Nintendo may be reconsidering its decades-old hesitation towards film adaptations of its games, according to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.

“We’ve had, over the years, a number of people who have come to us and said ‘Why don’t we make a movie together – or we make a movie and you make a game and we’ll release them at the same time?’,” the legendary developer told Fortune.

“I've always felt video games, being an interactive medium, and movies, being a passive medium, mean the two are quite different.

“As we look more broadly at what is Nintendo’s role as an entertainment company, we’re starting to think more and more about how movies can fit in with that—and we’ll potentially be looking at things like movies in the future.”

The last time a Nintendo game was adapted into a movie, it resulted in 1993's Super Mario Bros., which barely resembled its source material.

More recently, though, the company has licensed its characters for use in films like the well-received Wreck-It Ralph and the disastrous Pixels.

Nintendo also announced a partnership with Universal Studios earlier this year, which will see theme park attractions built based on its characters.

At one point, rumours were floating around about a Netflix live-action Zelda series, though they were quickly refuted by the late Satoru Iwata.