Nintendo Apparently Cancelled Zelda & Star Fox Shows Over Leaks

Nintendo reportedly cancelled The Legend of Zelda and Star Fox TV shows and “freaked out” after Netflix apparently leaked details.

skyward sword
Credit: Nintendo

The reports come via comedian and voice actor Adam Conover who claimed in a recent interview that Hollywood production company CollegeHumor was set to create a Star Fox show.

The Star Fox show was apparently set to be a stop-start animation in the style of 2009’s Fantastic Mr Fox. Conover revealed the details in a recent video interview saying that Shigeru Miyamoto even visited their offices to discuss the proposed show.

YouTube video

Conover revealed: “we had a secret project where we were going to make a claymation version of Star Fox with Nintendo.

CollegeHumor had already created a series of parody videos called Fantastic Mr Star Fox which gave us an indication as to what the Star Fox show from Netflix could have been like.

YouTube video

In the same interview Conover also revealed that there was supposed to be a Legend of Zelda series on Netflix. After details were apparently intentionally leaked, Nintendo “freaked out” and cancelled both shows.

In 2015 there was this news that Netflix was going to make a Legend of Zelda television show… it was supposed to be live-action show and it got a lot of coverage in the gaming press,” said Conover

Conover continued: “I heard from my boss that we weren’t going to do Star Fox anymore. I thought that was weird, so I asked him what happened and he said, ‘oh, someone at Netflix leaked the Legend of Zelda thing… Nintendo freaked out’.

In my personal opinion, if these reports are true, this is a damn shame. I’m sure the Star Fox series would have been great but it’s the cancelled Legend of Zelda show that disappointments me the most.

ocarina of time
Credit: Nintendo

Netflix has been knocking it out the park lately with video game adaptations, with the likes of Castlevania and Dragons Dogma and more on the way such as Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, and Sonic the Hedgehog.

Hopefully both the Star Fox and Legend of Zelda shows aren’t entirely dead in the water, and Nintendo might reconsider reviving these shows in the near future!

Shop With GameByte!

Don’t forget you can find some of these great games and more through the new GameByte Shop! The GameByte Shop is stocked up with the latest games, merch and accessories. We might even have a new-gen console or two! Find the shop here and sign up to our newsletter to be notified of our console drops. Please note the GameByte Shop is available for UK customers only.

Featured Image Credit: Nintendo