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Paratroopa1 posted...

Maybe but I think that's a huge gamble. GotG worked not just because of its pedigree but because it a type of movie - a sort of Star Wars-esque space fantasy comedy - that people really wanted to see and were willing to buy into. Kid Icarus just isn't gonna have the kind of mainstream appeal necessary. I don't think you can sell it, even if all us video game nerds think it's a good idea.

Aside from Mario and Pokemon I think Zelda is the ONLY other franchise that has both the name power and the conceptual juice to really work. Everything else is too hard to sell to people who aren't weird video game nerds like us.

I can see the world where the good Kid Icarus movie exists but I think it'd flop.

Kid Icarus would be a massive gamble if we randomly got one today, but I'd say a standalone Dr. Strange, Ant-man, GotG, etc movie would be a massive gamble in 2006 without the MCU as well.

If a NCU happened, we'd get a bunch of Mario movies, DK movie, Zelda, probably Kirby and ideally Pokemon (if there's no licensing issues) which culminates in some kind of Smash Bros movie, which could maybe feature and introduce Pit and some other Smash characters. If the Smash movie's a huge hit, then I don't think a Kid Icarus movie following that (with the expectation that it'll somehow tie into Smash 2) would be that much of a gamble. Illumination also has fairly reasonable budgets so you don't really need to make MCU levels at the box office to be a success.

Of course, there's also opportunity cost and whatnot. The Mario universe is big enough that perhaps it's just easier and safer to adapt that instead of tapping other Nintendo properties.