What I Want To See In A Nintendo Cinematic Universe

Alright so before we get this started, yes, every single video game movie sucks. But I believe with the IPs that Nintendo has, they can be the Marvel Studios of the video game movie genre. Now my total vision of this franchise is a combination of two properties in terms of tone: Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now I’m saying this because I want these movies have the feel of Pixar movies where it’s perceived to be for kids, but there are things only adults can pick up on in the movies, then have the style of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with great action, characters, and of course the whole “Cinematic Universe” part. My ultimate vision in terms of visuals for this franchise is mainly inspired by The Jungle Book where is basically all that incredible CGI, but with a few human characters too. I also based this out where we get the more live-action/Marvel like movies in the summer, then the more animated/Pixar movies in the fall. Alright, let’s get to the movies and my general ideas for them.

 

2020:

 

The Legend of Zelda:

That’s right, in order to start this universe, it’s going to need to start with a bang. My vision for this movie is the basic Legend of Zelda storyline that was told in the first game where a young boy named Link goes on a great adventure to stop Gannon. Now the tone I want for this movie is similar to the recent trailer from Breath of the Wild. That trailer gave me goosebumps in terms of the score, lighting, and action. This movie would have characters like Link and Zelda be portrayed by real people, but the rest of the creatures in this movie would be a mix between puppetry and CGI, similar to the newer Star Wars movie. And yes, I want Pig Gannon.

 

Detective Pikachu:

What the hell? Why not just a Pokemon movie?! Well, since it was announced that a Detective Pikachu movie is in the works, I just included it in my cinematic universe. I also just want Pikachu to be the main character in the movie and I just believe all the mechanics in the game wouldn’t work in terms for a movie. Sure there’s the anime and those movie but come on, those aren’t really the silver screen quality that we’d all want. Yes, Pikachu would talk, I see him as a Rocket Raccoon type character and I think would mix in with the other characters when it comes time for the Smash Bros movie.

 

2021:

 

Metroid:

Now this movie would certainly be the most dark movie this Nintendo Cinematic Universe would have. My dream director for this movie would be Denis Villeneuve, the director of Arrival. He does such a good job of creating strong female characters in his movies, and after seeing Arrival, that’s the perfect tone I’d like to see for a Metroid movie. This movie would be a more artistic piece where Samus is alone on planet Zebes for the most of the movie, it would be a slow burner that’s dramatic and has some great action too. We’d see all the great villains like Ridley, Kraid, and Mother Brain. We’d also see the Metroids, which would make for some touching moments with them and Samus.

 

Super Mario Bros.:

Now I saved this movie for a little later on because of the stink bomb that was that original Mario Bros movie. I think if this was the first movie in the cinematic universe, nobody would want to see it, but these past three movies would build their trust to see this one. Now for this movie I would like to see Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach as the only real human characters in this movie. Yes, I know they tried that in the original movie but this movie would be similar to the Jungle Book where every other character is CGI. I see the story of this movie as Mario and Luigi are plumbers from Brooklyn who get transported to the Mushroom Kingdom and are caught in a war between Bowser and his army and the Mushroom Kingdom army. This movie would certainly be lighter than the original movie, with actual funny humor but also some scary stuff, like they could make Bowser look pretty intense! This movie would also introduce Yoshi and Donkey Kong as brief cameos that could set them up for future films.

 

2022:

 

F-Zero:

Now I see this movie as straight up Fast and the Furious, but in the space. Now this movie would have more human characters, but there’d be aliens too. Now I don’t really care about the story of this film, I just want to see some epic races and Captain Falcon get into some epic fights. I would also introduce the Falcon Punch, but I don’t think Captain Falcon should use it in this movie, I’d save it for a epic moment in the Smash Bros movie! And please, cast The Rock as Captain Falcon, that’s all I want!

 

Kirby:

Now this movie would be the most kid-friendly movie of them all. I don’t have a clear story for this one but they could certainly adapt some stories from Kirby: Right Back At ‘Cha!, like how kirby crash landed on planet Popstar and is the only one of his kind and he has to fight King Dedede for taking all the food in the land.

 

2023:

 

Star Fox:

Now I see this film as a very Star Wars-esque movie where it would introduce the Star Fox squad, where they’d be a mix of CGI and puppets. This would just be a fun summer movie full of space battles and that classic cockpit talk that we get in the games. We could also get some dramatic backstory where Fox is just a rooky at this point and he’s trying to live up to his father’s name, similar to Captain Kirk’s story arc in the 2009 Star Trek movie. The villain could be Andros with Star Wolf as threats too. But this movie would mainly be about the relationship between Fox, Falco, Peppy, and Slippy.

 

Earthbound:

Now I saved Earthbound for the last solo film because it’s certainly the most unknown of all the other Nintendo Properties, it’d be similar to how Marvel handled Ant-Man, Guardians, and Doctor Strange. The story of Earthbound is so big, that I’d separate it into two movies, where the first movie would mainly be about Ness and the beginning of his adventure. I’d see the story go as far as Ness and Paula, and Jeff defeating Master Belch, who would be the main antagonist of part one, but with teases to Giygas for part two. As for tone, I see this movie having a Stranger Things type tone, with a similar kind of sound design, but in terms of visuals, it’d have a lot more color. This movie would also have more live action characters than most of these other movies, purely because it’s supposed to take place on Earth.

 

2024:

 

Super Smash Bros.:

Now this would be the epic finale of Phase On where the main villain is Master Hand and he’s sort of creating a “Contest of Champions” if you will where Master Hand is pulling the greatest warriors from different dimensions and have them fight each other. We’d see all the main characters of these movies become enslaved and for the first 1 ½ acts of the films, they’d fight each other, but in between fights, they’d get to know eachother better and in the very end team up to defeat Master hand. I’m also leaving a possibility that this movie would go straight Lego Movie on us where it’d be a kid playing with his toys or Amiibo(great product placement) the whole time!

 

 

Sonic the Hedgehog?:

Now I know that there’s a Sonic the Hedgehog movie coming out in 2018, and I think the it’s being made my Sony whereas I’d see this Nintendo movies being made by Legendary because that’s who’s developing the Detective Pikachu movie, so maybe there could be some sort of deal made where he could appear in these movies so I’d tease him to appear in a Smash Bros 2 movie, similar to the Spider-Man deal with Marvel.

 

Anyways, there’s my big plan for a Phase 1 of a Nintendo Cinematic Universe! This’ll probably never happen because all video game movies suck but hey, I guy can dream, can’t he? I also got some great ideas for a Phase 2 so let me know in the comments below if you’d like to see a Phase 2 and make sure to leave your ideas in the comments as well!

 

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