"Nintendo has cleared up the biggest mystery since Arthur Conan Doyle's last Sherlock Holmes story by revealing what the two animated shorts it released this week were all about. The company says these are the first short films from Nintendo Pictures, which it bought in 2022 (the production house was previously called Dynamo Pictures). "We hope you enjoyed the two 'Close to You' videos released on October 7 and 8."
"The post implies that, at least for now, the company doesn't plan to release the second short outside of its Nintendo Today! app. It seems that Nintendo didn't make the films to promote a new Pikmin game either - though one is probably coming after Pikmin 4 quickly became the best-selling entry in the series. The shorts are both very cute."
"To date, Nintendo Pictures has functioned largely as a division that supports games its parent company makes and publishes, by helping with things like animation, art, design and cinematics. It's also worked with external studios, as it carried out motion capture work for Death Standing 2. Nintendo teamed up with Universal Pictures and Illumination to make the Mario movies (and potentially a Donkey Kong spinoff), and Sony Pictures to produce the live-action The Legend of Zelda film."
Nintendo released two animated shorts called 'Close to You' created by Nintendo Pictures, the studio acquired in 2022 when it was Dynamo Pictures. The second short is available exclusively on the Nintendo Today! app. The films do not appear to be promotional teasers for a new Pikmin game, even as Pikmin 4 became the series' best-selling entry. The shorts feature visible and invisible Pikmin in charming scenarios. Nintendo Pictures primarily supports game development with animation, art and cinematics and has provided motion capture for Death Stranding 2. Nintendo has existing film partnerships but may be capable of producing films in-house.
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