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Think The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is hinting at an Avengers-style team up? Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says no
Even with a movie straining under the weight of its many, many cameos, Nintendo isn't planning a Super Smash Bros. movie anytime soon.
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Those of you who saw The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opening weekend will know that the film is a flurry of references and cameos not just from Mario lore but from some other iconic Nintendo properties. You already know that we’ll get Fox McCloud of Star Fox fame setting off across the stars, but the other cameos are pretty tough to ignore. However, Shigeru Miyamoto warns fans not to read too much into them. There is no Avengers-style Smash Bros. crossover film coming from Nintendo anytime soon.
Star Fox is certainly the biggest cameo from outside of Mario games in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, but he is far from the only one. We get appearances from Pikmin, R.O.B., and Mr. Game and Watch at various points in the movie, all of which have been playable characters in the Super Smash Bros. games over the years. However, neither Nintendo nor Illumination is planning to bring various universes together for something like an Avengers crossover.
In an interview, Mario creator and Nintendo icon Shigeru Miyamoto was rather blunt in his dismissal of the idea. “I don’t think you’ll have a situation [where] all Nintendo characters would be joining [together in one film].”
“Our process is actually very different from that,” Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination, added. “It’s much more geared toward conversations about what would be fun within a certain scene in the movie. So these ideas come up based on, ‘Oh, wouldn’t it be fun if Pikmin appeared here? Wouldn’t that be fun?' If we agree that it’s a fun idea, then we look to Miyamoto-san to just make his own judgment about whether or not it feels right to him.”
Even as production on The Legend of Zelda movie is underway and Nintendo crams as many references and cameos into The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, we shouldn’t expect them to follow Marvel Studios’ example with a Super Smash Bros. movie just yet.
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