>>715690426
Zelda is popular with westerners, not easterners.
Therefore, Nintendo is stupidly following modernwestern movie trends, and shitty live-action remakes are very trendy right now.

>>715690798
Mario is literally THE mascot face of gaming and was fully animated, which is exactly what both the fans and general audiences wanted. Compare that to Sonic 3 and Detective Pikachu, 2 of the most iconic gaming IPs in the world, and they couldn't even break past the $500 million mark, despite being two of the most iconic gaming IPs in the world.
Even Minecraft, THE most popular game in the world - couldn't even break Mario's box office numbers, because that looked like (and was) shitty live-action garbage from the getgo.
Anyone who thinks Zelda's going to break into billion market, let alone the $600 million mark at this rate (especially with this mediocre cast) is delusional.