Nintendo Cinematic Universe (AddyStudios)

Note: It's a remake of a 2021 page by Curious Animators, this time called Nintendo Cinema Universe.
Nintendo Cinematic Universe (either called Nintendo Studios, Nintendo + Illumination or The Gaming Universe, or Nintendo on-screen) is a franchise created by Nintendo. It is distubuted by Universal Pictures (for Nintendo projects) or Paramount Pictures (for SEGA projects), sometimes animated by either Illumination or DreamWorks.
The first films weren't originally NCU projects, which were Sonic the Hedgehog (and it's sequel) and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Luigi's Mansion: A Super Mario Bros. Movie was the first project under the NCU name.
== Films ==
* Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
* Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
* The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
=== Upcoming (confirmed) ===
* Luigi's Mansion: A Super Mario Bros. Movie (2024, Peacock)
* Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2025)
* The Donkey Kong Country Movie (2025)
* Super Smash Bros. (2030)
=== Upcoming (made-up) ===
* The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 (2026)
* The Legend of Zelda (2027)
* Kirby's Dreamland (2028)
* Starfox (2028)
* Pokémon - The Journey Begins (2029)
== Shows ==
=== Upcoming (confirmed) ===
* Knuckles (2023-)
=== Upcoming (made-up) ===
* The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (2027-)
== On-Screen logo(s) ==
It usually depends on the film. Like for a SEGA project (so far, just Sonic the Hedgehog), it just uses the Paramount Pictures, SEGA and Original Film logos, with the former and latter customized to fit in with the Sonic universe.
=== Nintendo Pictures ===
For a Nintendo project, it usually shows a recreation of gameplay in either 8-bit, 16-bit or in 3D, depending on the game it's based on. That gameplay will lead to the Nintendo logo on a red background, but starting in The Donkey Kong Country Movie, it now leads to the Nintendo Pictures website logo on a white background.
* The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - A modified Super Mario Bros. question block sprite, along with the ground tiles, fade in over a black background. An 8-bit Mario sprite runs up to it (the sprite used is a fully colored version of his Super Mario Bros. sprite similar to the one used in the Super Mario Maker games; being the Modern colored version), but then sees Luigi (also as an 8-bit sprite) running up as well. Mario then jumps up to the question block, causing him to collect a few coins. As Mario comes back down, he and Luigi face each other back on the ground. Then, Luigi walks up, and the Bros. both jump and hit the question block at the same time. This causes the background to turn red, and the Nintendo logo in white to pop out. The other sprites disappear except for the Bros.; they both wave out their hats and run off-screen. The music is the SMB Ground theme and then the level clear theme.
* Luigi's Mansion: A Super Mario Bros. Movie (2024) - A 3D render of King Boo appears. Luigi (wearing his vacumn, forgot it's name) comes in and sucks up King Boo, before turning into the Nintendo logo in white, and the background to turn red. Luigi then leaves. The music is the Luigi's Mansion theme.
* The Donkey Kong Movie (2025) - We see the same gameplay from Donkey Kong, but as Jumpman finally beats the stage, everything (except Jumpman and Pauline, who land on the ground) turns into the white background and the Nintendo Studios logo. They both leave. Jumpman's walking sounds and other sounds from the game are used.
* The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 (2026) - Similar to the first film, except it uses Super Mario World sprites (due to having a similar plot) and a Yoshi egg appears at the right side. Luigi is absent, and Mario completely runs to the right and hops on the egg, for a Yoshi to hatch. Mario hops on Yoshi, and they go to the ? block to hit it like the last film, except with the white background and Nintendo Studios logo as Mario hops out of Yoshi (which Yoshi falls down) and Mario leaves. The music is the SMW Ground theme and the level clear theme from that game.
On 3D prints of movies, the Nintendo (or the Nintendo Studios logo) zooms in once its seen, akin to Disney logos in 3D prints. On trailers, the logo is still (for the early version, makes it the same as the advertisements for video games from 2016 onwards). On a few TV spots for Illumination-partnered films, a new logo was used. We see the Nintendo and Illumination logos, both colored metallic gray, 3D and stacked on each other on a black background. Between them is an NES D-pad, meant to act as a collaboration sign between the two logos. The entire logo slowly zooms towards the camera.
=== SEGA Films ===
For a SEGA project, a different and non-varying logo for SEGA was used instead. The scene opens with gameplay footage of the original Sonic the Hedgehog. The camera slowly starts zooming out, revealing squares containing footage from other Sega and Atlus produced and published/licensed games placed side by side. then, the camera zooms out quickly, revealing that the screens are forming a mosaic in the shape of the Sega logo on a black background. Finally, the logo flashes white, turning it blue with a white outline, making it the North American & European version of the logo. A "®" symbol appears next to it, and the byline "A SEGA SAMMY COMPANY" fades in below; both are in white.
For some trailers and all TV shows (sometimes not in the NCU), the logo is sped up. On the earlier trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog (which had different animation that looked TERRIBLE), transitioning from the 2013 version of the 2011 Paramount logo, one of the rings from the 2019 Sonic variant transitions to the Sega logo zooming in a bit on a black background with blue dust. Electricity goes through the logo.
On Sonic the Hedgehog films, the opening of the first two Sonic films' score composed by Tom "Junkie XL" Holkenborg, listed in the soundtrack of the first film as "Meet Sonic (Before We Start I Gotta Tell You This)" (the second film uses a re-arranged version of the first part), which includes a majestic two-note melody alluding to the iconic "SEGAAAAAAA!" chant when the logo is complete. On Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the chorus comes in slightly faster and earlier. On Sonic the Hedgehog 3 however, the opening theme (consiting of an epic trailer theme) was used instead.
On trailers, the sound when you lose all your rings in Sonic games is heard over part of the trailer's theme. It is followed by the sound when you collect rings in Sonic games. On TV shows, the Sonic the Hedgehog series' 20th anniversary sound (the 1-UP jingle from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and the ring sound) is used.
=== Logo Combos ===
* Sonic the Hedgehog:
** Paramount Pictures:
** SEGA Films:
** Original Film:
== Trivia ==
* The NCU wasn't planned at the time the first two Sonic the Hedgehog films released.
* The NCU had the most popular video game movies, with one of them being #1 popular animated movie.
** Examples include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie (the #1 popular animated movie of all time).