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Star Fox claymation, The Legend of Zelda live-action projects cancelled by Nintendo due to intentional leak by Netflix around 2015
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Holy frick, so it was real. Damn, talk about a big tantrum if a leak led to Nintendo canning it for that alone (unless it was more due to the aspect of potentially Netflix themselves being the ones who leaked it, which... would definitely make more sense as a breach of trust)
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Nintendo cancelled a new IP they were working on with High Voltage (The Conduit devs) because somebody leaked it and High Voltage lost Nintendo's trust
I believe Adam also mentioned this on an episode of his own podcast Factually a while back. Or maybe it was one of his appearances on Waypoint Radio? A detail he mentioned then was that Netflix intentionally leaked the Zelda show to create buzz, it wasn't some rogue employee or somebody finding out something they shouldn't have.
Whoa, Nintendo is fucking serious about leaks, huh?
I hope they don't come to my house and take back all the games whose source code leaked last year.
I hope they don't come to my house and take back all the games whose source code leaked last year.
I agree.... for one, these projects seem high cost and ...kinda high risk. Frankly, they probably spared themselves a big headache.
But this is really lame news anyways. :/
If this is the case... I kind of get it? You let them work with one of your most prestigious IPs and the first thing they do is leak its existence? Not a great start to a partnership.
Weird, like it's not like details or footage ever came out. Just that there was a rumor that it existed.
If they had that reaction every time there were leaks they'd have not released a bunch of things.
On the surface seems Nintendo is extremely petty or just wanted an excuse not to pursue the projects.
If they had that reaction every time there were leaks they'd have not released a bunch of things.
On the surface seems Nintendo is extremely petty or just wanted an excuse not to pursue the projects.
Wow so both sides are dumb but more on Nintendo, like most people don't care about something being leaked
Edit, honestly now i see that it was just Netflix being shitty, don't know the point of risking that considering that people would have been excited regardless
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If the leak was intentional on Netflix's part, that's a serious enough breach of trust that I can kinda understand reacting like that.
Hope we can figure out which episode it was. This is an interesting wrinkle.
Doing that without talking to Nintendo is dumb given how protective they are of their properties.
Well shit, if it was intentionally done by Netflix, it would make sense why they decided to cut their losses. DO you have a link to the podcast?
Well most games that leak before announcement are already in full development whereas I'm guessing this was still in early talks.
I can't believe people are calling Nintendo petty. If it's true Netflix leaked intentionally Nintendo has every right to stop the project to which their IP is attached. The pressure on a project like that after a leak must be immense. Plus, it's a pretty big breach of trust in a partnership.
Nah that would mean Nintendo would be putting money into Star Fox :P
So why wasn't Mario/Rabbids scrapped?
Edit: Ok with the Netflix leaking it on purpose thing it makes more sense.
Edit: Ok with the Netflix leaking it on purpose thing it makes more sense.
If the leak came from Netflix itself then I can understand why Nintendo didn't want to continue working with them.
I don't think it's the leak itself so much as it's the breach of trust and what else they might be willing to do behind their back.
Yes. People really expect a Zelda live action project not to have a shitton of discretion contracts, of course breaking these would immediately endanger the partnership and work, which also, very likely, is stated exactly like this within the contractual environment.
This is an issue with the contract partners not honoring their part of the deal, not with Nintendo.
(Well, presumably the Netflix part of the news. Seems like the Claymation project was just a wrong place, wrong time thing they couldn't do anything about)
I can assure you, people who set up legal contracts to stop exactly this from happening do care. This is not a "but the fans" thing, this is corporate trust and contractual obligations.
wasn't that leaked like a day or two before it was set to be announced? because that would be a bit different
That Netflix Zelda series was in super early talks and didn't even have a writer attached to it. No script. No script treatment. No outline. No jot notes on a torn-out page of a notebook. It was literally nothing.
Netflix: "Hey Nintendo, can we make a Zelda series?"
Nintendo: "Sure, maybe. We'll think about it."
-series leaks via anonymous source on WSJ blog post-
Nintendo: "Hmm, nah."
Netflix: "Hey Nintendo, can we make a Zelda series?"
Nintendo: "Sure, maybe. We'll think about it."
-series leaks via anonymous source on WSJ blog post-
Nintendo: "Hmm, nah."
I see. So CollegeHumor betrayed Nintendo's trust by convincing Netflix to leak their Zelda adaption. The plot sure thickens.
Same could be asked about Super Mario 3D All Stars. Wasn't it leaked/announced by various journal outlets months or weeks prior to ever it officially being announced by Nintendo in a direct?
Screams more about their ignorance to the realities of the entertainment industry than anything. "Leaking" info is a perfectly viable to way to garner attention. Happens all the time, including drumming up casting buzz.
Show was most likely not to far in production where cutting losses wouldn't be too much as if they had actors and actresses casted, sets, locations, scripts, etc.
Where as when and if a game gets leaked it could be months or a year away from release and much more costly to just outright cancel at that point.
Mario Rabbids leaked two months before it was revealed and four months before release and Ubisoft wasn't the ones that leaked it lol
Much easier to bin something that was only in a theoretical state than a game that is a few years into development.
Especially if all of this was just in the "talks" phase, where each company is assessing whether they want to enter a business relationship with each other.
'Netflix just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Nintendo culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is Nintendo after hearing about this, is not going to want to continue production of this show, nor will they continue with CollegeHumor's project. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Netflix has alienated an entire company with this move.
Nintendo, publicly apologize and rescind this leak or you can kiss your business goodbye.'
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On a serious note this is a real shame as I think theres a lot of potential for a TV series or movie based on any one of the Zelda games or other Nintendo franchises.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Nintendo culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in America where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Japan, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.
What this means is Nintendo after hearing about this, is not going to want to continue production of this show, nor will they continue with CollegeHumor's project. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Netflix has alienated an entire company with this move.
Nintendo, publicly apologize and rescind this leak or you can kiss your business goodbye.'
😄
On a serious note this is a real shame as I think theres a lot of potential for a TV series or movie based on any one of the Zelda games or other Nintendo franchises.
