Nintendo Cancels Project Giant Robot

Zelda: Breath of the Wild still the last Wii U game.

By Alex Gilyadov

Project Giant Robot, Nintendo's experimental Wii U game, has officially been canceled.

The title, which never had an official name, wasn't included in Nintendo's latest earnings report. The company confirmed to Polygon that it made the decision to cancel the game "after considering our overall product and development strategy.”

Project Giant Robot was first announced at E3 2014, and centers around using the Wii U GamePad to build a robot and eventually battle with it using the built-in motion controls. The game was still being listed as part of a "Launch Schedule of Primary Nintendo Products" in Nintendo's Q3 earnings report last year.

The news of Project Giant Robot's cancellation comes after Nintendo confirmed it is no longer manufacturing Wii U consoles, with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild being the last first-party game for the system. Nintendo is preparing to release its next system, the Nintendo Switch, on March 3rd.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter. 

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