{"id":111095,"date":"2020-04-02T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/fdgs_ducktales_joke_was_actually_a_real_pitch_to_disney_but_it_never_got_the_license"},"modified":"2020-04-02T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T06:05:00","slug":"fdgs-ducktales-joke-was-actually-a-real-pitch-to-disney-but-it-never-got-the-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/02\/fdgs-ducktales-joke-was-actually-a-real-pitch-to-disney-but-it-never-got-the-license\/","title":{"rendered":"FDG&#8217;s DuckTales Joke Was Actually A Real Pitch To Disney, But It Never Got The License"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebaf9c5abeb44\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebaf9c5abeb44\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Ducktales\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebaf9c5abeb44\/ducktales.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ebaf9c5abeb44\/ducktales.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktales\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>FDG was one of the many video game companies that ran an April Fool&#8217;s joke yesterday. If you missed it, it was a pretend announcement for a new game called <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDG_Games\/status\/1245266966790705152\">DuckTales QuackShots<\/a>, which was apparently being co-developed by Game Atelier (best known for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/monster_boy_and_the_cursed_kingdom\">Monster Boy<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>At the time, a lot of fans were confused as to why a joke would feature such stunning artwork. Well, it&#8217;s actually because it was a <em>real<\/em> project. FDG made a legitimate pitch to Disney, but never got the license. Here&#8217;s the full Twitter explanation posted on 2nd April:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for the overwhelming feedback on our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DuckTales?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DuckTales<\/a> Quackshot screens. We worked hard on a legit pitch to Disney but unfortunately never got the license. It would&#8217;ve been a shame to bury the material so it became this years <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AprilFools?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AprilFools<\/a>. Maybe someday Disney will reconsider? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLzikKds4u\">pic.twitter.com\/oLzikKds4u<\/a><\/span>\u2014 FDG Entertainment (@FDG_Games) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDG_Games\/status\/1245431502999035907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As noted, instead of burying the material for it to never see the light of day, FDG thought it would make a funny joke out of the situation. In a follow-up tweet, a little more information about this project was revealed &#8211; with the developer and publisher explaining how the pitch was made between the first and second quarter of 2019. With any luck, Disney will one day reconsider.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ducktales\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/db89dcda49508\/ducktales.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/db89dcda49508\/ducktales.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktales\"><\/a><a title=\"Ducktales\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/82f78286f78ce\/ducktales.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/82f78286f78ce\/ducktales.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktales\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Ducktales\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dc92fbfae0e4d\/ducktales.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dc92fbfae0e4d\/ducktales.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktales\"><\/a><a title=\"Ducktales\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/788bc2aed1a11\/ducktales.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/788bc2aed1a11\/ducktales.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktales\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Ducktales\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3d49495c75cb5\/ducktales.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3d49495c75cb5\/ducktales.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ducktales\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Were you hoping this was a real announcement? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FDG was one of the many video game companies that ran an April Fool&#8217;s joke yesterday. If you missed it, it was a pretend announcement for a new game called DuckTales QuackShots, which was apparently being co-developed by Game Atelier (best known for Monster Boy). 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