This thought I guess started when I saw that Face-off: Bayonetta thread, continued on with the Smash Bros. vs PSASBR thread, and finally finished while I was playing Hyrule Warriors and staring at the Great Fairy's and Cia's many curves (or BOOBS ). Would people be more interested in Nintendo characters if they had a more Mature look to them enough to buy Nintendo games? If so, would their old fanbase remain loyal to them and still buy? And more importantly, would Nintendo FINALLY lose its "kiddie" game reputation they are known for?

Here are some examples (but are not limited to):

I guess the easiest series to convert to a Mature rating would be Metroid {being that it's the darkest of all Nintendo franchises, has already gone FPS, and was inspired by the Ridley Scott Movie "Alien", hence Samus arch nemesis named is Ridley as well). I am thinking it could be more gory, set up more suspense like the movies/video games (Alien: Colonial Marines and Isolation come to mind) while keeping all the game play mechanics that made Metroid Prime such a classic game. Plus imagine a cutscene where a Metroid is coming out of someone’s stomach instead of a Baby Alien?

The Zelda series would probably be best getting an Shadow of Colossus/Assassin's Creed treatment added with a touch of Bayonetta. Have that sort of look would  be epic considering Link fights things 20x his size anyway, while incorporating swordplay action that looks as brutal as assassin's creed, but the puzzle solving, dungeon crawling, getting an item to beat the boss and discovering hidden things on maps would still be their as well. I say a little bit of Bayonetta because maybe Link and Zelda can fight a sexy antagonist that teases you like Lady Bayonetta does (lawl), adding sex appeal to the game?

Mario would be funny, but also REALLY DELICATE thing. I would LOVE to see Mario in AT LEAST one game like Conker's Bad Fur Day. Imagine Mario's on the Toilet reading a newspaper on how he just saved Peach for the 1000 time, then takes a huge crap( you know by the sound of the splash you hear), and says something like "Good thing imma plumber" because he probably just clogged it up. Then Luigi calls him and Mario answers, tells him Peach got kidnapped by Bowser for the 1001 time, and he says "You mean I gotta save this b*tch again" all in a Italian accent?

This Mario thing would be delicate because this IS the guy that sells MILLIONS of games for Nintendo. Would it affect future title with anything "Mario" in it?

I don't think Pokémon should be Mature. Just more TEEN! Introduce romances between Character in Pokémon, have more of a concept of love in the games. Hell, maybe even incorporate a little of Pokémon snap in the game and have your characters take selfies with Pokemon in it after catching them (god, teens love to take selfies... :P). Increase the language and content to a more teen dialogue, have both character talk about the changes they are going through in Puberty (this makes for good jokes) and so forth. I felt they should have done this YEARS ago.

And finally I couldn't figure out what to do with Donkey Kong, and Kirby. Though Fire Emblem and Kid Icarus could look like Shadow of Colossus and maybe God of War?

I'd still buy the majority of all Nintendo series if they decided to turn the page on anything like this. But I'd like the MARIO game to be a one time only thing (or who knows, maybe even turn into a Mario series like Mario&Luigi, Paper Mario, or the NSMB ones).

I'm always cautious when I hear people suggest ways an IP could become more 'mature,' and this is partly why. I do think you had some interesting suggestions in there (specifically for Metroid and Pokemon selfies, which just sound hilarious), but for stuff like Mario... Why? I don't see a plumber taking a dump and cursing on a toilet as more mature, just unnecessary. I'd rather never see that particular transformation happen. Still, maybe it's just me.

Was "going mature" a good idea for Bomberman: Act Zero?

Maybe Metroid. Nothing else.

you'll lose that timeless and universal charm.

Why would they need to be mature? They are what they are. If you need mature games on the console you need new games on the console. No reason to change the existing characters.

To FINALLY get rid of the Stigma Nintendo gets. That they sell "Kiddie" games. A drastic change like this might boast sales in the future. To appeal to the broader audience and not just sell to their cult following. Besides, I was playing Wind Waker yesterday and I thought to myself "What if Nintendo went MATURE instead of EVERYONE with this back in 2002?"...

All of this sounds terrible. Metroid could be M-rated, but I've never felt that it's been held back by a T rating. Also, you used Shadow of the Colossus as an example a few times, but that's rated T as well. Dark Souls II is another example of a T-rated "mature" game.

Anyway, Metroid is already "mature" enough regardless of its ESRB rating. Likewise with Zelda, only in addition to its E10+ rating, Zelda has to fight against its art style as well. But the short answer is that I think Twilight Princess is the most boring-looking Zelda game and I would rather not see another one like that.

Pokemon is a series that could do with some better (not necessarily more "mature") writing. I think Black/White actually hit the nail on the head in terms of creating a cast of interesting characters. The story felt a little more alive in those games, and X/Y was a clear step backwards with its main characters -- however, and I don't think many people know this because they're too busy crying about how there's no postgame content in X/Y, the Looker missions were very well written. They reminded me of the 5th-gen days. That's about as "mature" as I have any desire to see Pokemon get. There's a delightful charm to the various NPCs and their borderline-nonsensical battle challenges and defeat quotes.

Nintendo will never shake its "stigma," which is good because that stigma is their greatest asset. Nintendo is family-friendly, and they have never been more successful than they were when they fully embraced that image. They cannot convince parents that their products are suitable for their young children while slyly whispering in the ears of everyone else (including said children) that they are a mature game company for mature gamers. Nintendo cannot have both cakes and eat them too. That's what they tried to do with the Wii U, and look how that turned out.

Also, Wind Waker is one of the greatest games of all time and you're a monster for even suggesting that there could be an alternate reality in which Nintendo ruined it.

Oh hell no, the overly cinematic, overly serious games of today are starting to feel like a cancer to the industry. Let Nintendo make gales, not experiances

Oh hell no, the overly cinematic, overly serious games of today are starting to feel like a cancer to the industry. Let Nintendo make games, not experiances