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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Leaks happen and are normal but intentional leaks (without one party being aware of it) like seems to have happened here by Netflix are *not* pretty normal in the industry. This is a massive breach of trust on a project that was very, very early doors and one that most companies worldwide would be very unhappy about.
I mean, I can kinda get it. You're venturing into a completely new area with your IP, with a company youve never worked with before, and they do something to break your trust in the project... Especially if the project is super early in development, why would nintendo want to continue the relationship? They were working with Miyamoto directly, they clearly cared a lot about what the product would be.
They cancelled San Clarita Diet, I always knew they were bastards
Huh? We're talking about 'wii' 'wii u' 'switch' nintendo here. They're stubborn, sure, but not exactly risk-averse.
Not surprised by Nintendo doing this, especially since Netflix leaked it on purpose. What a bunch of idiots at Netflix
So according to many here it is apparently childish or petty to expect a licensee not to leak details of ongoing private negotiations, is this right?
Star Fox just can't catch a break, can it?
It's cool, Nintendo can just create their original programming for Disney+ and Hulu/Star, instead.
It's cool, Nintendo can just create their original programming for Disney+ and Hulu/Star, instead.
The people who come in here to say "Maybe X was cancelled because of leaks" clearly don't know to stop at a sign when driving by.
After all the 2d content that was leaked here in reset era a few months ago, they may cancel 2d mario. The hell. Fox is perfect for a tv series.
If I lose trust in a bussiness partner, I don't want to work with them anymore either. Nintendo has proved this many times. Can't believe there are so many people in the thread not seeing fault at what Netflix did.
I work with someone who used to be at High Voltage and this was his response to the Netflix news so YEAH.
Doesn't matter. Disney has kept the NA distribution of Ghibili films for decades and HBO Max still ended up getting streaming rights to it in North America.
Stranger Things 3: The Game and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance - Tactics both released on Switch in 2020. Any bad blood seems to be over. Still wild there's no official app tho.
I'm talking about the nintendo leak. The one with mario 2d sprites and other games from the 16bit era.
Yeah leaking stuff to drum up interest isn't exactly a rare thing in the movie and TV industry. What likely happened is they were in early talks, then Netflix leaked it to pull public support and put pressure on the project to be realized and Nintendo was like "Yeah, no."
Seems most people here never had to sign NDA's at their jobs. Breaking one, at the beginning of a partnership, seems like a very good reason to pull off the deal then, when you didn't have any money invested.
Netflix screwed up, it's that simple. Even if they're used to leaking their own shit to generate interest, it doesn't mean every partner will accept it lying down.
Netflix screwed up, it's that simple. Even if they're used to leaking their own shit to generate interest, it doesn't mean every partner will accept it lying down.
Yeah, sounds like Netflix really fucked up on this one. Imagine trying to work with Nintendo of all companies and going "We can have a little leak, as a treat".
People justifying Nintendo's decision. Talking about 'breach of trust'. There's a reason why the idiomatic expression "don't throw away the baby with the bath water" exists.
This was in 2015, when the Wii U was in its death throes as a catastrophic failure and nobody could predict how the market would react to the Switch. Canceling Netflix shows that would have popularized your IP over a single leak seems to be an overreaction.
This was in 2015, when the Wii U was in its death throes as a catastrophic failure and nobody could predict how the market would react to the Switch. Canceling Netflix shows that would have popularized your IP over a single leak seems to be an overreaction.
Netflix tried to do the same thing that Disney did with Sony with the Spider-man movies, trying to use public pressure to have a favored position when it comes to negotiating. Like "Now we have to do the series yes or yes, Nintendo, we have a good grip on you, haha".
It just didn't work out for Netflix.
There was no bath water to throw out let alone a baby, they'd only started to discuss whether they should even turn the tap on. Any business relationship would be hit hard by that especially in the early stages, definitely enough to end it on the spot - in the business world it's not as extreme reaction as some people here seem to think
I really doubt a live action Zelda adaptation would have worked but a stop motion Star Fox would have been great if only to see the visuals of it. Especially if they kept it in line with how the old boxart looked.
I admire and respect Nintendo for sticking to their guns. There are dozens of other content studios who can keep their mouths shut, to hell with Netflix.
Some posts in here really need to understand the difference between "leaking by accident" and "leaking on purpose with an intention behind", really.
And two years later, Nintendo released a thing called Switch with a little game called BotW and just went to revitalize and popularize their IPs on their own.
Also, nothing would've helped the Wii U. Not Netflix shows, not getting all 3rd party games, in theory not even getting GTA 5 exclusive would have. Nothing.
And two years later, Nintendo released a thing called Switch with a little game called BotW and just went to revitalize and popularize their IPs on their own.
Also, nothing would've helped the Wii U. Not Netflix shows, not getting all 3rd party games, in theory not even getting GTA 5 exclusive would have. Nothing.
I mean, trusting a company with a multi million IP, when they can't even keep basic NDAs?
Nintendo has no problem with even smaller Indies, trusting the Zelda IP to them even, so the leak probably wasn't the only red flag for them.
Nintendo has no problem with even smaller Indies, trusting the Zelda IP to them even, so the leak probably wasn't the only red flag for them.
"I mean I will still say I hate Nintendo but in this absolutely isolated incident I will in fact now say good on Nintendo for doing this one thing."
Nintendo properties heading to other media is inevitable, or at least, it's always going to wrap around back to other media here and there.
Now, imagine a dedicated streaming service/production company with only adapted Nintendo content.
Nintendo properties heading to other media is inevitable, or at least, it's always going to wrap around back to other media here and there.
Now, imagine a dedicated streaming service/production company with only adapted Nintendo content.
