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EXCLUSIVE: How Ubisoft and Nintendo’s Partnership Ended With a Canceled Zelda Title - Insider Gaming
Publisher description: Ubisoft and Nintendo were once going to develop a Zelda title together, but the game was cancelled following its prototype in late 2023.
NewsAPI | Sep 24, 2026 | Tom Henderson
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Ubisoft Milan once pitched Nintendo on an original Zelda spinoff starring a previously unknown protagonist, according to sources familiar with the project. In the months after leaving Ubisoft Milan, the Italian gaming publication Multiplayer. it asked Gian Marco Zanna, a near-25-year Ubisoft veteran, why he, Davide Soliani, and several colleagues had decided to leave the company and form their own studio, Day 4 Night. Discussions between Nintendo and Ubisoft Milan about their next collaboration began soon after, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
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