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Title: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on November 12, 2012, 03:14:13 PM
It's been 21 years since The Super Mario World cartoon premiered and there hasn't been a Mario cartoon since.  Mario was supposed to get a new cartoon sometime back in 2003 or 2004 but they had Kirby, Right Back At Ya, Sonic X, and F-Zero but no new Mario cartoon.  Please I want to see a new Mario cartoon, so will a new Mario cartoon ever be produced?
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Post by: Godot on November 12, 2012, 03:36:38 PM
Unlikely, but I'll see what I can do.
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Post by: BP on November 12, 2012, 05:21:01 PM
I rather doubt it.

Not to say I'm entirely opposed to the idea. I may have said this before but I'd love a series that covers the events of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Or it could be something close. I just use M&L:SS as an example because it's such a great one. It's just episodic enough, with story arcs that flow into each other while still being easy to separate. Its storyline and characters, while rich and significantly more detailed than the standard Bowser-steals-Peach ones, don't feel in the least bit out-of-place, unbelievable, or fanfictiony for Mario's world. The established fact that Mario and Luigi are traveling together means there's little need for useless tag-along characters.
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Post by: Lizard Dude on November 14, 2012, 02:54:43 AM
Mario was supposed to get a new cartoon sometime back in 2003 or 2004 but they had Kirby, Right Back At Ya, Sonic X, and F-Zero but no new Mario cartoon.
Plumbing's their game. They're not like the others who get all the fame.

(But if your sink is in trouble you can call them on the double.)
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Post by: Luigison on November 14, 2012, 03:56:08 PM
I like your rhyming post (was that yours, or official?), but Nintendo is not using any reference to plumbing anymore and is trying to get other media to stop using it too. 
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Post by: The Chef on November 14, 2012, 07:16:15 PM
Those are the lyrics from the Super Show theme rap.
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Post by: edward1978 on November 24, 2012, 10:07:23 PM
The reason why I want a new Super Mario cartoon is because Kirby, Sonic, and F-Zero all got new cartoons 10 years ago, and another IMO Mario really never had a decent cartoon, what I mean is have 30 minute episodes, not 15 minute episodes in all three previous Mario cartoons.  I never liked the live-action segments of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.  Also in the SMB 3 and SMW cartoons Mario and Luigi's overalls wer red and green respectively instead of blue, and I do not like the Koopa Kids being given different names instead of the game names.   I really want to see a completely decent Mario cartoon, with a good voice cast, the characters wearing the right colored clothes, full 30 minute cartoon episodes, uses the Koopa kids real names, and Mario characters that has never appeared in a Mario cartoon such as Wario, Waluigi, Daisy and such.  What do you guys think?
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Post by: The Chef on November 25, 2012, 12:28:38 AM
I think you want to see a new Mario cartoon.
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Post by: Godot on November 26, 2012, 03:49:39 PM
I think you want to see a new Mario cartoon.

Clearly he wants a new Zelda cartoon with 70% more Excuuuuuse Me, Princess.
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Post by: TheMightyThor on November 26, 2012, 06:11:13 PM
I think it'd be cool to see a new Mario cartoon much closer to the games in art style, plot and voice acting, especially since, unlike long ago, the Mario series has a huge, diverse cast of characters. Ooh, what if it was a CGI cartoon? That'd be cool! Mario seems like it'd make good children's saturday morning action comedy cartoon material, given things like the Mario Power Tennis intro. It'd be totally awesome if they had a cartoon based off of the Paper Mario games, especially Paper Mario 2.

Y'know what'd be really crazy? A cartoon in the style of the intro to Mario Strikers Charged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX86e2dHk9E
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: MEGAߥTE on November 26, 2012, 08:02:09 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKuNUPmEf7E
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on November 26, 2012, 10:58:50 PM
Y'know what'd be really crazy? A cartoon in the style of the intro to Mario Strikers Charged.

Crazy yes. Good, not necessarily.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on November 27, 2012, 01:42:00 AM
Clearly he wants a new Zelda cartoon with 70% more Excuuuuuse Me, Princess.

Not quite what I had in mind, and since you mentioned it, a new Zelda would be a great thing right besides a new Mario cartoon.  It will be a desent cartoon with everything that I want the new Mario cartoon to be like, and no Link saying EXCUUUUUSE ME PRINCESS!!!!.
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Post by: The Chef on November 27, 2012, 09:01:26 AM
Would it?
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Post by: Toad on November 28, 2012, 07:30:31 PM
The Donkey Kong Country cartoon was decent, so yes, I agree a new Mario cartoon could be decent also.
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Post by: The Chef on November 28, 2012, 10:32:05 PM
The Donkey Kong Country cartoon was decent

nooooooooooooooooooooo
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Post by: Toad on November 29, 2012, 10:03:05 AM
What was wrong with it, aside from being very obviously a kid's show?
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Post by: The Chef on November 29, 2012, 10:50:33 AM
Everything.
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Post by: Ym9iYnlzcTEzMzc equalsign on November 29, 2012, 12:50:06 PM
I've watched a few episodes on YouTube, and my only real complaint is that the animation is creepy.
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Post by: Weegee on November 29, 2012, 05:12:03 PM
I watched it, despite knowing nothing about DK at the time.
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Post by: TheMightyThor on November 29, 2012, 06:24:43 PM
It's not the worst show in the world, but the voice acting suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.
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Post by: PaperLuigi on November 29, 2012, 07:58:01 PM
You can't deny that the guy who voiced Donkey Kong had an impeccable singing voice, however:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3a77hMUQWg
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on November 29, 2012, 09:12:01 PM
Impeccable, but terribly unfitting.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: PaperLuigi on November 29, 2012, 10:52:58 PM
Just be happy it wasn't Diddy's voice.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on November 29, 2012, 11:37:38 PM
His singing voice was abysmal, but his speaking voice actually fit him.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: PaperLuigi on November 30, 2012, 03:45:21 PM
To be fair, would someone with his voice be able to sing well?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on November 30, 2012, 08:52:27 PM
Probably not.

Actually I sorta take back what I said. There are some things about this show I like:

1. Funky's voice
2. Funky's look (the blonde fur and tan skin adds a lot)
3. Candy's overall character
4. Cranky's voice
5. Dixie's look (again, the blonde fur adds a lot)
6. Bluster
7. K.Rool, Klump and Krusha as a whole.
8. Skurvy's two pirate shanties
9. The Diddy Drop Rap

Otherwise, the CGI is abysmal and DK's voice is atrocious. Also Candy is fugly and Dixie had her entire personality gutted.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: PaperLuigi on December 01, 2012, 12:56:56 AM
Candy is fugly

She is kind of a gorilla.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 15, 2012, 11:31:39 PM
I have a vision for a new SMB TV show.  Quite simply, it's called: "The New Super Mario Show (catchy, huh?)."  In the opening credits sequence, Toadsworth walks out on a theater stage, pulls a sheet of paper from his vest pocket, and reads: "Ladies and Gentlemen: The New Super Mario Show!"  The curtain behind him opens to reveal a montage of action-packed clips from the series as an epic remix of the SMB theme plays, and the sequence ends with the Bros., Peach, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Toadsworth, and other Toads as needed gathering in front of a TV, which displays the title logo.

Now, with that image in mind, would you buy that as a TV series?
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Post by: Godot on December 16, 2012, 12:13:08 AM
Very '90s. I like it.

Might not fly for a modern cartoon intro, unless they were going intentionally retro, though.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on December 16, 2012, 12:23:42 AM
1. Define "epic".

2. My idea of the ideal Mario cartoon intro doesn't exactly involve copying the ending of The Flinstones and The Simpsons' respective intros.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: DrFurball on December 17, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
If Mario gets adapted into animation again, it'd probably have to be anime. Nintendo of America seems to be wary of any Super Mario adaptations since the live-action movie. By the time that was released, Mario had appeared in three TV series (four if you count Saturday Supercade), multiple comics (including Nintendo Power's excellent "Adventures" series) and even choose-your-own-adventure books.

But after the movie, there haven't been many, if any, adaptations in other media. Heck, Disney was probably lucky to get Bowser in "Wreck-It Ralph".
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 17, 2012, 01:58:36 PM
1. Define "epic".

2. My idea of the ideal Mario cartoon intro doesn't exactly involve copying the ending of The Flinstones and The Simpsons' respective intros.

1.  Anyone with half a brain would know that I mean cool fight sequences and/or hillarious slapstick.

2.  You're a jerk.  That's only true for two shows, and in the former, they go to a drive-in, not gather on their living room couch.

You know, Chef, it's replies like the ones you've made to me that have risked getting us both banned.  At this rate, it's like you're trying to get a reaction out of me because it somehow amuses you (which shows you haven't changed since I sent you that tirade).  New rule: if you can't say anything nice about my creativity, don't say anything at all, including hurtful things.

Really, man, stop asking for a fight.  I really can't take your attitude problem anymore.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: BP on December 17, 2012, 03:41:13 PM
If Mario gets adapted into American animation again, it'd probably have to be anime.

How? How is that possible?

1. Define "epic".

http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/435
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on December 17, 2012, 03:49:52 PM
1.  Anyone with half a brain would know that I mean cool fight sequences and/or hillarious slapstick.

epic  
ep·ic  [ep-ik] 
adjective
1.noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.
2.resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country.
3.heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war.
4.of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions.
noun
5.an epic poem.
6.epic poetry.
7.any composition resembling an epic.
8.something worthy to form the subject of an epic: The defense of the Alamo is an American epic.
9.( initial capital letter  ) . Also called Old Ionic. the Greek dialect represented in the Iliad  and the Odyssey,  apparently Aeolic modified by Ionic.


(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fshewhoprecedesmen.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F09%2Finconceivable_means_02.jpg&hash=fc62960980c934a67ae1a91b62cf7b15)
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 17, 2012, 04:56:20 PM
epic  
ep·ic  [ep-ik] 
adjective
1.noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.
2.resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel on the founding of the country.
3.heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of the war.
4.of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epic proportions.
noun
5.an epic poem.
6.epic poetry.
7.any composition resembling an epic.
8.something worthy to form the subject of an epic: The defense of the Alamo is an American epic.
9.( initial capital letter  ) . Also called Old Ionic. the Greek dialect represented in the Iliad  and the Odyssey,  apparently Aeolic modified by Ionic.


(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fshewhoprecedesmen.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F09%2Finconceivable_means_02.jpg&hash=fc62960980c934a67ae1a91b62cf7b15)

Now you're just calling me inferior!  It's kind of funny that, when I called you inferior, you got to lock my thread, but apparently, as a moderator, you can abuse me to your heart's content.

In case you haven't noticed, a lot of people ise the term "epic" to refer to something cool or awesome.  If you want to use the old definition, go ahead.  Your ego is the size of Jupiter anyway.

Actually, definition 3 is what I was going for.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: BP on December 17, 2012, 05:21:41 PM
"Epic" is dying and no one is going to its funeral, please don't bring it back.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: DrFurball on December 26, 2012, 05:29:08 PM
How? How is that possible?
Augh. Don't know how "American" got in there. Thanks for spotting it.
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Post by: Hello:) on December 26, 2012, 08:49:58 PM
Now you're just calling me inferior!  It's kind of funny that, when I called you inferior, you got to lock my thread, but apparently, as a moderator, you can abuse me to your heart's content.

In case you haven't noticed, a lot of people ise the term "epic" to refer to something cool or awesome.  If you want to use the old definition, go ahead.  Your ego is the size of Jupiter anyway.

Actually, definition 3 is what I was going for.
Actually, awesome means full of awe, but we can't say awful, and cool is almost cold. You mean great. And I doubt it is, based off of your screenplay.
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Post by: TheColonelKR on December 29, 2012, 06:03:17 PM
Actually, awesome means full of awe, but we can't say awful, and cool is almost cold. You mean great. And I doubt it is, based off of your screenplay.

Okay, okay, I get it.  None of you likes my writing because it doesn't entirely comply with the Mario ethos as it currently stands up to the most recent game of the series.  You want a BORING day-in-the-life-of-Mario story?  Go play one of the games.  There are critics out there who warn us that a movie too much like the games would be as incomprehensible as one of the game stories and as repetitive as running through classic courses.

Actually, you all say you know what Nintendo would want for a movie based on the articles you've read.  However, you are as yet to show me any articles that prove how everything I write is the Antichrist.  Go ahead.  Prove me wrong.  Prove that I'm the worst writer in history because I didn't give you an "absurdist comedy (I shudder at the thought)."

Also, I looked up the definition for "absurdist comedy," and in that style, it involves implementing story elements that don't make sense.  Why would I do that?  That's what Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel did, and look where it landed them!
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Hello:) on December 29, 2012, 06:06:41 PM
Back to the topic, I think that a new show that doesn't follow an actual Mario story or is based off SMG would be great.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Toad on December 29, 2012, 07:09:14 PM
SMG felt like a Paper Mario story to me, kinda. So maybe a Paper Mario movie would be good.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 29, 2012, 07:13:39 PM
SMG felt like a Paper Mario story to me, kinda. So maybe a Paper Mario movie would be good.

That would be stylistically unique.  I believe it would be much easier to translate an RPG more than any other kind of game into a film.  They really feel like movies.
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Post by: The Chef on December 29, 2012, 07:15:13 PM
I don't know if a movie directly based on Paper Mario would work, but a plot structure where Mario has to collect X amount of trinkets/visit X amount of specific locations before fighting Bowser at the end is typical enough of a Mario plot for them to base a movie on it. Since a kids film is typically an hour and a half long, I'd scale it down to three McGuffins, one for each act. There can also a be a B plot similar to the first two Paper Marios where Peach tries to escape/finds a way to send information to Mario from afar.
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Post by: Toad on December 29, 2012, 07:20:36 PM
I meant moreso story elements, but.. yeah.

I like the idea of Peach somehow sending info to Mario, and finding ways to attempt escape.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 29, 2012, 07:54:29 PM
I don't know if a movie directly based on Paper Mario would work, but a plot structure where Mario has to collect X amount of trinkets/visit X amount of specific locations before fighting Bowser at the end is typical enough of a Mario plot for them to base a movie on it. Since a kids film is typically an hour and a half long, I'd scale it down to three McGuffins, one for each act. There can also a be a B plot similar to the first two Paper Marios where Peach tries to escape/finds a way to send information to Mario from afar.

That's part of what my work does with the map story and the Dry Bones B-plot, but Miyamoto warns us that if you get too close in terms of plot structure to the source video game, your movie becomes "a movie about a video game," or, to put it another way, it becomes a 90-120-minute game advertisement without any substance to chew on.  Using game theory works for films not based on pre-existing games like Run Lola Run and Crank, but when people see a movie based on a pre-existing game, they might get bored watching something they could just as easily play at home.
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Post by: Hello:) on December 29, 2012, 08:15:39 PM
So like The Wizard?
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Post by: BP on December 29, 2012, 08:38:03 PM
I believe it would be much easier to translate an RPG more than any other kind of game into a film.
How about fighting? Or crime fiction board game? Stealth, maybe...
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Toad on December 30, 2012, 09:20:39 AM
/me waits for Mouse Trap: the Movie.
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Post by: Ym9iYnlzcTEzMzc equalsign on December 30, 2012, 10:38:50 AM
How about fighting?
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fthumb%2F9%2F97%2FStreetFighterMoviePoster.jpg%2F215px-StreetFighterMoviePoster.jpg&hash=184ef4825f1262291cc78a5dbf0de675)
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Post by: The Chef on December 30, 2012, 12:49:03 PM
^ That was at least entertaining to watch.

/me waits for Mouse Trap: the Movie.

I'm pretty sure Universal actually did buy the rights to Mouse Trap along with a bunch of other stuff.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: BP on December 30, 2012, 01:20:43 PM
THAHT SAWNOFFABEETCH BISON
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 30, 2012, 06:02:31 PM
So like The Wizard?

What's that about?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Hello:) on December 30, 2012, 07:03:42 PM
A movie that's an ad for the power glove and SMB3.
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Post by: Toad on December 30, 2012, 08:16:48 PM
It's so bad
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Post by: The Chef on December 30, 2012, 08:48:32 PM
What's that about?

Wikipedia article
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(film))
Also, Hello:) was being sarcastic.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 31, 2012, 05:37:07 PM
Wikipedia article
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(film))
Also, Hello:) was being sarcastic.

I knew he was being sarcastic.  You really need to stop talking down to me like that.  It seems not even being banned can make you a nicer person.

Let me make it clear: I do NOT have a "crippling inability to detect sarcasm (those were your exact words)."  I have no way of telling whether people on the Internet are being sarcastic because I CAN'T HEAR THEIR VOICES!!!

Also, sending me links to things instead of talking directly to me about them goes to show how lazy you are.  Come on!  I'm just trying to start a nice conversation!
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Hello:) on December 31, 2012, 05:54:22 PM
Jeez, man. How could he know that you knowed? He wasn't talking down on you. And since when was Chef banned?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Sapphira on December 31, 2012, 06:05:18 PM
Colonel, there's no need to get so upset and defensive. I detect no hostility from The Chef. I ask the same of you. I would hope that you had learned that by now. He's not out to get you, and I suggest you not be out to get him.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: TheColonelKR on December 31, 2012, 06:33:30 PM
Colonel, there's no need to get so upset and defensive. I detect no hostility from The Chef. I ask the same of you. I would hope that you had learned that by now. He's not out to get you, and I suggest you not be out to get him.

I'm not trying to get him or anything.  It's that, no matter where I go, he's determined to advertise my mistakes as he just did in his last post.  My history with him shows that he has some abnormal fixation with me.

And then again, my being fixated with trying to stop his fixation seems ironic.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Hello:) on December 31, 2012, 09:14:39 PM
No. You're over reacting. He never went on the offensive, so don't go on the defensive.
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Post by: CrossEyed7 on December 31, 2012, 09:45:36 PM
And since when was Chef banned?
A banned him back in '97 after the breakup, remember?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Hello:) on December 31, 2012, 09:47:20 PM
Oh yeah. Sorry about that, A.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Godot on January 01, 2013, 10:19:58 PM
"Epic" is dying and no one is going to its funeral, please don't bring it back.

When that word dies, I will not weep for it.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Markio on January 06, 2013, 10:51:57 PM
So... regarding a new Super Mario cartoon, my main concern is that it would cater to younger children and subsequently be less enjoyable for older fans.  Kind of like Nickelodeon's new Ninja Turtles.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on January 07, 2013, 11:35:26 AM
But the new Ninja Turtles is enjoyable for older fans. It's closer to the 1987 series than the 2003 series was. :T
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: BP on January 07, 2013, 05:07:00 PM
I think the problem with successful video game cartoons is that it's so much easier to watch than to play. You can watch the show through all its additional characters, padding, inconsistencies, and when you're done, you can just substitute the knowledge of the games' canon with that. Because more people are too lazy to play the games than not. That's right, some people are too lazy to do the thing you do when you're at your laziest. Pat yourself on the back.

Yes, I am absolutely talking about Pokémon, the anime is like a big Iron Ball chained to the games' collective ankle, dragging it all down with its stigmas. But I mean, also imagine if the Mega Man cartoon were much more popular, ran for twenty seasons with no character development, and everyone today thought Proto Man was evil.
Title: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on August 27, 2013, 01:50:18 PM
Why has there not been a new Super Mario cartoon since the Super Mario World cartoon premiered on NBC Saturday Morning 22 years ago?  This is the reason why I want Sonic X taken off broadcast television because Sonic has had four cartoons since the last Mario cartoon.  Also will Sonic X ever be taken off broadcast television?
Title: Re: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon?
Post by: bobbysq1337 on August 27, 2013, 02:24:01 PM
Some people in this thread have it figured out. (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=14216.msg603628)
Title: Re: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on August 27, 2013, 09:51:35 PM
Screw it. I'm locking this.
Title: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon.
Post by: edward1978 on August 28, 2013, 12:55:49 PM
Because The Chef locked the original version of this thread, I will now have to repost this.  Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon since the Super Mario World cartoon premiered on NBC Saturday Mornings 22 years ago?  This is the reason why I want Sonic X taken off broadcast television.

There is a difference between Why hasn't there and will there ever.  The Chef please do not lock or delete this thread.
Title: Re: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon.
Post by: BriGuy92 on August 28, 2013, 01:25:48 PM
Why should any of us know why there hasn't been a new one?
Title: Re: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon.
Post by: bobbysq1337 on August 28, 2013, 01:42:39 PM
WE ARE NOT NINTENDO
STOP ASKING US
The Chef please do not lock or delete this thread.
lol
Title: Re: Why has there not been a new Mario cartoon.
Post by: The Chef on August 28, 2013, 02:07:58 PM
Don't tempt fate.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Toad on August 29, 2013, 06:00:36 PM
Why lock it though? People are still posting, and not all the posts have been non-sense. Actual discussion of the subject has taken place, and it hasn't become a reaction image or scroll-through thread..
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Glowsquid on August 30, 2013, 06:10:06 AM
bull[dukar] speculation: The DIC cartoons were produced at a time where Nintendo's western subsidiaries had more independance (and thus, more opportunities to whore out the franchise) and Mario, while very popular, wasn't quite the revered staple it is now; thus, there were far less worries of devaluing the franchise with low-quality derivative material. Nodaway, Nintendo is very protective of the image of its bigger series (Bowser's brief appearance in Wreck-It-Ralph was tightly monitored by Nintendo (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21354824)), and NOJ probably thinks those Super Mario-kun mangos are the most cost-effective way to promote new releases. The failure of the F-Zero anime (and I don't think Kirby did all that hot either, though I'm not as sure) probably compounded that.

Real answer: SMW cartoon was a TOUGH act to follow.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on August 30, 2013, 09:18:32 AM
^ During my last year of school, someone from the Sesame Workshop came to speak to us in our Career Strategies class. He said his first job was as a translator for DiC and he had the intro from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show in his reel. After class ended I asked him a few choice questions about how the show even got made, and he said point-blank "Nintendo did not care". He told me all they did was hand them the newest games and said "Play these and see what you can come up with". Between this and the supposed thing I read on SMB Movie Archive where Nintendo only did the movie as a test to see if a movie would affect the Mario brand long-term, I'm gonna go and assume the same applied to the cartoons. Thus, Nintendo won't ever make another Mario cartoon or movie simply because they don't need one.
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Post by: BP on August 30, 2013, 10:19:19 AM
NOJ probably thinks those Super Mario-kun mangos are the most cost-effective way to promote new releases. The failure of the F-Zero anime (and I don't think Kirby did all that hot either, though I'm not as sure) probably compounded that.

Didn't they delay Pikmin 3 to make an anime for it?

I think the bull[dukar] speculation is it. Paper Mario was killed because the significance of story was considered a bad thing... I wonder how long Mario & Luigi has... I think the best way to put it is that they don't want Mario to offend anyone ever, and will go to whatever lengths to make sure that doesn't happen. Which is funny because people look at Peach and guess that she must be the picture of how women are treated in all games and get all up-in-arms about it. Or is that why she's playable in 3D World?
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Post by: Glowsquid on August 30, 2013, 11:23:26 AM
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Didn't they delay Pikmin 3 to make an anime for it?

Oh right, I forgot that (though Miyamoto has (http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/11/4088868/nintendo-tests-the-waters-for-new-cartoon-series-based-on-pikmin) contradicted (http://mmgn.com/wiiu/news--pikmin-anime-a-high-hope-for-miyamoto) himself on wheter it is a series of shorts to promote the game in theaters or a full-blown series) though I don't think they ever delayed the game because of it.

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Thus, Nintendo won't ever make another Mario cartoon or movie simply because they don't need one.

Yeah, that too.
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on August 30, 2013, 02:26:26 PM
Thus, Nintendo won't ever make another Mario cartoon or movie simply because they don't need one.
Are you sure? With the current state of the Wii U, they need one more now than they did in the 80s, when they had complete control of the market.
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Post by: Toad on August 30, 2013, 03:23:14 PM
The New Super Mario Bros Super Show actually has a nice ring to it. And they could take comedic timing from the M&L games (most notably the first one had the best comedic bits, but the other games have had their share too).
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Post by: The Chef on August 30, 2013, 06:35:53 PM
Are you sure? With the current state of the Wii U, they need one more now than they did in the 80s, when they had complete control of the market.

Are we talking about a new Mario cartoon or a Wii U cartoon?
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Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 30, 2013, 11:55:58 PM
Paper Mario was killed because the significance of story was considered a bad thing... I wonder how long Mario & Luigi has...

Miyamoto was supervisor on Dream Team, and it's got lore and backstory (though, notably, it doesn't have any moments where it unironically tries to be sad, like SMRPG and the PMs did), so maybe they're backing off on that. Or maybe they're testing to see if Dream Team sells better than Sticker Star, and the winner decides whether Mario can have stories.

Also, on the not offending anyone note, it's interesting how the Mario & Luigi games occasionally lightly imply that Luigi's gay or bi (there's his crush on Peasley in SSS, and in Dream Team, there's a point late in the game where one male character wants to "nap on" another male character, and Luigi cheers him on with a ^o^ face while Mario looks shocked. Also that scene takes place in Luigi's subconscious.).
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Post by: The Chef on August 31, 2013, 10:32:13 AM
Luigi also seems to go after every girl that comes his way (Daisy, Eclair, Rosalina, probably even Peach), so maybe he's that desperate for companionship.
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Post by: BP on August 31, 2013, 01:15:07 PM
Hmm. I'll support LuigixPeasley. Because I'd really like it if the Beanbean Kingdom and residents made a comeback. OTP, =3 pomf, just make yaio babies already.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on September 03, 2013, 11:08:23 AM
So let me get this straight, so the reason why Mario can't get a new cartoon is because Nintendo won't let Mario have one?  If that is the case then why won't Nintendo let Mario have a new cartoon?  If I were Mario, I would tell Nintendo to give me a new cartoon or I will leave Nintendo.
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Post by: BP on September 03, 2013, 11:15:09 AM
Nintendo's real specific about what Mario says and does these days and that is not one of them
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Post by: Godot on September 03, 2013, 01:59:29 PM
Which really is unfortunate considering just how *good* the writing was in his non main series games. TTYD has some my favorite writing in any RPG, and the Mario and Luigi games are incredibly quotable and fun.

Hell, even Mickey Mouse gets to have a personality these days. It seems weird for Nintendo to be ruining their potential to make people actually like Mario as a character in the way they have with Luigi. I *love* Luigi as a character. He's incredibly fun. Mario... not so much.
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Post by: BP on September 03, 2013, 03:31:20 PM
A while ago I would have disagreed, but Dark Moon made the best of what Luigi's character has (it's not much more than Mario's does when it gets right down to it). Certainly better than... whatever it is Smash Bros. is trying to make of him. Some kind of defective robot? Dunno if I hate Defective Robot Luigi or Really Mad Mario more.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on September 03, 2013, 08:23:38 PM
So let me get this straight, so the reason why Mario can't get a new cartoon is because Nintendo won't let Mario have one?

I didn't know you worked for the US Department of the Redundancy Department!
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on September 03, 2013, 10:24:16 PM
I didn't know you worked for the US Department of the Redundancy Department!

Excuse me? What are you talking about? I don't work for the US Department of the Redundancy Department The Chef you a**hole.
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Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 04, 2013, 10:03:43 AM
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Wow, there is more of this than I was expecting. (http://earthenwing.deviantart.com/art/PxL-Mini-Fic-Grab-Bag-48093376)
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Post by: BP on September 04, 2013, 11:07:24 AM
This better not awaken anything in me
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Post by: The Chef on September 04, 2013, 12:14:05 PM
Welcome to the Internet, CrossEyed. Enjoy your stay.
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Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 04, 2013, 12:48:27 PM
Hey, I'm not complaining. That bean horse is awesome. And some of the fanfic is actually pretty well-written.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on September 10, 2013, 12:38:42 PM
I heard that Apple Computers is going to have their own video game console, which could spell Nintendo's demise because of the Wii U being a flop.  If that is the case then I hope Apple buys out Nintendo because Apple has great ties with Disney and I know this would be the greatest hope that Mario will finally get a new cartoon after 22 years of Nintendo telling Mario "No, you are not getting a new cartoon" I hope this happens.
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Post by: BP on September 10, 2013, 12:56:43 PM
My impossible fantasies are to become a wizard or gain superpowers, but everyone's different
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Post by: The Chef on September 10, 2013, 02:39:21 PM
Do I feel like breaking down everything that's wrong in his post? Cuz I'm running out of witty retorts.
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Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 10, 2013, 04:44:58 PM
The company isn't called Apple Computers anymore, for starters.
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Post by: Toad on September 10, 2013, 05:30:34 PM
Someone took a bite out of their name and logo..


Also this
with could spell
is incorrect.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on September 10, 2013, 06:26:37 PM
1. Since when was Apple making their own video game console? Last I checked, iOS itself is already a viable platform industry-wise.
2. How would a console from an American company that has never made consoles before automatically "spell demise" for a Japanese company that's still doing fine and has been for over 200 years?
3. Why would Apple buy out Nintendo? How they buy out Nintendo?
4. Apple doesn't have great ties with Disney, they have great ties with PIXAR.
5. "Having great ties" doesn't mean jack-s@#$ as far as getting a cartoon made based on a given property.

You wanna know when we'll get a new Mario cartoon? When Nintendo feels like it.
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Post by: edward1978 on September 11, 2013, 12:05:14 AM
1. Since when was Apple making their own video game console? Last I checked, iOS itself is already a viable platform industry-wise.
2. How would a console from an American company that has never made consoles before automatically "spell demise" for a Japanese company that's still doing fine and has been for over 200 years?
3. Why would Apple buy out Nintendo? How they buy out Nintendo?
4. Apple doesn't have great ties with Disney, they have great ties with PIXAR.
5. "Having great ties" doesn't mean jack-s@#$ as far as getting a cartoon made based on a given property.

You wanna know when we'll get a new Mario cartoon? When Nintendo feels like it.

Let me tell you something The Chef

First of all, Apple is starting their own game console and it will mean Nintendo's demise, it was in a article that Yahoo put out a couple of days ago.
Second companies can buy out companies from other countries, in 2011 FIAT bought out Chrysler that went bankrupt in 2007.
Third Apple has ties with Disney, they acquired Pixar in 2006 and made Steve Jobs the majority shareholder and was a Disney executive until his death in 2011
Fourth Having Great Ties mean a new cartoon for a franchise, before Disney's acquisition of Pixar, they presented all the Pixar movies.

So you better get your facts straight before you post something stupid like the reply that you just gave to this thread.
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Post by: BP on September 11, 2013, 12:34:37 AM
what if

apple totes makes their [second] game console

it naturally ousts nintendo and microsoft and sony's with their mighty angry birds fist

apple buys all of the game development companies on earth and they pop the champagne with their butt buddies at disney in celebration

but they still don't make a mario cartoon

:Y
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: bobbysq1337 on September 11, 2013, 08:38:13 AM
guys what if disney bought nintendo
bad:
[bad song]
good:
[worse song]

i also wrote a movie for them to make:
[you know where this is going]
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on September 11, 2013, 12:18:54 PM
First of all, Apple is starting their own game console and it will mean Nintendo's demise, it was in a article that Yahoo put out a couple of days ago.
Second companies can buy out companies from other countries, in 2011 FIAT bought out Chrysler that went bankrupt in 2007.
Third Apple has ties with Disney, they acquired Pixar in 2006 and made Steve Jobs the majority shareholder and was a Disney executive until his death in 2011
Fourth Having Great Ties mean a new cartoon for a franchise, before Disney's acquisition of Pixar, they presented all the Pixar movies.

1. Will it now?
2. Apple isn't buying out Nintendo any time soon.
3. That still has nothing to do with Nintendo.
4. ......wha?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on September 11, 2013, 12:43:49 PM
YOU KNOW WHAT THE CHEF, YOU ARE THE BIGGEST, INSULTING AND THE MOST STUPIDEST ******* IN THE WORLD!!!  I WANT YOU GONE FROM THIS BOARD FOREVER!!!  I WANT A NEW MARIO CARTOON SO BADLY, AND IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH MARIO GETTING A NEW CARTOON, GO INSULT SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE YOU ARE GARBAGE THE CHEF!!!  MARIO WILL GET A NEW CARTOON IF I HAVE TO GIVE MARIO ONE MYSELF, AND IF I HAVE TO TAKE THE NINTENDO EXECUTIVES HOSTAGE IN ORDER TO GET A NEW MARIO CARTOON, I WILL.
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Post by: Tavros on September 11, 2013, 01:15:41 PM
I get the vaguest feeling he wants a new Mario cartoon.
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Post by: Weegee on September 11, 2013, 01:23:19 PM
IF I HAVE TO TAKE THE NINTENDO EXECUTIVES HOSTAGE IN ORDER TO GET A NEW MARIO CARTOON, I WILL.

Wonder if he could actually be charged for saying that.
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Post by: BP on September 11, 2013, 01:28:34 PM
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Post by: edward1978 on September 11, 2013, 02:20:16 PM
Am I really going overboard with this, if you want me to i'll take out that hostage part out of my reply.  Seeing Mario get a new cartoon means so much to me ;( and there are other things that means so much to me as well.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on September 11, 2013, 02:35:06 PM
Man, this forum really is a magnet for nutjobs isn't it?
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Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 11, 2013, 10:27:20 PM
edward1978, take some advice from Peasley:


[image removed -Deezer]





dont worry so much



















bby
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on September 12, 2013, 02:47:01 PM
[image removed -Deezer]
Now I'm really curious about what that was.
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Post by: BriGuy92 on September 12, 2013, 03:04:14 PM
It was PeasleyXLuigi. It was sort of... uncovered.

It's okay that you didn't see.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 12, 2013, 04:35:43 PM
You know how most people have that voice in their head that says "Hey! Don't post interspecies Mario yaoi on the Fungi Forums!"? I have that voice in my head too, but I think it goes to sleep earlier than the rest of my brain does.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Toad on September 12, 2013, 04:55:43 PM
You hear that voice too? Mine doesn't say that exact phrase..
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Weegee on September 12, 2013, 05:10:01 PM
Having any kind of filter is so last century.

Genitals.
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Post by: The Chef on September 12, 2013, 05:59:00 PM
Coitus.
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Post by: Weegee on September 12, 2013, 06:25:47 PM
That's lewd.
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Post by: The Chef on September 12, 2013, 11:29:12 PM
Thank you Mr. Pot.
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Post by: Toad on September 13, 2013, 08:42:25 AM
I stared at that, waiting for it to read "Mr. Potato Head"
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: BP on September 25, 2013, 03:58:17 PM
Nintendo's demise because of the Wii U being a flop.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F25.media.tumblr.com%2Fa7226eddc7814523ca549e41857a368e%2Ftumblr_mtnfxrEmik1s906iio1_500.jpg&hash=ef44e90a3c232e6e0d1d2b82236ffda3)
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on October 02, 2013, 01:28:29 PM
http://blogs.sega.com/2013/10/02/sonic-boom-working-title-a-new-animated-series-coming-fall-2014/?0=1

umad edward?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on October 20, 2013, 06:09:55 PM
Sonic X is still on the air, and Sonic is getting a another new cartoon.

I HATE SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, I WANT SONIC DEAD!!!!!
Scratch that

I HATE THE NINTENDO EXCUTIVES, I WANT THEM DEAD!!!!!

They wont let Mario have a new cartoon, while Sonic has had what is now going to be five cartoons, all decent since the last Mario cartoon 22 years ago.

You want to know why this ****es me off, here is the reason why:

SUPER MARIO BROS.

Super Mario Bros. Super Show - Not decent because of first, the live action segments.  Now I praise Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells for doing a superb job in their roles as Mario and Luigi respectably, but live action doesn't belong in a TV show based on a video game not to mention that Club Mario rubbish, remember that?  Second, the Legend of Zelda Cartoon, why can't Zelda have a seprate cartoon show not to mention Link saying EXCUUUUSE ME PRINCESS!!!!!

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 - Not decent because of 11 minute episodes instead of regular 22 minute episodes, and the koopa kids having different names that in the games not to mention that Princess Toadstool (as Peach is called in the games) is a redhead instead of a blonde in the games.

Super Mario World - Not decent, same reasons as in TAoSMB3


SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic The Hedgehog (SatAM)
Sonic Underground
Sonic X - (It was supposed to go off for good back in September)
And now this new Sonic cartoon

All Sonic cartoons are decent because they all have 22 minute episodes, and are well animated

This is why I want a new Mario cartoon so badly, a new Mario cartoon that is well animated, with 22 minute episodes, and all Mario game characters that had never been in a Mario cartoon.  This would finally give Mario a decent cartoon that he so deserves.  Appearently the Nintendo excutives wants us Mario fans to be stuck with those terrible DIC cartoons, and that's why I want them gone.
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on October 20, 2013, 08:10:24 PM
I guess so.
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Post by: Themetaknight on October 20, 2013, 08:18:39 PM
Even KRBAY has a decent animation but Mario?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Toad on October 20, 2013, 08:34:04 PM
King Reptile's Brilliantly Awesome Year
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Post by: BP on October 20, 2013, 09:24:41 PM
KR Bay, Colonel's port for the shipping of bad ideas
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Post by: The Chef on October 21, 2013, 09:33:18 AM
a bunch of stuff

U mad.
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Post by: Public_Relations on October 21, 2013, 12:06:17 PM
Hello! We here at Nintendo like to stay connected to our fans, so I'd like to address some of these concerns.


I HATE THE NINTENDO EXCUTIVES, I WANT THEM DEAD!!!!!


We're sorry to hear that! It is not within our policy nor our legal right to execute employees.


They wont let Mario have a new cartoon, while Sonic has had what is now going to be five cartoons, all decent since the last Mario cartoon 22 years ago.


We love our friends at Sega and love their animations as well, but I can understand your frustrations. In fact, many of these sentiments of wanting another Mario animation are shared by Nintendo employees! We've considered distributing either through traditional publishing networks or more recent options like Youtube for much of our content, but a new Mario cartoon was sadly out of the question due to some odd legal loopholes.

Specifically, after the release of Super Mario Brothers (the 1993 family comedy), an addition was made to employee contracts banning the use of scripts in Mario related media, which went fully into effect after 9 years. (This is why no Mario games have had writing in them after Super Mario Sunshine and all story related moments in Super Smash Brothers: Brawl were communicated visually instead of verbally). Only very recently has this been addressed, but redoing contracts for a company the size of Nintendo is a lengthy process, especially when it means reworking a policy we've had for over a decade! So please be patient with us.



This is why I want a new Mario cartoon so badly, a new Mario cartoon that is well animated, with 22 minute episodes, and all Mario game characters that had never been in a Mario cartoon.  This would finally give Mario a decent cartoon that he so deserves.  Appearently the Nintendo excutives wants us Mario fans to be stuck with those terrible DIC cartoons, and that's why I want them gone.

We're sorry you were unsatisfied with the quality of the cartoons produced by DIC. We had actually begun preliminary production work on a series of 11 minute Mario shorts (some of which would be released as a holiday sendoff for the Year of Luigi!), but after fans like you have expressed your issues with these shorter pieces of media, we've decided to indefinitely postpone them. Thank you so much for your valuable input! I hope I've helped clear up some of your concerns. Look forward to the future of Mario with Super Mario 3D World coming to North America on November 22!
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Post by: The Chef on October 21, 2013, 03:32:21 PM
Alright whose alt is this?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Weegee on October 21, 2013, 04:47:16 PM
Anyone else feel... violated?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 21, 2013, 05:07:45 PM
Wasn't me.
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on October 21, 2013, 07:32:12 PM
It's totally A's alt.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: Toad on October 22, 2013, 08:48:11 AM
That's what I said in the chatroom!
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Post by: edward1978 on October 29, 2013, 10:38:25 AM
but a new Mario cartoon was sadly out of the question due to some odd legal loopholes.

Just what are these odd legal loopholes that is preventing a new Mario Cartoon from being produced?  Is there a way around them or other alternatives?  Do you really work for Nintendo, if you do would you please find a way to do away with these odd legal loopholes that is preventing a new Mario Cartoon from being produced.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: LG97 on October 29, 2013, 12:23:20 PM
Welll in the 90´s was a cartoon of Super Mario Bros 3 and Mario World, but just were few episode, comparing with Sonic, so...maybe it would be another Mario Cartoon soon, i guess
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: The Chef on October 29, 2013, 01:30:59 PM
Holy mother of pearl he actually fell for it.
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: bobbysq1337 on October 29, 2013, 03:52:49 PM
IT WAS HIM
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Post by: Glowsquid on October 29, 2013, 05:07:48 PM
hey, I have an early script of one of the 11 minute short Public_Relations mentioned. Wanna see it?
Title: Re: Will there ever be a new Super Mario cartoon?
Post by: edward1978 on October 29, 2013, 11:05:16 PM
hey, I have an early script of one of the 11 minute short Public_Relations mentioned. Wanna see it?

Sure, go right ahead and show us.
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Post by: The Chef on October 29, 2013, 11:29:18 PM
Holy mother of pearl he's still falling for it.
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Post by: Godot on October 30, 2013, 12:29:18 AM

Specifically, after the release of Super Mario Brothers (the 1993 family comedy), an addition was made to employee contracts banning the use of scripts in Mario related media, which went fully into effect after 9 years. (This is why no Mario games have had writing in them after Super Mario Sunshine and all story related moments in Super Smash Brothers: Brawl were communicated visually instead of verbally). Only very recently has this been addressed, but redoing contracts for a company the size of Nintendo is a lengthy process, especially when it means reworking a policy we've had for over a decade! So please be patient with us.


I'm pretty sure these are the "odd legal loopholes".
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Post by: bobbysq1337 on October 30, 2013, 08:30:05 AM
I also heard a preview of the shorts were on the DVD of that other Mario movie written and directed by Colonel K. R. Nomad.
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Post by: ShadowBrain on October 30, 2013, 03:02:44 PM
More like Colonel K.R. Umad.
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Post by: Weegee on October 30, 2013, 03:07:54 PM
Hemad.
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Post by: The Chef on October 30, 2013, 03:50:25 PM
Theymad.