After the new teaser trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released, Nintendo fans are already looking forward to a potential movie based on The Legend of Zelda. Back in the 1980s, The Legend of Zelda was developed as a cartoon series, but it's never been given a proper feature film adaptation. That likely stems in part from the live-action Super Mario Bros. movie tanking in 1993, leading Nintendo to be much more apprehensive about allowing movies to be made based on its most popular franchises.
However, despite a certain level of criticism over the voice casting, the reception to the teaser for The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been rather positive. The animated film is much more faithful to the video games than the live-action movie, and some gamers say that this looks much more like the Mario film they've been waiting for. And with Mario coming into the fray alongside Pikachu and Sonic for the video game adaptation boom, many are saying that The Legend of Zelda needs to finally get the treatment next.
"The fact that we have a live-action Pokemon movie and now an upcoming Mario movie opens up to the possibility of a Legend of Zelda movie," one fan wrote on Twitter.
"With the release of the Mario trailer i really hope someone scoops up the rights for Zelda," says someone else, including a GIF of Link celebrating.
And as another fan puts it, "the mario movie is cool and all but i wanna see a legend of zelda movie."
Meanwhile, others are imagining what the hypothetical movie would be like that fan-made designs for the characters are even being made. One artist posted some artwork of Link, Ganondorf, and Zelda as they might appear in a Legend of Zelda film.
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It's not insane to imagine that Nintendo may be heading to The Legend of Zelda after the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, especially if it does well as hoped. Earlier this year, The Legend of Zelda was voted by fans as the most-wanted video game adaptation, and this kind of demand has certainly not gone unnoticed by Nintendo. If this new Mario movie is a hit, then the odds of a Zelda movie following will become much more likely.
We'll all find out what happens with the film when The Super Mario Bros. Movie hits theaters on April 7, 2023.
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