>>94163882https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/04/leaked-sony-e-mails-reveal-intent-to-nab-smash-bros-film-rights/As a result, some of the leak's smaller revelations have begun coming to light. Among those is a series of messages about an interesting Sony Pictures plan: to acquire the film rights to the Super Smash Bros. game franchise and other Nintendo properties.
Two messages addressed to former Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal—who stepped down shortly after the leak—referenced Nintendo's fan-service fighting series by name. One of those, sent in February 2014, referred to a "full court press" about the series, along with a meeting with producer Avi Arad who had been "planning to meet with his Nintendo guy (who he has been courting for a couple of years) when he goes to Japan." The other, sent directly to Arad by Pascal, was a November link to a story about the then-upcoming Amiibo toy line, which she described as an "interesting bit on Smash Brothers."
This news comes on top of Arad's bold claim in October, in which he told Pascal that he was "the proud father of Mario the animated film." That e-mail was reported shortly after the e-mail leak in December
