April 26, 2004 - Nintendo fans are no strangers to Zoonami. The company, founded by ex-Rare employee and Goldeneye 007 project leader Martin Hollis, has been linked to Nintendo for several years. So last week when Zoonami announced that it was working on a music-mix title called Funkydilla for various platforms, fans were confused. Especially since the studio had previously dropped hints that it was underway with a sci-fi themed action title codenamed "Game Zero."
In an e-mail update, Martin Hollis explained that Funkydilla and the project formerly codenamed "Game Zero" are two completely separate entities.
"We have projects in the works apart from Funkydilla, some are very long-term, and we can't talk about them," Hollis wrote. "'Game Zero' is a working title we don't use anymore, because it collides with an online gaming magazine."
Zoonami followers will not get a chance to see any of the company's games in the near future. "We don't plan to show any games at E3," Hollis stated. "It is a bit of a cattle-market really."
On Funkydilla, Hollis seemed to indicate that the title might not be a perfect match for GameCube. "My best judgment is that Funkydilla is not a good fit for Nintendo," he wrote. "Funkydilla will rely on heavy inward licensing, i.e. signing lots of famous artists or labels. This is not compatible with Nintendo's strategy at the moment. For some years now they have been shying away from inward licensing."
IGN will have more on both games as new information becomes available