Nintendo's Pikmin series might not be as well-known as Mario or Zelda, but that hasn't stopped Shigeru Miyamoto from wanting to bring the sprite-sized characters to the big screen. While Miyamoto did work on some Pikmin shorts a decade ago, he wants to try his hand at a feature-length movie or even a television series.
In a recent interview with IGN, Miyamoto discussed the collaboration process with Universal for the Super Nintendo World expansion as part of Epic Universe. The park has many details, such as Pikmin hidden all around, which the iconic game director wants to make as notable as his other creations, especially if that involves adapting it into other media.
"I spent a lot of time the past five, six years really wanting to grow Pikmin. Obviously, a lot of that is focused around Pikmin Bloom, and there was also new Pikmin titles that released. But I wanted to see if there's other ways that we can have people engage and get to know Pikmin that's outside of the population that plays video games, for example," he said.
"I think Pikmin has a lot of potential to be used in many different occasions. When you're looking at small kids, they have a certain appeal for things that are cute, and when they grow older, maybe in their twenties, they start to lose appeal for that," Miyamoto added. "But I think Pikmin has this unique ability to have appeal across a broad range in that it's still appealing for both younger audiences and older audiences, and in Japan. And so I'm hoping that we can expand that globally. So, whether it's some kind of a movie or show, things like that would be really fun."
With the massive success of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, and the sequel on the way, which will be followed by the highly anticipated Legend of Zelda, maybe Universal and Illumination could make room for the tiny adventurers down the road.
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In a recent interview with IGN, Miyamoto discussed the collaboration process with Universal for the Super Nintendo World expansion as part of Epic Universe. The park has many details, such as Pikmin hidden all around, which the iconic game director wants to make as notable as his other creations, especially if that involves adapting it into other media.
"I spent a lot of time the past five, six years really wanting to grow Pikmin. Obviously, a lot of that is focused around Pikmin Bloom, and there was also new Pikmin titles that released. But I wanted to see if there's other ways that we can have people engage and get to know Pikmin that's outside of the population that plays video games, for example," he said.
"I think Pikmin has a lot of potential to be used in many different occasions. When you're looking at small kids, they have a certain appeal for things that are cute, and when they grow older, maybe in their twenties, they start to lose appeal for that," Miyamoto added. "But I think Pikmin has this unique ability to have appeal across a broad range in that it's still appealing for both younger audiences and older audiences, and in Japan. And so I'm hoping that we can expand that globally. So, whether it's some kind of a movie or show, things like that would be really fun."
With the massive success of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, and the sequel on the way, which will be followed by the highly anticipated Legend of Zelda, maybe Universal and Illumination could make room for the tiny adventurers down the road.
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