Retro Studios once pitched a Final Fantasy Tactics-like Zelda game to Nintendo

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Retro Studios, the team behind Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns, once pitched a Zelda game for the Nintend…

Retro Studios, the team behind Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns, once pitched a Zelda game for the Nintendo DS akin to Final Fantasy Tactics.

The game itself would have starred a young boy named Kori, who happens upon Ganon's magical book in an antique shop. It is at this point that the Final Fantasy Tactics-like gameplay would come into effect, and the game would be split across two timelines - two thirds would have taken place in the past and one third of the the game would have taken place in the present.

"Gameplay in the heroes' world consists of turn-based strategy and puzzle solving," a design document for Heroes of Hyrule reads. Meanwhile, as players completed various quests in the past, Kori would have gained additional knowledge in the present, allowing him to progress further in his version of the world .

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