The Wii U ALMOST Had a New F-Zero Game at Launch

[Hope(N Forever)]

News site Nintendo Life revealed today that in early 2011 Nintendo of Europe approached Burnout series developer Criterion Games to work on a pitch for a new F-Zero game which they hoped to unveil at E3 that same year alongside the then-unreleased Wii U console, and potentially release the game during the console's launch period. However, the developer was unable to handle the pitch as, at the time, they devoted much of their resources into the development of 2012's Need for Speed: Most Wanted for multiple platforms. The site was tipped by an anonymous, yet "reliable" source, but they had confirmed this information when Criterion co-founder Alex Ward (who left the company in 2014) admitted that Nintendo of Europe did indeed approach the company for a potential F-Zero game on the Wii U.

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[Drasiana]

I think this is interesting. Just another example of the fact that, when game projects don't pan out, it's not a direct attack on its fans but just a matter of things not working out behind the scenes.