Recently I've written a journal about why a good live action video game adaptation is possible today! If you'd like to take to time to read it, here you go.





Now on kind of a different subject, I have a lot of ideas for a possible Nintendo Cinematic Universe!





Nintendo has been in the gaming business for a long time now, but what if they gave a shot at the film industry as well? I mean, if Sony can be both a video gaming and movie company at the same time, then I'm sure Nintendo can as well. Not only that, but big name companies like Marvel and DC used to be solely comic book creators long before they stepped forth into the filming industry and brought the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes to life!





Anyway, Nintendo has so much potential to take their beloved classic characters and bring them to life on the big screen, just like Marvel and DC did! Now how would this be different from other video game adaptations in the past? Well, what if instead of just doing this for the money, it could be done out of love, for the soul purpose of bringing Nintendo's beloved characters and worlds to life like we dreamed they would! Now this is just a wild thought, but what if Nintendo decided to put Reggie in charge of the Nintendo Cinematic Universe? If anybody knows how to pull off something like this, while putting all the love, respect, and dedication it deserves into this, who better to do it than Reggie himself? But the real question is... is his body ready for this?...





Now on a different note, if Nintendo were to start making multiple movies, it would obviously require a lot of money to do so, but this is Nintendo we're talking about! Similarly to how Disney is one of the biggest and richest companies in the film industry, Nintendo is one of the biggest and richest companies in the gaming industry, so they are certainly able to afford a task as big as this! I would say that Nintendo is sorta like the Disney of the gaming industry, except Nintendo doesn't buy out and butcher other beloved franchises like Disney does, that's more of something EA would do. XD

Now obviously this is still a huge task, to the point where it's almost like accomplishing the impossible! So putting all your eggs into 1 basket is never a good plan with any financial situation, and especially not one as big as this, which does come with some risk.







If you ask me, I think the best idea, is for Nintendo to make a First Attempt. They should start by making just 1 movie, with a lot of hard work, time, love and effort put into it, as well as a significantly large budget. In a way this will be sort of like an experiment, to see whether or not if a Nintendo Cinematic Universe is possible. Once they've finished the movie and release it to the public, it will be put to the ultimate test. If the movie turns out well, not only in development, but also amongst fans, critics and the box office, then it will have worked, and the Nintendo Cinematic Universe IS possible, and then they'll go onto making other movies based on Nintendo's beloved games!... However, if the movie doesn't do so well, then the plan has failed, and they'll pull the plug on the whole project. Hopefully that won't be the case, but who can say for sure?...





Now if Nintendo were to make a First Attempt at a Nintendo Cinematic Universe, which game would should they choose? Which one has the most cinematic potential to be brought to life on the big screen?... Well, after doing some thinking, I think the game that may have the best potential for something like this, would be one of Nintendo's most memorable classics featuring one of the greatest heroines in video game history... METROID!





A lot of people have been dying to see Metroid brought to life on the big screen for years, and now is the best time for it to happen!... In fact there's even been talk of our beloved bounty hunter Samus Aran possibly being played by Brie Larson! I for one think that role has great potential, and perhaps this article here might help explain why she'd make a great Samus!





Anyway, assuming it all goes according to plan, what other games should Nintendo make into movies after that, and how exactly are they gonna do it?... Well obviously you can't rush out movies like this, as they require a lot of time and effort in order to make them as good as they can be. Though the insanely high level of consumer demands won't help with that... However, I have an idea so crazy it just might work!







What if Nintendo could hire multiple directors to work on multiple films at the same time? More specifically different directors that specialize in different movie genres, as a lot of Nintendo's games have elements that belong in different genres, like action, fantasy, sci-fi, comedy etc. Anyway, while Nintendo is in charge of the project itself, the different directors will all be making their own movies at the same time, they'll each take their time and effort while making them, and after a few long years of piecing them all together, multiple movies will be finished around the same time, and released within the same year! So in a way, it's like quality and quantity at the same time! Now I'm not saying that there should be like 10 movies being made all at the same time, I was thinking more like 3, or 4 at the most, but no more than that as it would be just way too much for Nintendo to keep track of, especially while they still have to take care of the gaming business as well.





Now which games should they make into movies, and which directors should Nintendo hire to make them?...



Now obviously there should be a Legend Of Zelda movie, how could there not be? In fact, I've thought of a crazy idea that just might be what it needs!... What if Nintendo got Peter Jackson, the director of the Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit movies to direct the Legend Of Zelda movie? Now that would be a match made in heaven! With all of Zelda's elements of wonder, action, fantasy and so much more, who better to direct a Zelda movie? The real challenge is deciding which game/story would work the best as a movie, as there are so many different stories and continuities in the Zelda franchise. Or maybe they could start from scratch and create their own Zelda story for the movie, one that's brand new and not connected to any of the games, but part of the core of the Nintendo Cinematic Universe, which I'll talk more about later.





Now this might sound kinda strange, but what if Nintendo got the director of the Fast And Furious movies to direct an F-Zero movie, starring Dwayne Johnson as Captain Falcon, and maybe Vin Diesel as the villain Black Shadow! It could be like an action comedy, similar to movies like Shazam and Guardians Of The Galaxy! I don't know about you, but I'd love to see Dwayne Johnson as Captain Falcon! I can already picture him screaming FALCON PAWNCH!







Now there are plenty of other games that have good potential for a cinematic adaptation, including Maga Man (what if they got Tom Holland to play Mega Man? That would be both awesome and hilarious at the same time!), Punch-Out, Starfox, Castlevania, Metal Gear, Kid Icarus, Final Fantasy VII, and many more! Obviously they can't make all of their games into movies, but Marvel and DC can't turn every single one of their heroes into movies either, and it's best just to cover the top most memorable ones for now.







Now despite all the other games, I have an idea for a film that's so unbelievably absurd, you're probably gonna think I'm crazy, but I'm gonna say it, here it goes...







A WARIO BROS MOVIE!





Already I can hear everybody laughing at me behind their computer screens (as well as the sound of cruel trolls typing on their keyboard at light speed), and I'm starting to feel weird just thinking about it... But please, just hear me out...





As you may know, Mario is like the crown jewel of Nintendo, so it only comes naturally that there should be a Mario representative in the Nintendo Cinematic Universe. I doubt you'd wanna see another Mario Bros movie after how the first one turned out. But I think that a Wario Bros movie might have some potential, and I have so many ideas as to how it could play out. Rather if you think I'm crazy or not, here's how I think a Wario Bros movie could work!





It could be sort of like an action comedy movie similar to Men In Black. With some over the top special effects and action scenes, but a lot of humor as well. In a way it could also have sort of a parody like aspect, in which the movie could poke fun at itself at times, with a lot of clever Easter eggs and inside jokes. Now how would the Wario Bros be brought to life you may ask? Well, what if their story takes place inside a strange world, in a crime-ridden messed up city inhabited by strange creatures (already this is starting to sound like the Mario Bros movie XD), but the 2 most infamous of all, are a couple of notorious outlaws, who's names are infamously known throughout the city... The Wario Brothers!

If you ask me, I think Wario should be played by Danny Devito, though I've yet to think of a good actor for Waluigi. Anyway, instead of wearing overalls like their plumber counterparts, because they're portrayed as sort of gangster like criminals in this movie, Wario & Waluigi could wear yellow and purple fancy tuxedos with vertical stripes similar to ones the Mafia wears, but they still keep their signature hats. Anyway, the Wario Bros could have special abilities that no ordinary human possesses, superpowers if you will. For Wario he could have superhuman strength, near invulnerability, and his signature atomic farting, powerful enough to propel him like a rocket! I know that would probably look stupid in a live action film, but in a way this is meant to be a stupid film, but in a satirical or fun way! Anyway, Waluigi could be a superhuman athlete (which is not the same thing as super strength), being able to run faster, jump higher, and strike harder than any ordinary man, he's basically like Captain America! And of course being the more mischievous of the brothers Waluigi will likely also be more of the brains behind most of their heists and shenanigans. Anyway, in the movie they spend most of their time finding all sorts of ways to make money by any means necessary, whether it'd be through crime (in fact the movie could start with them robbing a big vault of some kind, and then being chased by the cops while they drive away in Wario's fancy purple car from Mario Kart), prospecting, or even running his own video game company. In fact, Wario's game company could be named BroWare. I know in the games it's WarioWare, but in this movie it's different because Wario is hiding his true identity to make people think he's simply a businessman CEO of a game company (he could also name himself Mr. Brosworth to make it sound more convincing XD). Besides, if Wario named the company after himself, everyone would know it's really him, and with him being a world wanted criminal that's not a good idea... That'd be like if say Bin Laden went undercover as an owner of a Walmart, but changed the store's name to Bin Laden Mart, he'd basically be sending an invitation to the military to come blow up the store and his ass! Sorry if that sounded offensive, but I think you get what I'm saying here right?... Anyway, as Wario's assistant at the company he could have Ashley, everyone's favorite little WarioWare witch! Basically she could be like Wednesday Addams, often making sarcastic remarks in a dark tone, and getting annoyed whenever Wario orders her to do stuff, like "I don't get paid enough for this." In fact a reoccurring gag in the movie could be where Wario calls Ashley by yelling her name "ASHLEY!", and she just magically poofs in out of nowhere. I think it would be a rather amusing addition to the film. Anyway, there could also be an inside joke involving how Waluigi was never officially in Super Smash Bros' roster. Waluigi's favorite show could be a show called SMASHDOWN! A tournament where mighty fighters are thrown into a ring to fight to the death, and the last one left standing wins the ultimate Smashdown title, as well as a hefty cash prize. Wario could often say demotivational things while Waluigi watches the show, like how he'll never make it in there unless he's crazy or has a death wish, in which Waluigi could respond by saying "Marks my words Wario! One day, I WILL be in Smashdown!" I think you get the picture here right?... Now how would the story of this movie progress you may ask? Well it could be one of those movies more centred around the characters themselves rather than a compelling story, but here's how I think it should go down...

After a good heist, another days work at running the company (while nobody knows who Wario really is), things seem all fine and dandy, until someone or something crashes into the Wario Bros' house, breaks into their private vault and steals all of their gold! In a true Wario game fashion, the Wario Bros have to go through all Hell to get their money back! Along the way they could run into all sorts of trouble. Cops, monsters (modeled after the enemies from the Wario Land games), crazy obstacles and so much more! At some point they come across a black market salesman with a warehouse full of strange weapons and gadgets and stuff, some of which will be based on the power-ups from the Wario Land games. Such as the rotten garlic that turns Wario into a superhero, as well as Wario's jetpack and fire breathing dragon helmet for example. There could even be a scene where Wario flies around with his jetpack, and while being chased by flying foes, he creating a stream of fart clouds and them uses his dragon hat to light it on fire, burning all enemies in contact with it! It also causes Wario's pants to catch fire, and he freaks out while still flying... Anyway eventually they find out that their fortune was taken by an infamous pirate known as Captain Syrup! Once they finally made it to Syrup's flying airship, they find out that Syrup is actually a woman, and quite a charming one at that. When they first meet, Waluigi really fancies her, and there could be sort of an awkward flirting moment between the two. Anyway, Captain Syrup decides to try and persuade the Wario Bros by offering to split the money 50/50, and in exchange, she'll let them share her (and I think you know what that means right?) While Waluigi is on board with it, Wario doesn't accept, and claims he'll be getting his money back from her one way or another, in which case Captain Syrup will be forced to take drastic measures. She summons her balloon-like genie Denpu (only long-time Wario Land players would remember him) to attack them, while she also fights them using her robotic hovercraft. After a ridiculous cinematic boss fight, the flying ship crash lands and everybody gets knocked out. When they wake up, they find themselves in the preparing room of the Smashdown Ring! While Waluigi was all excited, the others not to much. Because nobody gets out of the Smashdown ring alive unless they win, the Wario Bros have no choice but to team up with Captain Syrup. She also happens to be a previous title-holding Smashdown champion, so they'll need her help in order to survive in the ring, and after they're done they agree to split the money (both their own money and the prize money) and go their separate ways. The rule is they can have up to 4 fighters on a team, so Wario calls Ashley again to fill the gap. Once the tournament begins, Wario, Waluigi, Ashley and Captain Syrup (who happens to have her own mechanical pirate battle suit, similar to Metalbeard from the Lego Movie) end up fighting a whole bunch of tough opponents round after round, until they finally reach the final round, in which they have to take on the ultimate Smashdown champion! You'll never guess who it is... So I'll tell ya, it's BOWSER!... Confused? I thought so. Basically, while Bowser's arms are held by chains, the hosts/announcers explain who he is and how he got here. That's when they begin speaking up a cool cinematic flashback, showing the very brief story of how Bowser and his Koopa army invaded the Mushroom Kingdom and slaughtered millions of innocent Toad people like the Holocaust!... As well as kidnapped the princess of course. Anyway, in a very cheesy epic cinematic like fashion, the Mario Bros fight their way through tons of Goombas and Koopas. (the Mario Bros do exist within this cinematic universe, but they don't have their own movie, this is more like a very short 5 minute long side scene within the Wario Bros movie) They're basically doing all the normal stuff they do in their games, stomping on Goombas, tossing shells, finding fire flowers and throwing fireballs, but this movie makes it look way more epic in an over the top cheesy cinematic like fashion! Anyway, after the Mario Bros beat Bowser and save the princess, the next scene Bowser being condemned inside a court of law, showing Bowser being cuffed in chains. While the Mario Bros stand by the princess' side with their arms crossed, the princess has sentenced Bowser to eternal banishment, and uses her power to banish Bowser to the outer reaches of space and time, away from their world forever! Bowser floats around in an endless space void until he finds his way into the Wario Bros' world, in which he was wound, and was locked up like an animal and forced to fight in the Smashdown ring for eternity! Basically it's like Hulk in Thor Ragnarok, but more of a punishment for Bowser. After a seemingly long but not really long cinematic backstory, the final round of Smashdown finally begins! Throughout most of the battle Bowser basically kicks all of their asses. He destroys Captain Syrup's pirate mech and then pops her inflatable genie Denpu like a balloon causing him to fly around like a deflating balloon in a really cheesy cartoony fashion until he lands on Syrup. After that he lights Ashley's broomstick on fire (which is alive BTW, so naturally it screams in panicky pain) causing her to crash hand, once again on top of Syrup. Maybe Bowser could even grab Waluigi by the leg and slam him around "Puny God" style! XD There are some moments in which Wario does manage to land a hit or two, and even manages to pull a "So longay Bowser" by grabbing him by the tail and swinging him around, but for the most part Bowser was just too much for them to handle. Until Wario remembers that he has that magical rotten garlic, so he eats it and then magically transforms into Wario Man! Now obviously that would look ridiculous as hell in a live action film, and it does! Because it's once again sort of a joke comedy film, they could poke fun at certain things, such as how ridiculous Wario looks in those pink pajamas, and everybody laughs at him, including Wluigi, Syrup Ashley, and even Bowser! XD Wario feels humiliated at first, but Bowser won't be laughing long once he sees how overpowered Wario has become as he turns the tide! Wario picks up Bowser, ragdolls him around in the air while he conjures up a fart hurricane and lights it on fire, and then he ground pounds Bowser with a great big butt slam! Then Wario finishes off Bowser by opening his mouth and pressing his ass against it, and then he fills Bowser with farts until he explodes, which will be shown with a zoomed out view of the Shashdown stadium, and a gigantic green mushroom cloud erupting out of it. When the smoke clears, Wario's garlic powers wear off, people start choking on his deadly gas, and when the smoke clears, all that's left of Bowser is a pile of dry bones! The Wario Bros team have won and celebrate victory! Syrup and the Wario Bros split the money as promised, and Ashley sarcastically says "Woopie, can I go home now?" Once the Wario Bros have returned to their BroWare company building/mansion, Waluigi finds Captain Syrup lying in his bed, and boy was he excited! Meanwhile Wario goes back to doing what he does best, making money without a care in the world. He even gets an idea to make a new game, one based on him and his bother themselves, the Wario Bros!





Holy crap that was one hell of a long story I just wrote! Well not really a story, more of an idea of one, but you get what I mean...



Now that I've finished digesting that huge insanity sandwich, time to talk about what I've been wanting to discuss throughout this entire journal!





After a few movies have been made, eventually it will be time for the big cinematic crossover event it has all led up to!... For the MCU it was the Avengers, for the DCU it was the Justice League, but for the NCU, I think you all know what will happen next, don't you?...







SUPER SMASH BROS THE MOVIE!





That's right, after these characters get their chance to shine on the big screen, they will come together in a big spectacular cinematic crossover unlike any other! (Except maybe Avengers XD) Now because the first Super Smash Bros game had a very small roster, there won't be a whole lot of characters in this movie either. It'll start off small for now... Anyway, basically a godlike celestial being known as the Master Hand has selectively chosen some of the greatest fighters from different worlds, and brought them all together into his own realm within the centre of the universe, in which they will be locked in a competition unlike any other, where they must fight to see who truly is the greatest fighter in the universe!

I know there's not much of a story, but this is Super Smash Bros, the whole idea is to bring all these characters together and make them fight! I know that there's more of a story in other Smash games such as Subspace in Brawl, but I think that should be saved for a sequel! And as for the World Of Light in Ultimate, that should definitely come last as like the Infinity-War/Endgame of the Nintendo Cinematic Universe! But for now, let's focus on the first installment of the Smash movie.

Anyway, while all the characters from the movies prior will be in the movie, but so will other characters who either don't have their own movie, or won't get one until after the Smash movie, similar to characters in the MCU. For example, Kirby could be in the Smash movie, but he'll sort of be like the Hawkeye of the movie as he won't get his own movie. Cause honestly, how the hell would a live action Kirby movie possibly work? Not to mention Meta Knight could be there to, and he could basically be like Yoda, short old, and good with a glowing sword! Not to mention I think it would be funny if Meta Knight was voiced by Antonio Banderas! (The voice of Puss in Boots) XD



Now the characters won't be just fighting willy nilly, there are rules which the Master Hand has created. Each fighter will be randomly selected to participate in a 1 on 1 match, which will take place inside a digital world created by the Master Hand (sort of a Matrix if you will), so if they die inside the digital world, they get transported back to the real world alive and well. If they win a match, their names rise higher on the score board, and they must all keep fighting until one of them reaches the top! Now what are they fighting for you may ask? Well, the Master Hand pretty much has them held captive so they have to fight regardless, but he did promise that the winner of his tournament will be awarded with eternal glory, and he shall grant the winner anything he or she desires. As for everybody else, they're all free to go home back to their worlds once it's all over. While the winner gets a prize and everyone else gets nothing, but the person who comes in last place must suffer a severe punishment. The Master Hand will destroy the loser's home world, and then he must serve as the Master Hand's slave for eternity, or die!

Eventually after they've been fighting each other long enough, the fighters come to their senses, and they start thinking that all this time the Master Hand just trapped them in here like rats in a maze forced to fight for the Hand's amusement. That's when they decide to all work together to rebel against the Master Hand by challenging him personally! I think you already know where this is going, the big climatic boss battle against the Master Hand!

To sum it up, the Master Hand is too much for the fighters, and none of them alone are strong enough to defeat him. At some point in the movie one of the fighters learned that Kirby's mouth is a gateway to another dimension, in which Kirby channels the power of anything he sucks inside it. Then that same character tells everybody about it, and the only way to defeat the Master Hand is to combine all of their strength and powers into 1 body, and Kirby shall be the vessel! Then everybody jumps into Kirby's mouth as he sucks them in, and when they arrive inside his um, stomach dimension, they all willingly share their powers with Kirby, and Kirby channels the powers of everybody inside him! (that just sounds weird when I say it like that) Every time Kirby attacks the Master Hand, he does a different attack while his face and voice changes based on who he's channelling, and then he finishes off the Master Hand with one big final epic blast!

In the end, with the Master Hand defeated, everybody gets to go home. A bunch of inter-dimensional portals open up as gateways back to their home worlds. Who won you may ask? Well in a way, everybody wins. But before everybody went home, they acknowledged how well they worked together as a team, and this may not be the last time something threatens them or their worlds. In which case if it ever happens again, they'll agree to meet up and fight together again! From this day forward, they've formed their own brotherhood, a team of the greatest and most heroic fighters in the universe... The Super Smash Brothers!... Granted it probably sounds a little weird when you say it out loud like a team name, and because there's women as well that would make them sisters, but Super Smash Brothers And Sisters would be too long of a name, plus it's kinda similar to the X-Men, even though they have X-women too. XD You get the idea right?





Now obviously none of these are complete stories, just general ideas of something that can become greater than they are. Obviously something like this would be no easy task, and it would take years for it to build up until it finally reaches its big climatic finale, much like the MCU did, but every second of it is worth the wait, and everything in between is worth watching...

Now there's no guarantee that something like this will ever happen. For now all of this is only a thought, an idea and nothing more. But if you have an idea great enough that you believe it must be shared with the world, then do it, cause that's exactly what I did... I know it's not the best idea in the world, but I felt like it was worth sharing anyway...





What do you guys think of my ideas for a Nintendo Cinematic Universe? Do you think it could work? Is there anything you would change about it? Which Nintendo games would you like to see brought to life on the big screen, and how do you think it should happen? All of that is entirely up for you to decide.

