Nintendo sets its sights on the film industry

During a recent press conference, Nintendo's former president Hiroshi Yamauchi proposed launching Nintendo into the animation world. He added that an overseas appeal was paramount. But don't expect to be seeing a Zelda anime popping up any time soon. Yamauchi is interested in adopting the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. No, that's not how we say 'Super Mario Brothers' in Japanese. Rather, Yamauchi is referring to a collection of 7th & 13th century Japanese poems. While it may seem puzzling at first, the proposal does make sense since Yamauchi is now the president of the foundation that promotes these works. He plans to pitch the idea to Nintendo next month.