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Zelda's legend: Nintendo discontinues series after Netflix leak

Zelda’s legend: Nintendo discontinues series after Netflix leak

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“The Legend of Zelda” and Netflix? It could all have been so beautiful

S.Game developer Nintendo is known for a wide range of family-friendly topics. Whether it’s “Super Mario”, “The Legend of Zelda” or “Star Fox” every game enjoys great popularity and creates iconic characters. So what could be more obvious than working on a series in some form? In fact, Nintendo had already landed several partners in 2015 for related projects, but a Netflix leak stopped all work on all products.

The Netflix leak destroyed everything

What happened? In 2015 there were talks between Nintendo and Netflix about a series adaptation of “The Legend of Zelda”. Locals talked about “Game of Thrones for a Family Audience”. However, the project was taken to the public, which is why Nintendo withdrew from the collaboration. There is now no supporter like comedian Adam Gonovar Web light Announced! At the same time, the “CollegeHummer” site received an order for a clay animation for the space adventure “Star Fox” based on the American director Wes Anderson’s “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” movie. Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto also came to personally coordinate with the company. However: As a result of the Netflix leak, the Japanese developer dragged the failure of the animated series and stopped all work. At the end the question remains: what kind of wonderful series could there have been without this incident? Nintendo fans will never find out.