Makes me wonder if the story is going to focus on the American market side of the industry predominantly. If that's the case, it will probably focus more on the marketing of the consoles and the American divisions more than the people who are making the games and the decisions in Japan.
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Sony Pictures making "Console Wars" movie featuring Nintendo and Sega
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Makes me wonder if the story is going to focus on the American market side of the industry predominantly. If that's the case, it will probably focus more on the marketing of the consoles and the American divisions more than the people who are making the games and the decisions in Japan.
Anticitizen One
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Well whatya know the winning team really does write the history books
RMS Gigantic
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Agreed. I could only imagine the kinds of shenanigans that would occur for a movie depicting Nintendo's side of the console wars, from winning the Donkey Kong legal battle (I still want to see Universal Studios make a movie out of this) to the Virtual Boy failure to the 1990's buyout of the "Super Hornio Brothers" porn parodies to stop their production, perhaps even reaching as far as Microsoft buying Rareware in 2002, there's all kinds of crazy, innovative, and interesting things that happened within Nintendo.
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
So will this be a comedy? I'm so confused about all this...
The_Endgamer
Member
Sounds sweet. Just hoping there isn't a mention of Sony in it. It's not really something essential to the Nintendo/Sega rivalry.
Wouldn't mind a movie of that Id Software/Doom biography. That book is one of my favourite reads.
Wouldn't mind a movie of that Id Software/Doom biography. That book is one of my favourite reads.
MisterHero
Super Member
Sony bought Sega and are using it to amp up their own reputation
Shenmoo 3 coming Holiday 2014
WHAT
impetuous_silly
Member
I was hoping it was a documentary 
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Ipsoclipso
Member
I guess they will only offend Nintendo,but then they wouldn't make Mario on Ps4 if they ever dropped the Wii U :/
CMojicaAce
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Jackie Chan as Miyamoto?
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
They should get Mark Cerny to play Mark Cerny! In fact, don't hire any other actors and just have him sit down on a comfy coutch and read the entire script on camera! Instant Oscar!
RMS Gigantic
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But yeah, someone made a pair of movies (Super Hornio Brothers, and a sequel thereof) (starring Ron Jeremy, no less) in 1993. Nintendo bought the rights to both films solely to order a stop to their distribution, to keep Mario's reputation clean.
That's... actually not a bad idea. I mean Miyamoto does seem like a lively funny kind of guy. I could see Jackie pulling that off. He might be too old to pull off SNES era Miyamoto though.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Just found this old GAF thread. Seems this has been in the works for some time. Sony registered Console War domain names in 2012.
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488477
http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488477
A Chinese man playing a Japanese man? As if people wouldn't call that out instantly. Now Iwata played by Idris Elba...
RMS Gigantic
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ZeroGravity
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Revisionist History: The Movie
SmackAttack
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What you said. This should be some Social Network seriousness. Hoping to be surprised.
Dude, you're ON the internet. Look that shit up before making dumb comments.
They wrote Superbad. Greg Mottola directed it. Knocked Up was written and directed by Judd Apatow. Yeesh.
The only released movie that these two have written AND directed is This is The End, and it was p.good.
ComputerBlue
Member
This is the End was pretty great though.
Hope they make the movie, and I hope it's as cheesy as The Wizard.
MisterHero
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funkystudent
Member
Post credits scene.
Random Nintendo Employee: Hey Mr Miyamoto. We got a message from a Mr Kutaragi at Sony Corp. He wants to talk about making a CD attachment for the Super Nintendo.
Miyamoto: Please reply to Mr Kutaragi by telling him to go take his CD's and shove them up his ass.
Random Nintendo Employee: You sure about that sir?
Miyamoto: Yes. Whats the worst that can happen?
Random Nintendo Employee: Hey Mr Miyamoto. We got a message from a Mr Kutaragi at Sony Corp. He wants to talk about making a CD attachment for the Super Nintendo.
Miyamoto: Please reply to Mr Kutaragi by telling him to go take his CD's and shove them up his ass.
Random Nintendo Employee: You sure about that sir?
Miyamoto: Yes. Whats the worst that can happen?
RMS Gigantic
Member
I rolled my eyes at first, but then I realized that this could absolutely occur after the credits in the movie, right down to getting the time frame of this deal wrong....
Ken Masters
Banned
Because frat boys are gaming nerds who care about console wars?
This is going to be a joke like that Zelda Williams movie
Kageshinzo
Member
I hope they're going to show how Kalinske bucked all odds and and made Sega a formidable presence in the Western market. I'd like to see how they handle the part where he faced off the whole SoJ board, with everyone except Nakayama doubting him.
nssdigitalchumps
Member
Sega got into the industry about the same time. If you count the selling of photo booths in Japan, repairing of pinball machines then yes, SErvice GAmes was in it before Nintendo.
Of course, Nintendo was making card games in the 1800s, so you count that as games then no.
Regardless, if Seth Rogen (misspell?) is writing it then you can probably expect Green Hornet-like efforts.
The entire Sega vs. Nintendo during the late 80s/early-late 90s was quite fun to keep up with, though Sega of Japan pretty much killed Sega of America and NOT Nintendo.
AuthenticM
Member
I was going to complain how this should be a documentary, but they're already doing that, so it's okay.
I hope it's good.
I hope it's good.
D
Deleted member 80556
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As long as it's entertaining and accurate, I don't mind.
But being the big gaming fan I am, I prefer accurate rather than entertaining.
But being the big gaming fan I am, I prefer accurate rather than entertaining.
jiminycracken
Banned
Isn't that what Nintendo is doing right now? Killing their American branch rather than Sony or Microsoft?
Aaron Strife
Banned
I wonder if they'll include a scene where Sony kills Sega's console business by shoving the PS2 down retailers' throats.
I mean, what?
I mean, what?
Rice-Eater
Member
I'd rather they do this than cast Tom Hanks as Shigeru Miyamoto.
To America and Japan , Nintendo won. But to the rest of the world , Sega pretty much dominated. Sega released and supported their systems in many places ninty never gave a shit about.
Even now in most third world countries Nintendo has 0 presence because they simply refuse to release their consoles or games. And they wonder why the Wii Never reached PS2 level numbers.
Even now in most third world countries Nintendo has 0 presence because they simply refuse to release their consoles or games. And they wonder why the Wii Never reached PS2 level numbers.
anexanhume
Member
I hope it's well done. Really was the golden age of gaming.
RedAssedApe
Banned
confused. the description makes it sound like non-fiction but at the same time...fiction? so gonna be like the social network or something?
Because it's a Sony Pictures movie, and they have never in the history of planet earth passed up a shot to have sony products in the movies they make.
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