According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nintendo has acquired the animation studio Dynamo Pictures Inc. and is renaming it as Nintendo Pictures Co., to serve as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo. According to the studio, Nintendo Pictures will “focus on development of visual content utilizing Nintendo IP.” 

Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean movies and TV, as Dynamo Pictures has also provided animation and motion capture for video games like “Death Stranding,” to “Persona 5.” It is entirely possible Nintendo is just acquiring a studio to help out with their games, but it’s more fun to take this as a hint that Nintendo is going to produce more movies and shows, so we’re going with it. And Dynamo Pictures has also help produce plenty of anime, like provide modeling for the titular Evas in “Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance” or CG animation in several episodes of “Yuri!!! on Ice” and the upcoming “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” movie.

The video game adaptation race is on. Sega has found huge success with the recent adaptations of the “Sonic” games, while Sony is making progress building their cinematic universe, with the “Uncharted” film and the upcoming “The Last of Us” TV show. The question now becomes, will Nintendo have their own Marvel Studios or even Sony-style company logo sequence? And what characters will they highlight?