Disclaimer
This is my personal choices for what series Nintendo should do a movie towards. Keep in mind, some of these will be wanting in live action and some animated. The series on here will all be Nintendo however, so no Kingdom Hearts, God of War, Halo, or other pieces. Let's begin.
No offence to Mario, but I particularly don't trust the fungus, and if you recognize my reference then you already know why (no shame if you don't get it). Mario has a particularly bad history with the media outside of video games, but deep down, I think Mario could be in a cool animated movie, something that mixes the plots to Mario Bros. 3 or Mario 64 with Mario & Luigi. It could be great, heck it could be down right funny like the Mario & Luigi games, but there are other games I'd rather see get a spotlight for sure.
This one would be another animated movie. Using the first game as a reference point it can be done and make a cool animated movie, maybe add in some newer Donkey Kong enemies for some of the big boss fights and you have something truly interesting. I have faith in the big ape for sure, but not as much as others.
Bring in a fight with Meta Knight and Galacta Knight and you have an awesome animated movie with some cool action scenes and plenty of humor. Kirby is an interesting character with some cool villain characters for him to fight, so yeah action and humor would be the biggest pulls here, as well as Kirby's copy forms animated to perfection of course.
I'd rather see this animated, but it could go live action as well, but just barely. Star Fox is all about dog fights in the skies, similar to Star Wars, though there are at times tank battles too. Seriously, Star Fox 64 animated would be so awesome which is why it is higher on the list, but even Star Fox Assault or Star Fox Command could be used as reference points during the production. Just that simple.
I'd also happily see some more animated cutscenes like we saw in Brawl, why not a whole movie out of them? Of course there could be more of the story focus on normal Nintendo characters like in Melee. Just take an unassuming Mii, have him go through some Nintendo worlds fighting other characters and having them join him until the end when he meets Ganondorf, Bowser, and the Master Core. When they are all defeated, Bowser comes back as Giga Bowser and bam, animated movie magic.
No one was expecting this to be so low right? animated or live action this movie would be awesome, following the plot of Ocarina of Time or Link to the Past, or even Twilight Princess.... or Skyward Sword since it comes first in the timeline. An anime movie, or live action movie, people would flip out. The only issue with live action I have is the nationality of the actors playing these characters. The only type of person I could see playing Link is half Asian half white who is naturally blond. I'd prefer sticking to anime on this one because I'm sure EVERYONE pictures Link differently in live action, and no matter what, he will look weird to some of the fan base someplace in the world... unless they make a different live action movie for each international location. Way too much money.
Well this would be slightly higher on the list if it wasn't for Other M. Nintendo tried this once before, making the game more cinematic, and it didn't work. Perhaps an anime movie or just not having Samus talk would work? I understand you have to give her character, but she seems hard-boiled in all the other games. Just have her played by a blond and younger Sigourney Weaver and you have a movie then. Yeah no maybe Samus is better not talking.
Well Hades would own this movie. Make it animated and JUST LIKE Uprising and bam, movie in the bag, millions made. Or a sequel to Uprising. Bam! Billions in the bag. Funny action packed, great characters, fourth wall screaming in pain... just add Ryan Reynolds and you have yourself an actor who is already bringing humor, action, and a screaming fourth wall to theaters and has provided it in trailers.
Live action. Produced in Japan. Actors from all different nationalities but make Chrom or Marth Japanese and their army Japanese for the most part. Dub it well. Practically prints money. Great action, awesome characters, yes it would also be cool in anime, but even live action this could literally slay the notion of bad video game movies if done right.
No one was expecting this, and if you were, you are probably as weird as I am. This movie could work animated, or my personal pick claymation. This would be a wacky adventure for sure, but it would also be darker, edgy, and probably not rated G. Come on though, who doesn't want to see Ness bash some clay hippie's face in with a bat and some psychic PSI powers? This is the movie I'd want to see the most. Thank you for reading.