Nintendo Hates Justin Bieber

[Andy Chalk]

Nintendo Hates Justin Bieber

Nintendo is tempting the wrath of the Beeb by refusing to allow a 15-second clip of the Mario theme to be used in the upcoming biopic Justin Bieber: Never Say Never [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1702443/].

First things first: yes, a movie about teenage singing sensation Justin Bieber has been made and it's coming out in February, in 3D no less, directed by a guy whose previous credits include Nintendo [http://www.amazon.com/Step-Up-2-Streets-Blu-ray/dp/B0017TWUZG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1295563927&sr=8-2].

"aw C'mon Nintendo! Y won't u let us use the Mario theme for 15 secs in the @Justinbieber [http://twitter.com/Justinbieber] movie," director Jon M. Chu wrote on Twitter [http://twitter.com/jonmchu/status/26408114655858688]. "talk about free advertising passed up. Oops"

What's the deal? It's not as though Nintendo has a thing about licensing its music for use in movies; as Scott Pilgrim vs. The World [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/01/20/justin-bieber-nintendo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MultiplayerBlog+%28Multiplayer+Blog%29]. No, this is something different, something more personal. Clearly, Nintendo hates the Beeb.

Okay, maybe that's overstating the situation a bit, but I think it's fair to say that Chu is too, when he suggests that Nintendo is somehow going to lose out for not supporting this film. I rather suspect that Nintendo will continue to do just fine, with or without the Beeb's pouty puss on its team.

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never hits theaters on February 11. Don't miss it!


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[Irridium]

Yeah, because Mario totally needs more advertising.

Seriously, who the hell hasn't heard of Mario yet?

 

[tomtom94]

Pwned!

Seriously, this is just funny.

(Just so long as they don't back down in a week's time.)

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Nintendo doesn't need free advertising anymore.

Least of all from being associated with that.

 

[Infernoshadow211]

We love you Nintendo.

 

[ultimateownage]

I love how the directer talks like an average Bieber fan on Twitter, with full on chat speak.

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

That smug little wanker pisses me off.

Mario doesn't need to be associated with....that.

 

[delet]

More importantly, why is that director only able to make dance-themed movies?

 

[hudsonzero]

and suddenly I feel OK about buying DS games again
TO GAMESTATION

 

[bossfight1]

This redeems Nintendo for its numerous remakes.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

"aw C'mon Nintendo! Y won't u let us use the Mario theme for 15 secs in the @Justinbieber movie," director Jon M. Chu wrote on Twitter [http://twitter.com/jonmchu/status/26408114655858688]. "talk about free advertising passed up. Oops"

... seriously? What is the director, 14?

 

[lee1287]

Lol, made my day. What use would the music have? I'm pretty sure all the movie is gonna be his album played over and over with screaming girls inserted every 20 seconds.

 

[Actual]

It's been said there's no such thing as bad advertising. We found the exception! Good call Nintendo.

 

[fire-exit-man]

Well this cheered me up a bit! Although judging by that movie poster this Bieber has become just another hoodie, albeit a famous one...

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

And Nintendo has 100% respect from me again, after they lost it all with the vitality sensor, I still hate that thing and its not even released yet. Oh well, sucks for you Bieber

 

[Cousin_IT]

sadly they will be allowed to use Justin Bieber's music in this movie.

 

[Psychemaster]

I remember the days when 'The Beeb' was used to refer to the BBC and not some manufactured pop star kid...

 

[WanderingFool]

Free advertising... Nintendo could literally burn sveral million dollars and still laugh about it. They dont need a 15 second clip in fucking beibers movie.