Ubisoft Was Making a Zelda Game Starring Ganondorf Before Nintendo Canceled It, Report Claims
Nintendo reportedly asked Ubisoft Milan to make Ganondorf the lead, but the prototype was rejected and the project was canceled after a late-2023 deadline.
- Insider Gaming reported that Ubisoft Milan pitched a Legend of Zelda spin-off codenamed Goliath to Nintendo, initially featuring a new protagonist before Nintendo requested the lead character be changed to Ganondorf.
- Ideation for Goliath began shortly after the launch of Mario Rabbids Sparks Hope; led by Davide Soliani, the team developed a prototype for the Ganondorf-centric game and presented it to Nintendo.
- Former developer Gian Marco Zanna described the ambitious concept as a "new big bang in the video game universe," yet Nintendo rejected the proposal for reasons that remain unclear.
- Following the cancellation, communication between Ubisoft and Nintendo reportedly stalled, and key developers including Soliani, Gian Marco Zanna, and Cristina Nava left Ubisoft in July 2024, citing the project's demise.
- Since leaving, Soliani and his former colleagues formed Day 4 Night and are currently developing a platformer titled Bradley the Badger, moving forward from the canceled Zelda project.
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Ubisoft was making a Zelda game starring Ganondorf before Nintendo canceled it, report claims
Ubisoft Milan was working on a The Legend of Zelda spinoff starring Ganondorf before Nintendo canceled the project in November 2023, according to a new report from Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson. The studio originally proposed an entirely new protagonist, but Nintendo reportedly liked the concept and asked Ubisoft to replace the character with Ganondorf, giving the longtime Zelda villain his own game. Internally known as Goliath, the project wa…
Ganon Was Almost the Protagonist of a Canceled Ubisoft Zelda Spin-Off Game
Ubisoft Milan reportedly pitched a Zelda game to Nintendo that would have taken place in a new universe with a totally different protagonist, but the plan fell through, leading to one of the biggest what-ifs in gaming history.
Rumor: Ubisoft Prototyped A Legend Of Zelda Spin-Off Starring Ganondorf, But It Was Canned By Nintendo
A new rumor has surfaced about a potential Legend Of Zelda spin-off that ultimately never released to the public. In a report from Insider Gaming, sources claimed that Ubisoft had pitched a Legend …
Nintendo Reportedly Rejected A Ubisoft Zelda Spin-Off Starring Ganondorf
What if?A new "exclusive" report from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson has supposedly lifted the lid on a Ubisoft Zelda project that never saw the light of day.The story, which is based on "reporting conducted over more than 18 months" and has been "independently corroborated", claims Ubisoft Milan (the Mario + Rabbids studio) pitched a Zelda spin-off featuring a previously unknown protagonist. Nintendo apparently liked the concept but told Ubisof…
A previously unknown Zelda project by Ubisoft Milan could have put Ganondorf at the centre of its own adventure for the first time. However, Nintendo decided against the prototype presented at the end of 2023, which meant that the unusual collaboration did not go beyond an early development phase. The information came from a report of September 24, 2026 and was neither from Nintendo nor from [...]
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