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Davide Soliani has left Ubisoft after 25 years with the company. The developer had served as creative director on both ‘Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle’ and the most recent ‘Mario+Rabbids Sparks of Hope’, though has announced he will be parting ways with the studio to “embark on a new adventure”. Taking to X, he posted a photo of himself at the E3 2017 presentation - where he became known as the ‘Ubisoft Crying Man’ after his emotional reaction to Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto’s kind words to him - and wrote: “Hi all folks. After 25 years, 11 of which beautifully spent working with Nintendo on '...
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‘The Legend of Zelda’ movie will be made in the “closest possible collaboration” with Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto. After the success of ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ last year, Nintendo are working with Sony Motion Pictures Group to adapt their other big action-adventure franchise for the big screen, and the cinema studio’s chairman Tom Rothman has now stressed the company will honour the “true genius” of Miyamoto. Speaking with Deadline, he said: “The movie is being developed and made in the closest possible collaboration with Shigeru Miyamoto. “He’s a true genius in that world, a...
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Chris Pratt has teased that a "Nintendo cinematic universe" could be in the pipeline. The 44-year-old actor will once again play Mario in the recently-announced sequel to 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' and thinks there is "so much to explore" in terms of stories based on the characters created by the Japanese video game company. Speaking to Screen Rant, Chris said: "Oh, man! There's so much to explore. There are decades worth of (games) to explore, not only with Mario and Peach and Donkey Kong and Luigi and Bowser and Yoshi; that was teased at the end. "But it just gets me so excited. I was suc...
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High-definition remasters of ‘Luigi’s Mansion 2’ and the remake of ‘Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’ have been given release dates. Nintendo says ‘Luigi’s Mansion 2’, also known as ‘Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon’, initially came out in 2013 for the 3DS following the success of 2001’s ‘Luigi’s Mansion’ – and the HD remaster is coming on 27 June. It will feature enhanced visuals, as players visit eerie Evershade Valley in the wake of the spirit-pacifying Dark Moon shattering. The release date was announced to coincide with Sunday’s (10.03.24) ‘MAR10’ day celebrations. Meanwhile, ‘Paper Mario: T...
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A second 'Super Mario Bros.' movie has been confirmed for April 3, 2026. Nintendo's game director Shigeru Miyamoto took to the video game giant's X (Twitter) page to announce another animated film in the universe is on the way in two years time. Although there are no plot details for now, Miyamoto teased it will be a "bright and fun story". He wrote: This is Miyamoto. We are now creating a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. This film is planned for release in theaters on April 3rd, 2026 in the US and many other markets, and throughout the month of April in other territor...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 could be released as early as March 2025. The Japanese publication Nikkei reports that Nintendo has set the date to enable it to manufacture enough consoles to satisfy demand and allows developers to make titles for it. If rumours are to be believed, the Nintendo Switch 2 will come with a bigger LCD display, a faster processor and more storage, but will allegedly cost $400 upon its release - $100 more than the previous OLED variant. Nikkei also asked whether the developer planned on leaning into their intellectual properties to break further into the film industry, follow...
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The Nintendo Switch 2 could be released as early as March 2025. The Japanese publication Nikkei reports that Nintendo has set the date to enable it to manufacture enough consoles to satisfy demand and allows developers to make titles for it. If rumours are to be believed, the Nintendo Switch 2 will come with a bigger LCD display, a faster processor and more storage, but will allegedly cost $400 upon its release - $100 more than the previous OLED variant. Nikkei also asked whether the developer planned on leaning into their intellectual properties to break further into the film industry, follow...
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Shigeru Miyamoto won’t retire until the “day he falls over”. The 71-year-old games designer, who has worked as Nintendo’s representative director and has created some of the most iconic titles to date, including ‘Super Mario’ and ‘The Legend of Zelda’, is keen to continue working at the Japanese company for the foreseeable future. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, he said: "More so than retiring, I’m thinking about the day I fall over. ”In this day and age you have to think about things in a five-year timespan, so I do think about who I can pass things on to, in case something does ...
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Shigeru Miyamoto won’t retire until the “day he falls over”. The 71-year-old games designer, who has worked as Nintendo’s representative director and has created some of the most iconic titles to date, including ‘Super Mario’ and ‘The Legend of Zelda’, is keen to continue working at the Japanese company for the foreseeable future. In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, he said: "More so than retiring, I’m thinking about the day I fall over. ”In this day and age you have to think about things in a five-year timespan, so I do think about who I can pass things on to, in case something does ...
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Nintendo faces "an extremely high hurdle" to please fans with the 'Legend of Zelda' movie. That is according to Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the money-spinning gaming franchise, who has warned Nintendo that it'll be tough to satisfy the 'Zelda' fans. Following the company's latest earnings report, Shigeru said: "Regarding the live-action film of 'The Legend of Zelda', I know we face an extremely high hurdle in producing a film that will not disappoint the global fan base. With this challenge in mind, I have been discussing this project with Avi Arad, Chairman of Arad Productions Inc., for ...
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