Mario Fans Are Planning Out The "Nintendo Cinematic Universe"
The Super Mario Bros. Movie saw Nintendo and Illumination partner up for a cinematic adaptation of the popular plumber, an icon of the video game medium. From reports it sounds as if the animation feature debut of Mario and Luigi has been a triumphant success, with the movie apparently on the cards for having one of the biggest opening weekends ever for an animated movie.
It makes you wonder why it took Nintendo this long, but perhaps it's understandable since the last movie to star the plumber brothers – 1993's live-action dud – was a huge bomb. But the new movie looks like it's a hit with audiences, and since other video-game-turned-movie adaptations have proven successful, it has fans wondering if Nintendo could go on and make more of this trend. After all, the Kyoto-based giant has many more beloved characters up its IP sleeve.
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The concept of an extended cinematic universe has been popularised by Marvel, of course, with its characters turning up in multiple movies as well as TV series, and been picked up by rival studios such as DC. A cinematic universe based on video game series hasn't yet been done so there's space, and fans are already imagining such a thing.
Over on the CasualNintendo subreddit, one fan posted: "My Prediction of the Nintendo Cinematic Universe". To illustrate their prediction was their photoshopped image in the style of the MCU, showing "Phase 1" of this Nintendo-themed movie universe. It's quite the bonanza for fans of the company's games and characters.
The picture, which isn't an official Nintendo image (sorry fans), is rather fanciful and shows Detective Pikachu 2 being part of this "NCU", as well as the likes of Zelda and
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