Nintendo caught the Harry Potter bug during the Nintendo 64 and the GameCube era and hoped that they could make a game of the much-loved series. Of course, it wasn’t to be, but Nintendo tried hard to acquire the rights and we can only lament what could have been with the Kyoto-based company onboard to create an action platformer of Harry and company. Take a watch of Liam Robertson’s insight into what actually took place via Did You Know Gaming.
Video: Nintendo’s Failed Harry Potter Pitch For The Nintendo 64
That’s weird. Nintendo usually doesn’t make licensed games. Also they prefer to have creative freedom and not have to follow a plot or guidelines.
Harry Potter (the movies and books) both matured with their audience. I don’t think Nintendo would have let the games do the same if they had exclusive rights to them.
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