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When Nintendo tried to buy the Harry Potter rights

February 11, 2015.

Unseen64, a website specialized in unreleased videogames, has released an article telling something (on our opinion) really weird: in 1998, Nintendo developed a pitch to lock down exclusive access to the Harry Potter rights – including movies too. The article also reveals a lot of details of the deal (including a Quidditch Videogame!), why J.K. Rowling disagreed, and some concept art.

Read Nintendo’s Harry Potter [Pitch / Cancelled]

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