Don’t expect any more Nintendo movies any time soon, says Shigeru Miyamoto

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With the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters, gamers are keen to know if this 2023 animated film brought back enough confidence for Nintendo to release more movies using its IP. Unfortunately, the future for more Nintendo-themed movies doesn’t look so bright.

Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Super Mario franchise and producer of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, spoke about the future of Nintendo movies during an interview with Game Informer. According to Miyamoto, despite the video game company launching Nintendo Pictures to produce content outside of gaming, he has no plans to announce anything new anytime soon. This is mostly due to him ensuring that people would enjoy and focus on The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and not worry about anything else.

“You probably know that we have Nintendo Pictures now as a group. Whenever we create games, that’s one form of content. And when we create animation, that’s another form of content. And we want to continue to expand the amount of content that we can produce. In terms of announcing or sharing anything, I try to hold off until there’s something really good and enjoyable. So, there’s probably nothing to announce in the near future, so I ask you to put all your focus in this movie currently.”

But just because Miyamoto has nothing to announce doesn’t mean that this is the end of Nintendo’s attempts to produce more titles. The video game director shared his philosophy on what makes video game movies great and believes that both the film’s and video game’s creative teams should work together if film studios plan to make screen adaptations to existing video game titles.

“On our end, we’re really busy creating games, so on the one side, we kind of feel like, “I’ve got someone