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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: penguinwizard on October 10, 2001, 08:17:37 PM
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Ok, so Nintendojo doesn't have a source for this, but this is an excerpt (ok, three paragraphs) from some recent thing on Nintendojo:
4Kids Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it signed a long-term agreement expiring December 31, 2005 with Nintendo of America Inc. to serve as the exclusive merchandise licensing agent for Nintendo game systems (Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance), Nintendo Classic characters (Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong etc.) and certain new Nintendo characters (Pikmin etc.) throughout the world excluding Japan.
The new agreement also gives 4Kids the exclusive right to license live action and animated television rights, home video rights and theatrical motion picture rights to Nintendo Classic properties, and certain new Nintendo properties. 4Kids also gains the right to produce, by itself or with partners, television series and other productions based on such Nintendo properties. The new agreement replaces the previous year-to-year agreement between Nintendo and 4Kids and does not affect Pokemon, which is covered by separate agreements between 4Kids and The Pokemon Company.
While 4Kids did not make specifics available, the company now has the rights to create a Mario cartoon, a Zelda movie release, and even a Pikmin exercise video. It is possible that this could mark a rebirth in Nintendo licensing. In the late eighties and early nineties Nintendo characters had their own cereals, happy meals, television shows, and clothing lines.
So as said here, it IS possible to have a new Mario cartoon. And likewise, a Zelda movie thing or whatever. Let's just hope what they're saying is true, and that we can see some sort of Mario-related show in the near future.
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That'd be cool!
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That's awesome! Now that Nintendo can liscense their characters again, we might finally be getting the Zelda movie and Mario cartoons we've been begging for!
I would love to see a Zelda movie! THAT would be cool! Hopefully, the Zelda movie will be Japanese anime!
A Mario cartoon made in Japanese anime would be so awesome!
Mama mia! It''s-a me, Mario Maniac!
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(Chanting) PARTY PARTY PARTY PARTY
It''s a me Marionut#1
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One problem: I don't get 4kids! (Wha!)
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A pikmin exercise video? I don't think I need to be taught how to exercise by 128-bit insects.
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
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Actually, 4Kids is not a television channel. It's a company that endorses childrens entertainment...
Think of it as a sponser for the Super Bowl Football or the World Series Baseball...
Nintendo has just licensed their characters to this company (4Kids) so they will be able to use them in cartoons and movies and comic books!
Mama mia! It''s-a me, Mario Maniac!
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and exercise videos...
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
Edited by - frostbite on 10/12/2001 8:22:13 PM
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That would be absolutely fantastic! Being a fan of the early Mario shows, campy as they were, I'd love to see another 'toon hit the airwaves.
Let's cross our fingers that it's not another rumor, eh?
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*wipes a tear from his eyes* *straigtens up*. I'll warn you now. the following is happy dellirious rambling.
Oh..Can't you just see it now? The last Mario cartoon was out in the 16-bit era. Think of all that has happened in the Mario universe sence then! Wario's slow path into becoming one of the group (In party games, etc, he's almost always in it), The introduction of Waluigi (Luigi...you look different! Wait a minute...y-y-ou're not luigi! Luigi, haaaaaalp!"). The possible Mario64 refrences (Whomps! Heck, that could be a whole epsiode! Remeber how the Head Whomp was rebelling against humanity because Whomps were enslaved to pavement and such?), Kamek and equivelents. Even Paper Mario could have an influence over it. You know how the 'partners' seemed pretty 2 diemensional and...dull? (Hi. I'm parakarry. I deliver the mai. I have a letter for you.) It would be the perfect way to develop those guys further. Kooper having to come to grips with the fact that much of the mushroom kingdome is biased against him due to his koopaness, Goombario realizing he can't just be a mario clone, Parakarry saying something relevant, etc. The Star Road could very well become a plot point too. Maybe even stars in general-Mario Sunshine looks like it'll incorporate some sort of solar energy, and just think...That speical luigi epsiode, "Lugii Mansion!". Then, when a show comes about, there's also the rush to market it. I hate to sound childish(It would be odd...The last time I went into the toy aisle 'cause i Heard they had one a Knuckles figurine, these little guys were all 'Sir, can you reach that for me?' Sir? Perhaps my mustache screams sir...I dunno.), but I've loved the character of Yoshi and wouldn't mind an old school yoshi figurnie to decorate my dresser.
Kweeh! Forget Whark! Kweeh! Is better!
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Um, hate to brake up the party but did it say which channel it will be airing the cartoons through?
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The Game Master.
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No word on what channel it will be on (and I'm predicting it will only be available to those with satellite dishes, unlike me), but as for Chocobo's last statement about liking the Yoshi character, I agree. His voice gets annoying in a few episodes like Ghosts R Us, but he was my fave (which is why Born To Ride and Mama Luigi were my favorite episodes of the Super Mario World show).
As I've said a billion times, Yoshi is my favorite Nintendo character period, so I'd like practically any sort of Yoshi merchandise (provided it is NOT from Yoshi's Story, that's where he crossed the line into Barney-ville).
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I was 3-5 (well I'm 14 now) when thelast show aired I would enjoy a new show!
It is amazing what bordom does to you.
What has it done to you?
Edited by - Originalmtre on 10/15/2001 8:31:04 PM
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I wonder if there's any chance of seeing the OLD super show...
*laughs hysterically*
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*sigh* >wipes tear from eye<
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where the heck did that come from?
~Just another pisanno.
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Hope it's on a channel I get. But how much do you wanna bet, that if they make new ones, they'll use new "italian" voices, which will stink!
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So, want to see the old Mario Cartoons again? Copy and paste this into your browser:
http://www.frazled.com/~danny/tv_show.htm
And if you click on the "Mario Anime" link, you get to see more info on the series and even a "script" of an episode.
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Is that your site or a site you found?
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The Game Master.
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Site I found.
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(looks at TV and starts drooling) oops I got a little carried away there
It''s a me Marionut#1
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I don't like to look on the bad side of things, but doesn't a company with the name 4Kids kind of turn you off? What work have they done in the past? Have you cross-referenced this info? Why hasn't this appeared on the news section of this site? What is Nintendojo's reputation as a reliable source? What sorts of people are on their staff who are capable of providing such exclusive information?
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Remember, 4Kids helped with something we all unfortunately know as Pokemon **room becomes silent** movies! I hope they don't mess up the Mario Cartoons.
Eeeeettts a me! Baby Mario! Honk Honk Honk!
Edited by - BabyMario on 10/19/2001 4:16:08 PM
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Jeez. I didn't know that. That's not very good.
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one thing i really hate about anime is that when the characters are mad, their heads get bigger and big asteriks appear on their forehead. I sure hope we don't see any of the mario characters doing that.
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
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Well, I'm kind of doubting the script for Mario Anime because it just sounds so... weird. And I especially don't like seeing that there's a ***ual reference in that script.
I've never liked anime, mostly because of the way it looks. The whole character's heads getting bigger and showing asterisks when they're mad deal is one of them. I have a dozen other reasons, but still, I simply wouldn't want to see a Mario anime.
Then again, the Mario comics were anime-style, but somehow I got used to the look. I guess Yoshi looks good no matter how he's drawn, then, but in the next cartoon I surely hope Yoshi is drawn at least a little better than before.
''This is what happens when you can't think of a new signature.''
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Baby Mario: I have small watermellons!
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
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I would like to see a new CG mario series like that donkey kong thing but done a lot better :P, but A cartoon would be just fine and it probably would work better forthe mario universe!
I hope if they make a new cartoon series that they start off with a special 1 hour episode thats based on Super mario bros 1 and do some more episodes and cover all the mario games to date :), mabey in cartoon movies that could be in the theaters or something.
I also want them to redo the mario movie in some way and do it right! like actually have it take place in the mushroom kingdom and have it look like the mushroom kingdom and have koopa look like koopa even if they have to do cg to make it look right!
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I just hope the characters look right. In all the cartoons Bowser was bald, Peach's hair was brown (even in SMW), and Mario and Luigi's shirt and pant color was switched (Mario had a blue shirt and red pants and Luigi had a blue shirt and green pants) I hope they get things right this time! And I also hope they use Harvey Atkin again as the voice of Bowser. Bowser better not just growl!
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
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I doubt it's going to be anime. The other 4Kids show is that Cubix, whatever that is. I wonder if the people who did the voices for Super Mario 64 and Mario Tennis do the same voices for the characters for Mario, and the same voices in the Zelda game for the movie/show.
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Some more s#xual references...
Yoshi: You'll have to excuse Kootie Pie's nature right now, Pipsy. Turtles do crazy things when they're horny.
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Luigi: I mean, you have big melons like I do. {bg music is cut here} (Peach snaps her head around to eye Luigi oddly) Er, your melons aren't in the same place as mine are, but you get my drift. Right?
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
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And...
RACE WARS PART 3:MELON SIZES
It's not a matter of optimism or pessimism, it's a matter of common sense! (half empty or half full?)
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Any body here about the new gaming channel called G4. Its from Comcast. Its due around 2002.
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Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Mario 'toon might be coming soon! I just got the latest issue of NP and it's true!!!!
Jesus is Lord!