Tom Henderson: Ubisoft Milan pitched Nintendo a Zelda game starring Ganondorf

According to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, Ubisoft Milan previously pitched Nintendo an original The Legend of Zelda spin-off codenamed Goliath, which would have featured a completely new protagonist. Nintendo reportedly liked the concept and asked Ubisoft Milan to make the player character Ganondorf instead, but rejected the prototype in November 2023 for unclear reasons, and the project was cancelled with the team split across other Ubisoft projects. Henderson says the report is based on more than 18 months of research for his forthcoming book about cancelled games.