Hyrule Warriors is good fun, but once upon a time Nintendo reportedly thought it would hurt the international Zelda brand
Briefly

Within NOA [Nintendo of America] there was a lot of worry [that] this game's not going to be good or this is going to drop the status of Zelda. Like maybe we should just tell Japan we're not going to put it out and just keep it in Japan.
they moved past them, with Ellis and Yang noting that they eventually "got over it" leading to Hyrule Warriors releasing on the Wii U in 2014.
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