It’s a secret to everybody: Nintendo shuts down fan-made Zelda film

The world will never see what may well be the greatest film ever created. Unfortunately, the Zelda fan film The Hero of Time, which took a massive four years of love from dedicated fans to construct, has been taken down on order of Nintendo. Personally, I suspect the company just couldn’t handle the idea of fans putting their games’ storytelling to shame.

Hey, everyone. We just wanted to let you know that Dec. 31 was the last day that The Hero of Time was available for viewing. We came to an agreement with Nintendo earlier this month to stop distributing the film. In the spirit of the holiday season they were good enough to let us keep the movie up for you to watch and enjoy through the end of 2009, but not past 2009. We understand Nintendo’s right to protect its characters and trademarks and understand how in order to keep their property unspoiled by fan’s interpretation of the franchise, Nintendo needs to protect itself — even from fan-works with good intentions.

Check out the trailer after the jump. It looks like the film is based on the Ocarina of Time story line, which is to say that it’s based on the storyline of every Zelda game.

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