Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid – Is Nintendo Assembling Its Own “Avengers” Cinematic Universe?
Nintendo Expands Its Movie Universe Post-Mario Success Nintendo is wasting no time extending its intellectual properties to Hollywood after the smash hit of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. That animated Mario adventure, co-produced with Illumination/Universal, proved that Nintendo’s iconic characters can draw massive crowds beyond the gaming world. It became a global blockbuster with over $1 billion in grosses, prompting Nintendo’s top creatives to double down on film projects thedirect.com. In fact, Mario’s success “almost guarantees sequels or other IP adaptations,” as analysts have noted ts2.tech. Nintendo itself hinted in 2024 that it planned to “broaden Mario’s world further”
