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Rumor: Possible leaked concept art for Retro Studio's cancelled Zelda Project (~2005-2008), and Boo Project (~2006-2007)

Meelow

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Concept Artwork surfaces for rumoured Sheik and Boo titles by Retro Studios

Shinesparkers have received links to concept artwork which claim to be from two cancelled titles based on the characters Boo and Sheik from the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda universes respect…
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The artwork claims to be pre-production art from a "Cancelled Zelda project" from 2005 to 2008 and a "Cancelled Boo project" from 2006 to 2007.
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Camjo-Z

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let it sink in that nintendo was going to give a fucking boo a spin-off game before waluigi
 
MaitreWakou

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Most people will be more interested in that seemingly dark/gritty Sheik project, and that's totally understandable, but damn for me that Boo project is the best one.
Looked super fun, set in a a Boo academy, with evil witches, and a possession mechanic 10 years before Mario Odyssey, too bad it never happened.
 

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I know the OP says the games were in development between 2005 and 2008, the article states that the Shiek game never made it beyond pre-production so likely the art and some scenario script are likely all there is. Don't want people to have the impression that these were actively worked as full productions.
 

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That Zelda concept art be like
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Too bad the Boo academy game didn't make it into reality. It would have been so cute
 
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Why didn't they just repurpose these ideas for a new IP? Ravenblade looked terrible originally but if it looked like this? What a glowup that would have been.
 
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There's that Sheik game. That art is great, though given it never went past preprod I wonder what it would have ended up being.

Something for an alternate timeline 🤔
 
Stopdoor

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Dang, a Boo game is something I didn't know I wanted.

Gotta say that art gives me "Federation Force" vibes of missing the series charm entirely though. Looks like it's trying to evoke Yoshi's Island a bit, but I dunno.
 
rhandino

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Here for people to go "This looks better than the finished product!" like in all the concept art threads
 
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Meelow

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HockeyBird said:
I know the OP says the games were in development between 2005 and 2008, the article states that the Shiek game never made it beyond pre-production so likely the art and some scenario script are likely all there is. Don't want people to have the impression that these were actively worked as full productions.
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Added more info.
 
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Hey while you're at it, why don't you post concept art for the two games Retro supposedly worked on for years and cancelled between 2014 and 2019
 
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