Fun fact: Raul Julia who played M. Bison in the live action street fighters movie was actually dying of stomach cancer, he took the role of said character because his kids adored the franchise and he wanted to be in a movie that they'd enjoy.

Video timestamps: 1:17 Super Mario Bros. (1993) 3:16 Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Save Princess Peach 4:22 Double Dragon 6:27 Street Fighter 9:10 Mortal Kombat 12:14 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation 14:29 Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture + Street Fighter 2: The Animated Movie 15:09 Wing Commander 16:20 Pokemon: The First Movie 18:04 Pokemon the Movie 2000 19:00 Pokemon the Movie 3 19:36 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 21:12 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 22:45 Resident Evil 24:31 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life 25:27 House of the Dead 27:12 Pokemon movies 27:32 Resident Evil: Apocalypse 29:14 Alone in the Dark 30:02 DOOM + DOOM Annihilation 32:02 Animal Crossing 33:17 Bloodrayne 34:02 Silent Hill 35:24 DOA: Dead or Alive 36:32 Resident Evil: Extinction 37:19 Resident Evil: Degeneration 37:56 Postal 39:49 Hitman 40:21 Far Cry 41:03 Max Payne 41:50 Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (Continue in comment.)

Thank god we’re living in a generation where Video Game movies are becoming better than decent

Fun fact: The Pokémon and Yo-Kai Watch anime (episodes and movies) are both animated by the same studio (OLM)

When it comes to Detective Pikachu, I loved how you could just tell the directors and writers of the movie knew their audience. Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu was something I'd never expect to work! And yet...it did. The movie is one of the best when it comes to world building. I've heard the argument that this movie didn't do any world building because it was done in the games/anime but the world built in the movie feels uniquely its own. World building isn't just about telling us what's in this world, it's also about convincing us that the world is lived in and that there are stories going on outside of the main story.

Being from Idaho, no one gave a crap about Sonic the Hedgehog when I was a kid in the early 2000s. I was picked on for my passion for it; what those kids did not realize is that Sonic is what kept my spirits high during awful times at home. Years later, it's funny see those kids who picked on me grow up to have children who love Sonic and thus buy Sonic stuff for them. Case in point, Sonic 2 was the movie I wanted for so long and now it seems those people finally get why Sonic is beloved and how he comforted so many after all these years. Paramount got it right and I'm excited for Sonic 3.

A lot of the Mortal Kombat 1995 movie was filmed in Thailand! The temple in the background at 9:23 is called Wat Chaiwatthanaram, which was built back in Ayutthaya in 1630 by King Prasat Thong as the first temple of his reign and a memorial for his mother. It was designed in Khmer style to gain Buddhist merit. Ayutthaya was once a big kingdom with the city as its capital that lasted from 1351 to 1767. King Rama I, who founded Bangkok, is from there. Other temples used for the movie's production were Wat Phra Si Sanphet and Wat Ratchaburana (both in Ayutthaya as well). The arrival of Earth's contestants via boats, Liu Kang's meditation scene and the fight between Liu Kang and Kitana were filmed at the Railay Beach and the Phra Nang Beach. Say what you want, but the movie did a good job showcasing Thailand to the world. And speaking of Goro: Goro was portrayed by an elaborate $1 million animatronic created by Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis of Amalgamated Dynamics and operated by 13 to 16 puppeteers! Because of how advanced it was, it kept breaking down, and the person operating Goro from inside could only do so for two minutes at a time due to lack of oxygen, so its screentime was reduced.

“Do not shoehorn the U.S. Military in Video Game Movies! I’m sick of it.” (Spider-Man, 2018)

Slight correction, Angry Birds was Sony, rather than Illumination. Sometimes the two companies are similar, though

I'll say Uwe decision to fight his critics is a lot less impressive when he didn't fight some of them that, you know, have a background in fighting. One of his major detractors was Seanbaby, who was a critic that actually knew how to fight, and he evaded him like the plague to protect his own ego. Seanbaby even challenged him directly, after he fought some critics. That makes him seem even more childish.

Super Mario Bros was shooting at the same time as Jurassic Park, so the comment about "every dinosaur movie had to look like Jurassic Park" is incorrect. Even people on the Jurassic Park crew came to see and admire how good Yoshi looked

What if every badly interpreted character from all of these movies were put in an arena and fought to the death

I’m 35 and I stil VIVIDLY remember that first Pokémon movie in theraters and the ash stone scene! It doesn’t deserve low ratings from ppl who wasn’t there at the time! That movie in theaters was EVERYTHING

In all honesty, the Mario movie is decent as it’s own film, in my opinion. I watched it AGES ago and still love the industrial vibe of Dinohattan.

I met Ming Na-Wen & Damian Chapa. They autographed my Chun LI & Ken Masters funko pops, while I cosplayed as M. Bison & took pics w/them. Although, most fans know Damian Chapa as Miklo from the movie Blood. Ming Na-Wen might be the ONLY actor to be part of Marvel & Capcom related media She also played agent May in Agents Of Shield

the uncharted movie, actually kinda FEELS like the game though, starting in the middle of batshit insanity, cutting to a flashback, that progresses up to where everything started, then the "final act" happens, like its a mid movie, but it felt more like it was trying to imitate the way the game told its story, than any other game movie ive seen.

I would say that th pokemon movies are less video game movies but anime movies, they after the big hit of the anime, which was more based of a comic based off the game, and when directly connected to the anime as a big adventure for the anime characters. The anime and games were very different form each other too...

Actually Connor the Angry Birds movie was made by Sony Animation, not Illumination!🤓

The Super Mario Bros. Movie reviews be like: Audience reviews: 1:17:32 Critics: 1:17:39

That thing about main duos being goofy started in the late 70s thanks to Cheech & Chong

I actually love "Doom"! The Rock and Karl Urban are fantastic!

An hour long ConnerTheWaffle video? Cool beans! ^^ I love your new icon and thumbnails!

As of this writing, I've seen 40 of these but you've got me beat! Some people who try this always forget about the animes, so I appreciate that, my man. This was great. I hope you keep re-uploading and adding to this. The ones I liked best: 10. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) 9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) 8. The Angry Birds Movie (2016) 7. Resident Evil (2002) 6. Tomb Raider (2018) 5. Uncharted (2022) 4. Lara Croft:Tomb Raider (2001) 3. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) 2. Mortal Kombat (1995) 1. Silent Hill (2006)

I hold a theory as to why Daisy was in the 90s Mario movie instead of Peach. See, at the time of the movie’s release, Peach was still known as “Princess Toadstool” in the west; her Japanese name of Peach wasn’t used in a big title until Super Mario 64. However, Daisy _was_ named in her appearance in Super Mario Land. Given the creators obviously had very little knowledge of the source material, I think they saw a princess be named in Super Mario Land, looked at absolutely nothing else, and assumed that Daisy was the same character as Princess Toadstool and so the princess in the movie was named Daisy because of that.

Dude. Did you forget Cloak and Dagger, and FF7 advent children?

It's funny cause my parents watched Uncharted and had no clue it was based on a game until I told them, but even before I told them, they thought it was a waste of time. On the other hand, my gf thought it was really good and thought it was one of the best movies she's ever seen.Then there's me, a pretty hardcore gamer that's only played the multiplayer of Uncharted 3. Even without a strong connection to the games, I refused to watch it, purely because the terrible casting made it look like a cash grab

I have a HUGE soft spot for Prince of Persia. I know everyone hates it, but i actually think Disney cranked out a fun movie. It had humor, it had action. I still love it to this day

Honestly coming back to watching this channel and its content is nostalgic for me, hell I remember watching him for the first time more than a few years ago 😊

From what I remember, going from Sands of Time game to movie, the film does feel like the game.

Hey speaking of bombs the guy who invented dynamite also invented the noble peace prize *insert the more you know meme here*

1:00:09 Um.....No. This movie was made by Columbia with animation by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Are You gonna make more bootleg games/cartridge videos?

My understanding of the response to the Warcraft movie... WoW players didn't seem to like it much... Because contrary to what you think in this video, and what a lot of people thought at the time... It is not for WoW players. It was for original Warcraft the strategy game players. And as such, I loved it.

As a child up until the age of 11, I was a super fan of the Mario franchise, I had no clue that a movie was made in 1993 and when I found out I was so excited to see what that was like, and then I searched up the trailer on Google and was instantly traumatized, so scarred to the point that it took me 2 years to finally watch it. It was one of my proudest fears I ever conquered lol

25:02 timemark so i can finish watching it later

Advent Children, where? im shocked ya missed that one especially doin Spirits Within and Kingsglaive lol

Great video🤣 Really made me remember my childhood in the 2000s in Nigeria. Also, I NEED to watch Postal. I love the irreverent and edgy dark humor it has. Reminds me of the shows from the 90s I used to watch on cable back home.

The mario movie was actually one of my favorites as a kid and still is

dope video but I think you may have missed a movie, if not ignore me please, but what is with "like a dragon" the movie to the yakuza games ?

You forgot about the anime Tekken game from the late 90s that took place between Tekken 2 and 3 released prior to Tekken 3 on the PS1. Ironically the first live action film takes place between 4 and 5 and can technically take place right before the CGI movie.

$27 a small popcorn? Nah, that's too cheap

44:33 conner this is the first time talking about one my favorite fighting game in my hole history the tekken series have you played tekken?

8:37 you have to admit Van Damme killed that Guile victory pose 😂😂 cammy and chung li too

The most painful video game movie is the one that never happened; the flop fighter jet movie Stealth was originally intended to be a Star Fox movie. I'm one of the few people who will defend Stealth as at least grudgingly okay, but as a avid Lylat Wars fan I will forever wonder what could have been. Also you seem to have missed Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children/Complete and Street Fighter Assassin's Fist. While neither were mind blowing, Advent Children basically spawned an entire sub genre of fight scenes and is directly responsible for RWBY, and Assassin's Fist was at least relatively faithful to the franchise roots. They were both shown in cinemas here in the UK so they should have been included, especially since Advent Children is the canon continuation of the FF7 story.

Before the live action Mario movie was even released, some Nintendo executives originally wanted the movie to stick closer to the games. There was even an early draft called “Drain Man,” since the script was very similar to “Rain Man.” Unfortunately, they hired a Husband and Wife duo of TERRIBLY incompetent directors who kept rewriting the script every day. So most of the actors didn’t even bother remembering the lines. And those two were the ones who hated the Mario games and wanted the movie to be like Max Hedroom. Also also, one of their original pics they wanted to direct the film was Harold Ramis (aka Egon from Ghostbusters), who was also a fan of Mario.

Angry Birds was Sony, not Illumination.

Conner The Waffle The Movie 2: the syrup sequel

I recently discovered your channel and I enjoy your content. The first Mortal Kombat, both Tomb Raiders films with Angelina Jollie and the Prince of Persia movies are my favourite ones. I also think they really capture the essence of the games. Thanks for addressing their positive aspects.

Everyone forgets Cloak & Dagger which is the ACTUAL first video game movie. It's based on an existing arcade game. It WAS going to have an Atari 5200 game that never came out, which is why some people don't count it, BUT THE GAME WAS IN ARCADES FIRST.

Very good video man. BTW, you forgot one video game movie that you didn't mention in the video, it is "Werewolves within." It was released on DVD in 2021, but it's a decent movie to watch from us who have watched it.

47:35 Claire made her debut in Extinction though?

While it pales in comparison to the amazing and emotional stories of the game series, there was a live action Yakuza/Like a Dragon movie that was made (I think by Takashi Miike) and it's a pretty great martial arts/brawler type of film. It's a solid and entertaining fight B-Movie that is too often overlooked. Just don't expect it to be a great story or to follow any of the games all that much. While I lament the lack of a proper Like a Dragon storyline in a movie, I still like the film for what it is.

I’m looking forward to the upcoming Mario movie but um how come it’s in the thumbnail when it’s not out yet?

47:22 Mad Forest Lost the Bloodlines Stage 4 1:00:44 Aladdin SNES Stage 1 1:02:32 RoB ost 1:12:08 SotN Dracula's Castle

I don't remember who said it but the best ya I heard someone review the DOA movie was "I'd describe the plot for you...but I'm still not sure there was one."

I didn't know about some of these movies. I didn't even knew that Persona series has movies and I am a fan of the Persona games!

I adamantly defend the og Mario Bros movie. It has everything that makes Mario MARIO. Adventuring in a new mushroom-y dinosaur land complete with different environmental areas (ice level, desert level, etc), running, jumping, powerups and fireballs, princess saving. And of course Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. It's just popular to hate and I legit don't see a real reason to.

I would love to see a video like this for live action movies based on animation or for Commercials for things of a same subject. Ive dug up a bunch of commercials if you need to find them. also direct to DVD direct to Netflix movies or just whatever lands Advent Children and Dragon Quest My Story

Actually Conner the tales of Vesperia first strike movie is not a sequel to the games, it’s a prequel before the the main events of the game happens

If they make video game movies, could there be a doors movie? It would be better than *suffering with entities such as some dude screaming SURPRISE CHICKENS YOU. JUST. GOT. AMBUSHED! Out of nowhere.* that'd be a hot line for ambush.

Resident Evil: Extinction was the first film of that series that I watched and... yeah, I was rather confused. I hadn't played any of the games yet at that time, but I still had a pretty good idea of what they were like and that film definitely was not what I was expecting. Connor's Mad Max comparison seems fitting.

Hopefully one day you get to review Dreamcast hidden gems

The angry birds movie was actually animated by sony/rovio animation

Another thing to add to this would've been the five nights at freddy's movie. Like it's technically an indie horror game released back in 2014 that everyone was scared of. But then they grew on it, and eventually the fanbase was large. Now that there's a fnaf movie coming through, I wasn't sure if I would watch it, I can't stand horror movies. But since I've been in the fandom at one point, I'll try to. But the problem is like the Sonic movie syndrome, which the animatronics have red eyes that upset a lot of the fans. Now they're trying to make the studio to fix them, and I don't think it's gonna work in time. And then there's a live action Minecraft movie coming soon...

The main flaw with Double Dragon movie is it’s a very unfaithful adaptation of the the Double Dragon arcade game. It’s not in post apocalyptic New York, the main antagonist isn’t Willy Mackey, it’s not a serious tone movie, the Lee Brothers aren’t wearing the iconic costumes, Marian doesn’t get kidnapped, and most of the movie doesn’t show 2 component badass protagonists smashing bad guys. Also most of the weapons are absent in this unfaithful abomination. Double Dragon can be greatly improved with a hardcore Rated R serious tone remake that is very faithful.

was finding something to watch and you made a video. thank you!

About Guile from Street Fighter being played by a German guy not surprised his character is based off of a French and German character from a certain popular Bizarre anime and manga series

Perfect timing. With The Super Mario Movie coming next month. HOPEFULLY it'll be better and makes up the horrible mistakes the 1993 one did and we can FINALLY pretend that one no longer exists! 🍿🎥

48:25 the director tried to follow the setting of Jill getting brain washed in the fifth installment of the video game, but the whole movie just let the string get loose, feeling like no one cares about what is the core part of the story. Why does the director love such a unbeatable original bland character called Alice so much? Actually I am not a fan of that director Paul, even his original Underworld series doesn't attract me anyways (not a fan of vampire or vampire hunter thingys, only love that Tom Cruise x Brad Pitt movie), so I became a nasty guy who flooded negative reviews by creating multiple accounts and used them when Monster Hunter movie came out Re Afterlife is a forgettable movie, but I clearly remember the intro with pretty decent unsettling music where the zombie apocalypse started and the unrealisitic fighting scene in the bathroom, it is a cool approach for 12 year old me at that tome tho, although I still feel like it's just a below average popcorn film even far worse than the Transformers series

I dont know how rotten tomatoes even makes money, since the beginning they have been horrible at rating movies

Ff7 movie Advent children was awesome. One of the best video game movies 💕

31:30 Oh, so that’s where polystation got the quote “It’s not a game anymore” from

No idea 7:10

The first time I saw a trailer for the final fantasy movie, I was like 6 and hadn't played any final fantasy games but I had seen my uncle's box for Final Fantasy X that always looked magical to me, so when I finally watched the movie it was like magic. I think it might be boring to me today, but I have a feeling I'd still have that feeling of wonder I felt back at the mall seeing that trailer at the Bose store

Good lord I literally only got through a few seconds of that crappy Mario movie once I saw Mario with Luigi I literally turned it off and I was why in the world is Mario a old man while Luigi is literally looks like he’s in high school aren’t they supposed to be twin brothers????!!!!!!

fun fact: Raul Julia who played M. Bison in the live action street fighters movie was actually dying of stomach cancer, he took the role of said character because his kids adored the franchise and he wanted to be in a movie that they'd enjoy.

I remember the double dragon movie when I was a kid but I had never played the double dragon games

Need for speed is not a Disney movie but a dreamwork movie dreamworks anermation and dreamworks pictures where separate companies in 2013 Disney only distributed this movie on the tourstone banner

Up to 2016, an hour in - No mention of Final Fantasy Advent Children?

The actor who played chum li in the legend of chin li (Kristen kreuk) is friends with my best friends mom

Of course Mewtwo Strikes Back only has a 15% in 2023... We aren't allowed to say that a movie with the message of, you aren't limited to the circumstances of your birth, is good anymore. Because politics. I am going to respectfully leave it at that.

I love the alone in the dark soundtrack. Yea, it wasn't scary, but it introduced me to a shit ton of bands I still listen to. There were so many kickass tracks off of it.

I was today years Old (44) when i realized that the Cammy Actress i always was in love with in my Mind is Kyle Minogue^^ I swear i saw that Movie at least 3 times since it came out and didn`t realize...

There is a few... where we either watched completely different movies, or you didn't really watch them.

Something for the sake of perspective. I'm not even 40 and i remember when there wasn't 1 movie based off of a video game. There were a few movies about video games and the only ones anyone had ever heard of were tron and war games. I saw sonic 2 and was so happy that it was a functional movie and i could recognize it as sonic, that's my standard for a good videogame movie. I'm just happy this mario movie is recognizable as post mario 64 mario media. It seems closer than the old first cartoon that was mario playing any genre than just straight mario. Mario as a western, as a detective mystery, as anything but a mario game straight on. This is mario and what more can i expect. No way it'll be anywhere close to detective pikachu, but how could it as the flagship? Realistic expectations. Now give me an R rated metroid the quality of aliens with half then movie sans dialogue.

Most on-time I’ve been to a video in a while! Excited to watch this!

I watched the uncharted movie last year with my family. The only thing I remember from it was the red Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing.

I remember watchint the angry birds film for my 11th birthday and i watched it in spanish. The VA for king leonard deserves an award

Prince of Persia ‘WHITE MAN’ 😂 gets me every time

Mark Dacascos has experience in a wide range of martial arts, including Capoeira! That certainly explains his ability for very acrobatic and dynamic kicks. I have a lot of respect for the guy and it's a shame that most of his films are considered B-Movies. He is often way better than the films he has been in deserve. I'm just glad to see that he still gets work and is (I presume) better known nowadays, possibly in part to his involvement in John Wick 3, but I don't know for sure on that one.

Let's be fair, the first Hitman film was also bad, but at least it was better than Hitman: Agent 47!

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie is one of the best animated films of all time. It’s peak Renaissance Era animation (1980s to early-2000s) and I’m not sure why people don’t put it in their Little Dark Age edits. Also, the film has Bryan Cranston as Fei Long in the English dub. Walter White as Fei Long.

Sega owns the developers of Angry Birds Rovio, which means The Angry Birds movies are now Sega movies. This also means a Sega property crossed over with Disney before Wreck-It Ralph because Angry Birds had a crossover with the movie Rio, which Disney now owns because the people who made Rio Blue Sky are owned by Disney now. it's crazy that that's 100% true.

Technically Resident Evil Degeneraton, Damnation, and Vandetta are not video game based movies like those god awful live action films. They are meant to act as filler taking place between 5 and 6. Damnation and Vandetta are set after after 6 but before 7. In fact, Capcom has confirmed said three films I mentioned are CANON. This is because Capcom directed, produced, wrote, and created the three films. They supervised everything and made sure these three films STRICTLY followed canon to a T-virus. So, your opinions don’t matter here. Weather you like or hate these three films, they are canon and can not be uncanonized since Capcom says they’re canon.

37:55 Funny because I didn`t know that there is a Video Gameof Postal,only knew the Movie^^ Lol...

I thought Final Fantasy VII Advent Children was in theaters, but I don’t care enough to look it up. 👀

I saw a meme that showed a Google search for who voices Luigi and one of the results was Matt Mercer

with the Uncharted movie Mark Wahlberg was supposed to be Nathan Drake but the movie took so long to be made that they had to recast him as a different character in the movie since he was too old to be Nathan Drake

I am surprised you didn't mention Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (and its sequels).

Here's a neat little factoid for you: The voice actor for Max Payne in the games is actually in the Max Payne movie, just not as Max Payne. I barely remember much about this movie so if I get some of the facts wrong, I apologize. Apparently, he had something of a bit part where he plays a mustachioed police officer during a scene where Max is surrounded by police with their guns drawn and trained on him, ready to shoot if he so much as moves to escape. Sadly, I don't remember how he gets out of that scenario, but I'm pretty sure he does. I'm guessing they didn't cast the voice actor as Payne because he doesn't look enough like the character he voiced even if you had him get rid of the mustache, so I can't really hold it against them too much. Also, I felt like the Max Payne movie wasn't that bad, but I also felt like it was somewhat similar to the movie they made for Sin City in regards to the two films' overall visual style where they try to be semi-noir and dark, but I think Sin City did it a bit better. I actually kind of like the Sin City movie for its narration and I think they nailed the casting for the most part. I don't know which came out first, but some of their more surreal imagery has a similar vibe to me. I mostly loved the movie for Marv. :)