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Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (1995)
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The game was going to be developed for the Super Famicon system and would have been called Street Fighter Classic.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month May 9, 2017
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Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015)
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Attachment A girl featured in the concept art of a pitch by Creative Assembly for a new Resident Evil game bears a striking resemblance to Natalia Korda from Resident Evil: Revelations 2. The images, by Brad Wright, depict a girl on a hospital bed and show her having some kind of unnatural powers. These story elements were all later included in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. Wright put the images online in 2015 a few months after the release of the game, though his statements imply that the pitch was made years before then.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea, Inspiration, Similarities, Theory
person Mass Distraction calendar_month May 7, 2017
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Company: Disney Interactive Studios
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Attachment A racing game spin-off of Epic Mickey was originally planned for development with the title Epic Disney Racers. The game would've been similar to the racing game Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Concept artwork shows that the playable characters were Oswald, Mickey, Minnie, Cruella De Vil, Scrooge McDuck, The Mad Doctor, Huey, Duey, and Louie. The game was scrapped due to Disney switching their focus to the mobile gaming market.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person CLXcool calendar_month May 5, 2017
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Epic Donald
Epic Donald (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Disney Interactive Studios (Company)
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Attachment According to artist Pat Block, there were plans for an Epic Mickey follow-up titled Epic Donald. The game would have featured Donald Duck and elements from the Carl Barks comics. The game was canceled due to the dismal failure of Epic Mickey II and the switch to focus on the mobile gaming market.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person CLXcool calendar_month April 28, 2017
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Daikoukai Frontier (Game)
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Attachment Ruby Heart was going to get her own game in 2014 for mobile phones called Dai Koukai Frontier ("Great Voyage Frontier"), but the game has been indefinitely postponed.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month April 25, 2017
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Franchise: Final Fantasy
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Attachment In the 1990's, Disney was planning on doing a four issue comic based off of the Final Fantasy series. Most of the cover work was done by Mike Mignola (creator of the Hellboy comics). Only two covers for the proposed comic were drawn. Kurt Busiek, who wrote the comic, explained a bit about working on the comic:

"I didn't actually pitch for the project. I was asked to write it by the editor, either because he liked my work or because I was in the same state as the Square offices or both. So I visited the offices, they loaned me a bunch of stuff, I played the game and wrote up an outline.

It was after that that they told me they liked my outline but they were working on the new iteration of the game, so could I retool that story to be about that? They sent lots of reference on the new game, and there was just no way to do the first outline with characters from the new game, so they paid me a kill fee for the outline and I started from scratch with the new story outline.

The comic was quietly cancelled in 1993 when Disney's Hollywood Comic studio closed its doors.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person CLXcool calendar_month April 24, 2017
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Liyla and the Shadows of War
Liyla and the Shadows of War (2016)
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Liyla and The Shadows of War was originally rejected for iOS devices because Apple didn't think the app's strong political themes would be appropriate in the "Games" category. Apple then suggested that developer Rasheed Abueideh re-categorize the game as a "News" or "Reference" app. Apple rescinded this decision a week later after a public outcry, and the game is now available on iOS devices under the "Games" category.
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Cancelled Release, Development, General, Real Life
person MeleeWaluigi calendar_month April 22, 2017
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Franchise: Beavis and Butt-head
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Attachment In 1996, Atari developed a beat em' up arcade game of Beavis and Butthead that never made it past prototyping due to poor testing. The prototype was eventually restored in 2016, and is the only functioning cabinet for the game that exists.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person CLXcool calendar_month April 17, 2017
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Metal Slug Zero Online
Metal Slug Zero Online (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Metal Slug (Collection)
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Attachment A massively multiplayer online game called Metal Slug Zero was being developed by WIZ Hands back in 2009. The project was going to be a top-down shooter with online capabilities. It was later cancelled due to lack of progress by WIZ and, according to the publisher Dragonfly, did not meet industry standards.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month April 16, 2017
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The Witcher
The Witcher (2007)
subdirectory_arrow_right The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf (Game)
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A console version for the game was developed for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 named "The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf". It was going to feature enhanced graphics, a new combat system, and would be rebuilt pixel by pixel for the consoles. However, the project never come to fruition due to internal problems between CD Projekt and Widescreen Games (the developer responsible for making the port).
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Cancelled Release, Development
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month April 14, 2017
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Franchise: The Witcher
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Attachment In 1996, the development studio Metropolis wanted to make the first videogame based around "The Witcher" book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The project was never completed as it turned out to be too ambitious, with the only thing remaining from the project being articles and screenshots.

Before Metropolis started development there was no English translation of the title or the books themselves, making Metropolis responsible for the English title The Witcher.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month April 12, 2017
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Sonic DS
Sonic DS (TBA)
subdirectory_arrow_right Sonic The Hedgehog (Franchise)
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Attachment At E3 2004, SEGA displayed a tech demo of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Nintendo DS simply named 'Sonic DS'. The game played by swiping back and forth on the bottom touch screen to allow Sonic to gain speed.
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person Yoshispacedragon calendar_month April 6, 2017
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Company: Arika
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Attachment Arika, the developer of the Street Fighter EX series, posted screenshots in 2011 of a project codenamed "Fighting Sample" for the 3DS featuring characters from Street Fighter EX. Very little was shown of the project, and it has most likely been cancelled.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month April 5, 2017
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
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An extension for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time originally known as URA Zelda was originally going to be released by Nintendo before it was ultimately cancelled. It may have been cancelled because it was planned to be released for the N64 Disc Drive, which was released late in the console's lifecycle and undersold in most markets. What was known, however, was that it would have added new features to the game, such as Link's footsteps appearing in sand, having damaged trees, having bushes and grass damaged for the entire game, and changing up dungeons.

In 2012, a Youtuber named ZethN64 said he was going to try and recreate URA Zelda. He and his team wanted to make their own new dungeons, story, and soundtrack for the game. It was unfortunately cancelled, as there were conflicts within the team as well as ZethN64 disappearing.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Arachnus calendar_month March 5, 2017
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Skies of Arcadia
Skies of Arcadia (2000)
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There was going to be a sequel to Skies of Arcadia called Skies of Arcadia 2 for the GameCube and PS2, as confirmed by interviews with developers from the original team. The game never got beyond the planning phase, however, and it was ultimately never created.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person MeleeWaluigi calendar_month February 17, 2017
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Platform: Dreamcast
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Attachment In 2001, Sega teamed up with Pace to create a Dreamcast/cable box hybrid. The box was apparently meant to switch between live TV and downloaded games (including demos). It would also have had an internal 40GB HDD to store data.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person retrolinkx calendar_month January 24, 2017
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Carrier
Carrier (2000)
subdirectory_arrow_right Carrier 2: The Next Mutation (Game)
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Carrier was going to get a sequel for PlayStation 2 called Carrier: The Next Mutation. The game was cancelled for unknown reasons, though it is speculated it may have had something to do with Jaleco's financial troubles at the time.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month January 19, 2017
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Collection: Shantae
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Shantae director Matt Bozon has revealed that there were plenty of prototypes of games for Shantae that never made it off of the drawing board. These include things such as a spline-scroller (like Namco's Klonoa), a open-world 3D game (similar to Super Mario 64), and a 3D platformer. He even hinted that they were going to be released for the PS2, PC, and Nintendo Gamecube. Matt Bozon states:

"We had a polygonal Shantae that could be run around in three distinct gameplay 'gyms'. One was a spline-scroller (like Namco's Klonoa), one was a free-range 3D like Mario 64, and the last was an isometric 3D platformer. We've done a lot of exploration in this area" Shantae was a sprite/3D hybrid for PlayStation and PC, and was free-roaming on the PlayStation 2. She even rode a river raft on the GameCube. It's possible that we'll see a polygonal Shantae down the line, but only if it serves the style of gameplay we want to create at the time."
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Cancelled Release, Development, Early Idea
person CLXcool calendar_month January 7, 2017
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Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution (2024)
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Attachment Before Shantae: Risky's Revenge for DSi, Wayforward was developing a Shantae game for the Game Boy Advance called "Shantae 2: Risky Revolution", also known as Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution. The game was about 50% completed before it was cancelled, and some of the game's graphics and ideas were reused for Risky's Revenge. The game would later be completed in 2024 and see an official release for both the GBA and modern consoles.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Mass Distraction calendar_month December 31, 2016
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Collection: Sabreman
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The fifth and final game in the Sabreman series, Mire Mare, was planned by the developers but never released. It was intended to be Ultimate Play the Game's "swan song" before Ultimate was sold out to U.S. Gold. Unfortunately, the sell was completed faster than expected and Mire Mare was never released.

Three of the Sabreman games reference Mire Mare as part of their plots. The second game, Underwurlde, actually contains three exits for the player to finish the game. Two of these exits inform the player to continue on to Knight Lore and Pentagram, the third and fourth games in the series, respectively. The last exit tells the player to continue to Mire Mare. Additionally, both Knight Lore and Pentagram leave messages upon completion telling the player to go to Mire Mare as well.
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Cancelled Release, Development
person Kakariko Kid calendar_month December 29, 2016
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