Nintendo To Produce Movies Based On It’s Classic Game Series.

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The news, which was first published in Japan’s Asahi Shimbun was translated to (English-language) social media through a series of Tweets by Kyle McLain (via Gamespot):

According to an interview with Kimishima in today's Asahi Shinbun, Nintendo is getting into the movie business, Nintendo is looking at a production system where "we can do as much as we can ourselves." Nintendo isn't interested in producing live-action movies, with Kimishima citing the 1993 Super Mario film as the main reason why the company is leaning toward "anime-type content Kimishima also says that Nintendo would like to have it's first movie ready within the next 2-3 years.

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