place in a colorful and imaginative environment where Kirby goes on an adventure to save Planet Popstar from certain threats. Just think of how much eye candy it would be regardless if it's traditionally animated or CGI. Kirby can also get some short films as well much like in the veins of those Pixar short films. It can be a different story that would be a lot different from the anime as a nod that the film could be based more on the games.

3. ARMS: One of Nintendo's newer IPs would make such an interesting film. It would be a fully animated film that can be either CGI or in a comic book-like animation (look at Min Min's reveal trailer in SSBU). It would be a sports/comedy film that could explore more about the ARMS lore while creating an original story. I can just imagine a sports movie about stretchy ARMS (well Twintelle doesn't have ARMS) in a competition. I would also have the film having selected multiple main characters much like how Sing (yes, the Illumination film) handled it so that way we could see the lives of some of the fighters like Spring Man, Ribbon Girl, Ninjara, Min Min, Master Mummy, Kid Cobra, etc.

2. Fire Emblem: Ever since Marth and Roy were first introduced in Melee, the series has gotten recognition outside of Japan and it has gotten stronger in later years. The film can be either CGI or traditionally animated anime style (Look at the cutscenes in Fire Emblem: 3 Houses where it did had anime-like cinematics). I would like to take a moment to mention that the series if often known for being one of the series that would often change the main character/setting in every installment similar to what you would expect with the game series of Persona, Earthbound, Pokemon, Final Fantasy, or GTA. If it did get a film, I had the idea of being a Spider-Verse type of film where it's a love letter to Fire Emblem as a whole (that I pay to see).

Honorable Mentions:

Star Fox: Yet another sci-fi franchise Nintendo has in their belt. It would obviously be a CGI action film that would be so cool that it can be possibly compared to Pixar's upcoming film Lightyear. Who would want to see animals in an action space movie while being on the Lylat system? Well, that can work as a movie. That would be intergalactic if you ask me.

Kid Icarus: The series is no stranger to the anime videos it has gotten around 2012 so that can work. Shaft, Inc can do the animation and got it to be gorgeous seeing a film that is based on classical antiquity and Greek mythology.

Wario Land: If the Mario movie becomes successful, Wario could get a movie based on Wario Land. It is an adventure film that puts Wario into an adventure that happens to be colorful and creative. A movie about Wario getting his treasures sounds like a fun movie.

1. Earthbound/Mother: The film would be stop-motion as I think it fits so well with the surreal yet imaginative environment typically scene in Earthbound/Mother. It can also work in CGI as well as surreal style could work there. Maybe it can be like Gumball's, Spider-Verse's or The Mitchells vs. The Machines' style of animation (mixing traditional/2D with CGI) and this could match the trippiness of the film. If you think The Beatles: The Yellow Submarine is trippy enough, wait until you see this! Hell, even Soul (the Pixar film) used 2D as well like the Jerries who appear to be 2D. I can also see this work using a similar animation style used in The Peanuts Movie or Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.

Now I'm done. Any thoughts on this?