--- title: Nintendo Reportedly Rejected Ubisoft's Zelda Game With... description: A canceled Zelda spin-off internally titled Goliath was reportedly being developed by Ubisoft Milan, featuring Ganondorf as the game's protagonist instead of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-reportedly-rejected-ubisoft-s-zelda-game-with-new-protagonist-jiwqlko6k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nintendo Reportedly Rejected Ubisoft's Zelda Game With New Protagonist | daily.dev og:description: A canceled Zelda spin-off internally titled Goliath was reportedly being developed by Ubisoft Milan, featuring Ganondorf as the game's protagonist instead of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nintendo-reportedly-rejected-ubisoft-s-zelda-game-with-new-protagonist-jiwqlko6k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JiWqLko6K.png og:image:alt: Nintendo Reportedly Rejected Ubisoft's Zelda Game With New Protagonist og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nintendo Reportedly Rejected Ubisoft's Zelda Game With New Protagonist **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A canceled Zelda spin-off internally titled Goliath was reportedly being developed by Ubisoft Milan, featuring Ganondorf as the game's protagonist instead of Link. Nintendo allegedly rejected the prototype in late November 2023, and the project was scrapped. Following the cancellation, Ubisoft Milan's team was reassigned to other projects, and some developers, including Mario + Rabbids director Davide Soliani, left the studio entirely to pursue other ventures. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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