Nintendo‘s legendary video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has talked a little about bringing new characters other than stalwarts Mario and Zelda to media outside of traditional video games. Whether this means brand new IP or simply characters outside of Mario and Zelda remains to be seen, but it is something that Nintendo is looking at closely.
Going forward, we will expand these initiatives and would like to bring not only Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, but also new characters, to the world. We will expand these initiatives through a variety of methods, including movies and videos.”
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Alright but you got like 5 years max on the clock grandpa
He’s 70. He’s got at least one billion years left.
SM will live a long time. He deserves to work on his big entertainment projects. Hopefully it’s about more than merchandising and we see some genuinely creative material that translates well between the passive and interactive sides of things
I mean, it’s nothing they haven’t tried before. Let’s not forget Pokemon has like 10 different shows from across the years, Mario had two shows, Donkey Kong had a show, Kirby had an anime, Fire Emblem had an anime, F-Zero had an anime, Star Fox Zero had a mini-movie to help promote it…