Link actually is a really bad example...based upon the way Nintendo handles that story.  That is, it is constantly changing the character known as Link.  Therefore, Link's personality would change from game to game...if they actually gave him a voice.

I do agree that I wouldn't like them to give Mario a concrete personality...but he kind of does have one.  He says mamma mia a lot...he's completely flabbergasted at almost everything that happens around him...and then he resolves himself to rise to the challenge.  You actually have the framework for quite a dynamic character right there, and one taht would lend itself very well to slapstick and and "out of the frying pan, into the fire" plot format...all the while with him saying things like" Oh no...mammamia, etc."

But yeah...I don't want it to be made.  I think it would be terrible.  You'd have to hand it to a very good writer, like that guy that did Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine.

That's exactly what we need... Another Mario movie which will suck ass..

Let's not remind ourselves about that atrocity of an adaptation...

I think there is a reason since the 1993 flop Nintendo has not entertained the idea of bringing a character to the silver screen. Mario is just odd when you try to put it in real terms, why the television cartoon felt more true to the source.

Of all the stories I would say Metroid is the one I could see making the transition. Samus on her own on a planet so keep set costs down and focus everything on lead lady, special effects and maybe have VA for her to talk to.

Neither does nathan drake but it doesnt stop an uncharted movie from being made.

Its not like you cant make up a personality or well fine tune the little bits one already has.

Depends on the quality, the cast and the marketing.

I work at a camp. The kids don't even know Charizard, but they can name every single Mario character. They'd make a shit ton.

If Pixar or another company that's great at CG films made the movie I think they could do something amazing. At least CG movies CAN be amazing experiences. Movies like FF Advent Children, Tekken Blood Vengeance, and Resident Evil Degeneration were great films and fit right in with their video game counter parts.

As a live action movie, it would flop. I cannot name one live action video game movie that surpasses mediocre. The best representation of a live action video game film would have to be Silent Hill, and tell me that a CG movie couldn't have been much better.

Nathan Drake doesn't have personality? What are you talking about??

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