Screen Rant

  • Could Detective Pikachu lead to a live-action Super Smash Bros. movie? It's possible. 1 / 7

  • Screen Rant got to speak with the writers behind Detective Pikachu, Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, to ask how they'd handle a big screen Smash. 2 / 7

  • "It’d be a dream to write something like Legend of Zelda, but before you can get to that Smash Bros stage you have to write the best damn version of The Legend of Zelda that you possibly can," said Hernandez. 3 / 7

  • "Avengers: Endgame is only as good as it is because we loved all of those characters individually, so when it came together it was just magic," says Samit. 4 / 7

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  • The film would be a great introduction to a shared Smash Bros. universe, considering it introduces a number of playable characters from the games. 5 / 7

  • A Nintendo Cinematic Universe could lead to great things for all those involved. 6 / 7

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  • And it's exciting to hear how Smash Bros. would work from people bringing one of Nintendo's biggest franchises to the big screen. 7 / 7

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