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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 oexeo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love slash dot's new game

    2. 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. 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?

  3. 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.

  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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!

  7. 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...