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Nintendo Eyeing the Big Screen

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-wario-and-i'm-a-gonna-win dept.

techstar25 writes "Coming soon reports that video game giant Nintendo is going to Hollywood by creating an in-house unit to develop animated features based on the numerous properties owned by the company. The plan calls for Nintendo to create a movie based on one of its own franchises for theatrical release in 2006. The original story is from Variety (reg. required)." It doesn't really say what properties to expect, but obviously it's Excite Bike.

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  1. Wow! What a fantastic idea! by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sweet, movies based on video games. How could that possibly go wrong ?

    Seriously, is anyone actally still awake in Hollywood or are these scripts actually being greenlighted by some giant evil Twilight-Zone-ish computer that lives in a cave someplace on the back lot of Warner Brothers? This news item seems like something they would have used as the basis of an episode of The Critic, fer cryin' out loud.

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    1. Re:Wow! What a fantastic idea! by kerrle · · Score: 2, Funny
      Yes, it was.

      You must have watched Resident Evil 2; I can see how, by comparison, it'd make Resident Evil one look good.

    2. Re:Wow! What a fantastic idea! by oexeo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love slash dot's new game

    3. Re:Wow! What a fantastic idea! by AviLazar · · Score: 2, Funny

      RE 1 was good. It is not just an action flick - it is a sci-fi horror action flick... So they got the science down (easy, technology and mad science), they got the action down (ass kicking with lots of cool weapons), and they scared the living crap out of people in the theatre.
      RE 2 was poor. They got the action down (ass kicking with lots of cool weapons), they got the science down (same as before), but the movie was about as scary as Peekacho on crack.

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    4. Re:Wow! What a fantastic idea! by sanderb · · Score: 5, Funny

      http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0264277/
      http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1335251/
      http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0075376/

  2. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, bike EXCITES YOU!!!

    1. Re:In Soviet Russia by Alkaiser · · Score: 3, Funny

      IDIOT!

      Excite Bike...the Bike is obviously already the one doing the exciting. If you're were aiming for the "clever reversal of things in Soviet Russia" joke, it would be:

      In Soviet Russia, you Excite BIKE!

      Although, that doesn't end with the standard "YOU!" The joke doesn't fit the subject this time.

      You fail it.

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    2. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      In Soviet Corea, old joke reverses you!

    3. Re:In Soviet Russia by CumInHerTaco · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, old Korean people excite your bike!

      When I was in grade school we were told, and subsequently believed, "bike" was the Chinese word for "penis".

      It just sounds sick and wrong to have old Korean people excite your "bike"... :)

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  3. I'm not sure about this by oexeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Super Mario Bros. was such an groundbreaking, and incredible movie. Do they really want to risk lose tainting their reputation in movie making?

  4. ow wow excite bike by Naikrovek · · Score: 4, Funny

    that's so cool because [overheat! overheat! overheat!] i just love excite bike, with the [overheat! overheat! overheat!] jumping and the racing and [overheat! overheat! overheat!] the superfast opponents. wow it was[overheat! overheat! overheat!] great!!

    ah, those were the days.

    1. Re:ow wow excite bike by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      let off the B button

    2. Re:ow wow excite bike by jtdennis · · Score: 2, Funny

      it's almost like Real got their design method from [buffering...]Excitebike.

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  5. Great... by Enigma_Man · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now I've got the theme song to Excite Bike stuck in my head.

    Do do do dodo doo. Do do do dodo doo. doopydoopydoopy do do dodo, dodo do do dodo.

    Thank you, thank you.
    -Jesse

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  6. of course, but... by Lepruhkawn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wouldn't it be funny if the movie unit pulled Nintendo games into the darkside for the purpose of reaching the teen and young-adult males?

    I'm not so interested in jumping Mario across platforms, but if my reward was the opportunity to bitch-slap that annoyingly helpless Princess Toadstool, I might change my mind.

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  7. They have it backwards! by gosand · · Score: 3, Funny

    No No No. You release the crappy movie first, THEN you release the crappy video game. Or have we just come full circle? Who knows. Who cares?! I am getting pretty sick of the word "franchise" anyway.

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  8. Who would you cast though? by Nine+Tenths+of+The+W · · Score: 4, Funny

    While Ron Jeremy is an obvious Mario, it's hard to see who else could fill in the various Nintendo roles

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    1. Re:Who would you cast though? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ask and ye shall receive.

  9. Re:I took my Cynical Pill this morning... by identity0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    # The McSuper McMario Happy Meal!
    Ahhh yes, nothing calms the brats down like some magic mushrooms and a milkshake.

    # Metroid Special Edition Pepsi!
    Look under the cap for a chance to win a hideous man-eating alien jellyfish! (Only while supplies last. Offer void in Tennessee.)

    And let's not forget Sonic the Hedgehog(tm) Valium, or Dr. Mario Sleeping Pills!

  10. Re:Super Mario Brothers by flyingsquid · · Score: 2, Funny
    Well, I think the SMB movie bombed because the producers/writers didn't give a rats ass about anything other than the cash, and therefore had no respect for the franchise itself or the impact it has made in not only the entertainment world, but mainstream society as a whole.

    Yeah, they just totally did not get the artistic vision of Super Mario Bros. How could they have messed this one up? The guy eats mushrooms, gets big, goes through pipes, and then kicks around turtles- the script practically writes itself!

  11. Re:I took my Cynical Pill this morning... by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 2, Funny

    No Wait! It's not that bad. All you have to do is not go see the movies.... oh wait. You said cynical. I thought you said cyanide.

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  12. Re:Metroid by flyingsquid · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'm pretty sure there is a Metroid movie in the works. I might even go so far as to say that John Woo has optioned it, but I could be wrong.

    No. John Woo is currently working on the big screen adaptation of "Duck Hunt". Nicolas Cage will play the dog.

  13. Re:I took my Cynical Pill this morning... by Firehawke · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll take that Metroid one any day..

    "Hey, Boss! Come on into my office.. I've got something to show you. You'll love it!"

    Yeah.. I can see some great possibilities....

  14. Re:I took my Cynical Pill this morning... by shigelojoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd probably buy it, if it had a picture of Shamus without the suit on.

    Wait, you want to see an Irish guy naked? Not that there's anything wrong with that...

  15. The Long Awaited Sequel! by coaxial · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just hope they can get Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo to reprise their roles for Super Mario Brothers 2.