What Nintendo franchises could look like as anime A whole new world Super Mario Bros. movie, the infamous Legend of Donkey Kong animation). The quality of these adaptations, especially the older ones, has been mixed at best so far, but video game adaptations have been seeing greater success in recent memory. Netflix’s Castlevania is a critical darling, and with more on the way such as Cuphead, it reignites wonder of what Nintendo could do in the animated space. As an avid anime fan, I specifically imagined putting Nintendo’s treasured properties in the hands of talented Japanese anime studios. This is what I think Nintendo franchises could look like as anime adaptations.