Nintendo Short Cuts entry is a thinly-veiled excuse for cosplay

Posted Jun 4th 2007 2:20PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Fan stuff, Video

Another entry for Nintendo's Short Cuts Showcase film contest has appeared on YouTube. You know, when we first read about this contest, we were expecting a lot of short films in different genres that cleverly integrated Nintendo elements into the storytelling-- conversations taking place during games of Mario Kart, a Clerks-style comedy set inside a game store, or something like that. But so far, the would-be Señor Spielbergos have all taken the direct, literal approach.

This latest entry is the most direct yet-- a bunch of people dressed up like Zelda characters and adventured around on camera. It seems to follow Ocarina of Time, but then what Zelda fan works don't? Hey, even if they don't win, these kids were able to justify buying a Master Sword, so that's ... something.

Tags: cosplay, film, movie, nintendo, nintendo wii, NintendoWii, ocarina, shortcuts, video, wii, zelda

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-04-2007 @ 2:56PM

Jonathan Tran said...

hmmmmm

I entered this contest. I don't know if seeing this entry makes me feel really good or really bad about my chances of winning

6-04-2007 @ 3:08PM

brian said...

Awful

6-04-2007 @ 4:26PM

Mr Khan said...

This makes me feel better about considering sending in a non-sequiter series of random taped on-screen clips of Nintendo games

i mean, shudder...

6-04-2007 @ 5:32PM

tiamat1990 said...

I still like the Gamecube dating thing.

6-05-2007 @ 10:09AM

Zan said...

Good lord, that's bad!

6-05-2007 @ 1:20PM

BrokenInfinityFilms said...

Thanks for the comments, folks!

6-05-2007 @ 5:25PM

JC Fletcher said...

BrokenInfinity: props for the costumes (and, uh, props) and for getting the thing together and done.

Jonathan Tran and others: you can't just make statements like that without proof. In my eyes, having seen this one and NOT yours, BrokenInfinity is WINNAR.

6-06-2007 @ 6:59PM

Kris said...

he will make...... a really crapy short film.

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