RUMOR: Nintendo Tried Making a Game with HUGE Property (UPDATE: HARRY POTTER)

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SJReiter on 07 February 2015

Don't know how reputable this guy is, but check this out:

Wow .__. we just found something crazy. Nintendo was trying to make a licensed game around one of the biggest properties I can think of.
— Liam (@liamrobertson.bsky) (@Doctor_Cupcakes) February 7, 2015

FYI, we are talking like Star Wars level big. If it wasn't from an official source, I simply would have not believed it.
— Liam (@liamrobertson.bsky) (@Doctor_Cupcakes) February 7, 2015

Will update if/when he reveals what property it was.

UPDATE: It was Harry Potter. An old rumor from like 15+ years ago. Lame.

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DialgaMarine on 07 February 2015

God I hate people who do this...

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Squeezol on 07 February 2015

Quite a useless tweet... He doesn't even know what the property is himself.

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RealGamingExpert on 07 February 2015

Sounds interesting, but I have never heard of that guy...

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Soundwave on 07 February 2015

Star Wars-level big implies maybe something along the lines of Tolkien or Marvel. Maybe Lord of the Rings?

That said I hope this guy is confusing an (very) old report from the late 1990s, when Nintendo was bidding for the rights to the Harry Potter franchise (which UK-based Rare was going to develop). EA ended up winning the contract instead.