Is A Super Smash Bros Movie Being Pitched?

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was already one of the most content-packed games of its kind when it first launched, and with a steady stream of post-launch DLC over the next few years, it became an even meatier package. And though support for the fighter has officially ended, with its final DLC character arriving in October 2021, followed by its final fighter adjustments later that year, Nintendo has announced a new content drop.

Masahiro Sakurai, best known as the director of the Super Smash Bros. series, has announced that his incredible gaming YouTube channel is set to "wrap up" in 2024.

In the video game world, the idea of someone making a name for themselves in the trade and then leaving is almost unheard of. After all, if you “love what you do,” you’re not going to be one to leave it willingly. Just look at Shigeru Miyamoto as an example of that, as he wants to keep doing this until he “falls over.” But for Masahiro Sakurai, the man who helped make Super Smash Bros the great franchise that it is, he has a more nuanced take on things. Albeit, one that ends with him saying he’s still making games.

Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has commented on his future in the video game industry.

You might not realize it, but Mario had quite the year in 2023. Not only did he have multiple games released, both of which were successes in one form or another, but he also had a hit movie that was released in theaters, made over a billion dollars, and has been nominated for several awards. Then, on top of all of that, Mario’s official voice changed over the course of that year. For decades, Charles Martinet was the voice of Mario. But then, starting with Super Mario Bros Wonder, a new voice actor was put into the role after Martinet “retired” from it.

Jack Black is playing Steve in the live-action Minecraft movie – and we're not kidding.

It’s hard to believe that Super Mario Bros Wonder came out several months ago. The title was one of the last “big games” to be released in 2024, and it made quite an impact when it was released. That was largely due to the power of the “Wonder Effect,” which blew everyone away, thanks to the creativity of the Nintendo team in making these “modified levels” as fun as possible. The team even noted that they “took their time” developing the title to have a fresh feel and be something gamers couldn’t help but keep playing.

is already the most mind-bending and chaotic example of any game, yet it could be even more so with one tech-enhanced feature. The game brings Mario and his friends to the Flower Kingdom, where they witness Bowser take control of the magical Wonder Flower and transform not just Prince Florian's castle, but the entire kingdom, into a weirdly dark and sinister land. Naturally, Mario's crew eagerly jumps in to help defeat Bowser. Along the way, they get to see just how weird things can get with the Wonder Flower's mystical magic, which is somewhat more of a psychedelic, drug-induced episode than any traditional ideas of witchcraft.

2024 will mark ten years since Nintendo released its first amiibo. It might also be the year it releases its last. Sora's Smash Bros. amiibo will be released in February and with nothing announced after that - and a potential new console that might not support amiibo - the amiibo era may be coming to an end. Whether that's the case or not and you're wondering how to best display the figures you already have, some of the best dioramas released for Nintendo's amiibo are back in stock on Amazon.

2023's is the perfect game to play with friends and family with lots of multiplayer options available, including some unique workarounds to allow friends and strangers to enjoy the game together if they choose. Though it is still not the type of online multiplayer that generally comes to mind, the ability to play with others throughout the world is a step in the right direction for Nintendo.

On December 26, viewers can catch Owen Wilson and Lake Bell’s No Escape via Showtime, an action thriller film that tells the story of an expat engineer trapped in an unidentified country in Southeast Asia with his family due to a violent uprising. This forces them to look for a safe place in a country where foreigners are executed on sight. Also starring in this film are Pierce Brosnan, Sterling Jerins, Claire Geare, Sahajak Boonthanakit, and Thanawut Ketsaro. The film is directed by John Erick Dowdle who is best known for his work on films such as As Above So Below, Quarantine, and Devil and also directed 4 episodes of the TV miniseries Waco and 2 episodes of the neo-Western crime-drama series Joe Pickett.

With all the magical Wonder Effects that can take place in , things can get pretty wild just on their own, but with the addition of all the myths and rumors circulating the internet, it can be hard to know what is genuinely part of the game. There are many fun features and abilities that the new power-ups can provide, and the mystical distortions of the Wonder Flower can turn everything upside-down. This makes even some of the most outrageous myths online sound fairly plausible for a game where pretty much anything can happen.