Why did Nintendo make an anime for Pokemon but never bothered to make long running series of stuff like Metroid or The Legend of Zelda? They certainly had plenty of material to adapt or make a series based off of them.I know they had some series here and there but, as far as I can remember, they were pretty cheap looking/animated and were all pretty short-lived, which always seemed pretty odd to me.
>shareholder-san, which franchise would you like to give an animation adaptation?>the one that has pretty lore and soundtrack and visuals but is contained to a story that would run 24 episodes max?>or the one that can generate infinite sequels because it's centered around collecting critters that can be reinvented with almost no effort?Hmmmm I wonder what would be more profitable... I really wonder why they went with Pokemon..
>>282574056imagine how kino and sexualized a Metroid anime in the early 90s would have been
>>282574056Most of those games barely have a plot or characters to work with, the anime would have to do all the heavy lifting. And why make an anime when you can make billions with blockbuster movies like Mario?
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>>282574056Some concepts are more suitable to certain mediums than others. A Metroid anime might have a chance of being really good, but it would be hard to develop it to be really engaging to a wide audience, or long running. Legend of Zelda would probably be better to develop for a wider audience, and last longer. However none of Nintendo's series could do so nearly as easy as Pokemon. It doesn't hurt that Pokemon also has far better prospects for merchandise. Pokemon takes the least work to develop the story for the medium, and the greatest profit potential.
>>282574056Samus is a beautiful fighting girl
Twilight Princess could work as a 1 or 2 cour show, but I don't see any other Zelda game being a good idea. You need characters like Midna to carry a show, and LoZ is infamous for having mostly bland characters.
Nigga, really?
>>282574331Shareholder-kun would've said both.
>>282574056Because Pokemon started out with over 150 marketable characters, making it an extremely good idea to make a TV show that could promote them individually and give them proper attention the way the video games couldn't.
>>282574056Pokemon appeals more to younger audiences and has more potential for a shitton of filler episodes. You could do that with Zelda and Metroid and go for a Samurai Jack style where each episode they just deal with a localized conflict, but I imagine that's a lot harder to write and direct.
>>282576877>Samurai Jack style where each episode they just deal with a localized conflict,Why use a western example when Pokemon was literally just fucking that?
>>282576997Pokemon was slice of life traveling from town to town in an established region, each episode could do whatever the fuck it wanted. Zelda and especially Metroid wouldn't be able to use anywhere near as many characters or as much dialogue between them, assuming the MC is allowed to talk at all. It's not the same. Zelda at least has a few villages and Castletown, but you can't make a series off of just that.
>>282574056>never bothered to make long running series of stuff like Metroid or The Legend of Zelda? You must be 35+ or older to post on this site
>>282577941I think the op was obviously talking about a japanese adaptation not a western one or else he wouldn't have posted it on /a/.
>>282574056>Why did Nintendo make an anime for Pokemon but never bothered to make long running series of stuff like Metroid or The Legend of Zelda?Pokemon allows for infinite anime slop just like the low quality games plus merchandise with the bare minimum effort since it's a franchise with a brainless cult already. The plot is quite simple like in the games. Metroid and Zelda would be more difficult and not as long as Pokemon.
>>282578185He's still too young to know about >>282576701 though.
>>282577941Are you talking about the shitty zelda animated series? /co/ slop doesn't belong here
>captain falcon got an anime>it was 51 episodes
>>282574056Long story short: Pokemon isnt made by nintendo, they are like 30% shareholders or something, but its still more or less a third party title with its own separate company with its own marketing department.
>>282578545>>282578579Precure 3d was handled by Dynamo now Nintendo pictures. They still have contract, but Nintendo itself have nothing to do with it.
>>282578557The 2000's were a different time..
>>282574056Nintendo wants Samus and Link to remain mostly as blank slates than full characters.And while the games themselves are fun, the lore and setting don't lend themselves to mass appeal as much as Pokemon. A Metroid anime, for instance, would be too dark and mature to show on morning tv.
>>282576701This proves my point above. Child-friendly properties are much easier to convert into long-running tv shows because all you need is wacky episodic adventures that can go on forever.
>>282576654It could be so good.
>>282574056The anime is just a big advertisement. If you want a better toy anime, watch and buy beyblades.
>>282579453Every anime is just an advertisement, retard.
>>282579667What was Scryed advertising? >>282579453Ad or not some of the pokemon movies had genuinely good direction and decent writing.
>>282574056Nintendo themselves at the time largely wanted to work on the games themselves, on the other hand HAL and GameFreak wanted to expand the brand further because they saw merchandising potential, with GF specifically wanting pokemon to be a multimedia franchise more than a video game one.its also why kirby gets a lot of often really weird merch compared to nintendo's other series>>282576654a mini-series about majora's mask could be cool but i highly doubt anyone in the industry right now including nintendo could pull off that game's tone>>282578789was weird seeing Nintendo in the credits of a PS5 exclusive because of this
>>282579784Only the first 3 pokemon movies are good. Makes sense since they were all written by one of the show's OG writer.
Pokeman is easier to monetize. Everything else is far more niche.
>>282574056Because everyone hate the Zelda cartoon & nobody cares about Metroid besides Americans.
>>282574056There's been manga adaptations of a lot of Zelda games.
>>282580381All of the besides OOT are a single volume, & even that is only 2 volumes.
>>282579156I don't envy the assistant that had to fill in all the helmet details several times a page for this.
>>282578561This is the actual reason, Game Freak is technically a distinct entity unlike the studios responsible for Mario and Zelda.
A Metroid series would have given Samus a bumbling sidekick who’s always tripping and fondling her tits.
>>282574056Legend of zelda has a wide range of manga covering most of the games I think?
Nintendo literally an F-Zero anime, and it flopped horribly in front of their faces, and that's part of the reason why they haven't touched the franchise in 20 years outside of cameos and that F-Zero 99 game.Granted it was partially 4Kid's fault, but still
>>282580814Yes. Mario also has multiple very long manga series, including Super Mario-kun, which has been running since 1992, starting off by adapting Super Mario World.
>>282581054flopping aside was it decent?
>>282581255It was pretty good.
>>282581255Haven't watched it in years, but I remember it being alright. Mostly focused on the OC mc, but it was fine from what I can recall
>>282574056First of all, Pokemon is not owned by Nintendo (entirely) and TPC handles marketing.Secondly, Zelda and Metroid did not need that type of marketing. Shows like this are used for franchised works with continual releases, like how Pokemon had TCG and constant merch. Zelda and Metroid had merch, but were primarily singular games.
>>282574056I'm guessing most anime studios just don't want to work with Nintendo. They're cheap, they're autistic control freaks, and they're also very litigious. Pokemon was able to flourish in anime because the IP isn't entirely controlled by Nintendo.
>>282583582This isn't true at all though. Lot of anime studios have helped on Nintendo projects over the years, Kid Icarus got multiple shorts by Production I.G., and the last Wario Land game was animated all by yhem, and I'm pretty sure they also helped with the cutscenes for Xenoblade. The reason we haven't gotten any more is Nintendo themselves not wanting anyone to make it, that only changed somewhat recently with the Mario movie releasing.
