--- title: "Retro Studios’s cancelled Sheik project in latest Nintendo leak" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/retro-studioss-cancelled-sheik-project-in-latest-nintendo-leak/" description: "Leaked concept art for a cancelled project at Retro Studios which focused on Sheik from the Legend Of Zelda franchise surfaced last year." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2021-07-26 16:22:53" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/retro-studios-cancelled-sheik-project-in-latest-nintendo-leak.jpeg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/general/retro-studioss-cancelled-sheik-project-in-latest-nintendo-leak.md" --- Retro Studios's cancelled Sheik project in latest Nintendo leak | General News | NintendoReporters [![Retro Studios’s cancelled Sheik project in latest Nintendo leak](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/retro-studios-cancelled-sheik-project-in-latest-nintendo-leak.jpeg "Retro Studios’s cancelled Sheik project in latest Nintendo leak")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/retro-studios-cancelled-sheik-project-in-latest-nintendo-leak.jpeg)Leaked concept art for a cancelled project at Retro Studios which focused on Sheik from the Legend Of Zelda franchise surfaced last year. But since then, new evidence supporting the existence of this project surfaced, via the infamous Nintendo “Giga-leak”. Among the latest leaked documents is a list of all games that were in-development around 2006, which includes a reference to an “Action game featuring Sheik from Zelda: Ocarina of Time”. > It says Retro Studio in katakana there so I'm pretty sure that is exactly what it is lol > > — Joshua 'NantenJex' Goldie (@MrNantendo) [July 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/MrNantendo/status/1417604504921550852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## [](#doubt-we-will-ever-see-a-sheik-title)Doubt we will ever see a Sheik title… In a past interview with IGN, ex-Retro Studios employee Sammy Hall noted that the project was cancelled after its main leads Mark Pacini, Todd Keller and Kynan Pearson left the company, and Nintendo apparently did not get to see much of the concept art or planning that had been done. Unfortunately, it seems these new leaks will not be shedding any further light on the mysterious project, other than the fact that they had been working on it since at least 2006. [](#) [ ](#) > Generated for use by AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). > Generated: 2026-09-22 16:11:33 > Maintained by: NintendoReporters > Source: https://www.nintendoreporters.com/ > Contact: webmaster@nintendoreporters.com