Nintendo wants to lean hard into movies. After the astronomical success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, why wouldn’t it? But Mario actor Chris Pratt is dreaming even bigger—He wants the company to think beyond just having an adaptation in theaters every few years and consider an extended film universe. In an interview with Screen Rant, Pratt said there’s material in all of Nintendo’s big franchises to create a “Nintendo Cinematic Universe” to rival something like Marvel’s interconnected films.
You spend dozens to hundreds of hours in Animal Crossing dealing with the thorny-but-endearing aspects of coexisting with others. Just put Isabelle in front of a camera and let her bitch about her work day. Punch-Out Punch-Out is another example of a game so well-suited to a specific film genre that you can easily envision its plot beats. The Rocky movies are the blueprint for boxing films, and Punch-Out could be easily mapped onto something along those lines.