Nintendo nonetheless has its Super Mario film venture within the works with a launch deliberate for 2022, however that’s not the one enterprise into the visible medium it has deliberate. In the corporate’s newest investor report, Nintendo stated it plans on increasing its “visual content” over the subsequent couple of years by means of totally different tasks. Movies appear to be the most definitely avenue for this growth given the deep nicely of characters Nintendo has to attract from, however the report prompt that movie wasn’t the one type of visible content material Nintendo is taking a look at.
The report started by addressing plenty of other ways Nintendo is seeking to increase the quantity of people that can entry its merchandise by means of issues like merchandise and the brand new Super Nintendo World theme parks which can be being constructed. Mobile content material additionally performed a big half within the report with Nintendo saying it’s had over 650 million distinctive downloads throughout its totally different cellular games launched since 2016.
Towards the tip of the IP growth notes, Nintendo talked about the visible content material portion of its plans. The Super Mario film that’s nonetheless a number of years out was talked about first with Nintendo saying it’s nonetheless supporting the venture. The feedback beneath will be discovered on web page 28 of the report.
“Another way we are delivering Nintendo entertainment to a wider audience is with the Super Mario CG-animated movie, which is scheduled for theatrical release in 2022,” the report stated. “Production is moving ahead smoothly, thanks to the collaboration between Chris Meledandri, founder and CEO of Illumination, known for the Minions movies, and Nintendo’s Representative Director and Fellow, Shigeru Miyamoto, who is serving as co-producer. The movie will be distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures.”
After addressing the Mario film, Nintendo stated it has plans for extra visible content material past that with an emphasis on the truth that the plans might embrace extra than simply movies.
“We have also already embarked on multiple other visual content expansion projects, and are pursuing further opportunities,” the report continued. “As we shared previously, the Super Mario movie is being financed by Nintendo as well as Universal Pictures, and we are actively involved in planning, development and production. Going forward, visual content expansion initiatives may not be limited to film. The scale of our investments will vary based on the type of project, but we will continue to invest in these entertainment expansion initiatives to increase the number of people who have access to our IP.”
What that non-film visible content material could also be stays to be seen, however as we talked about earlier than, Nintendo clearly has no scarcity of characters and properties to attract from for such tasks.
