The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is getting co-op with compatibility for up to four players. The exciting development arrives just days after Ocarina of Time officially released for the Nintendo Switch 2.
The Zelda series has largely been a single-player franchise since its inception, though there have been some occasional exceptions. Games like The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords and Tri Force Heroes have had an emphasis on co-op gameplay, and the Hyrule Warriors spin-off franchise has also given players the option of two-player co-op.
Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Gets Co-Op
Zelda: Ocarina of Time can now be played in co-op, with anywhere from two to four players joining in. The development comes by way of a gamer called daurosk, who has already released a build of a mod that allows gamers to play together. However, the mod comes with some caveats, with the first being that it’s currently in a beta phase, and is incomplete. Due to its beta stage, there are some issues with synchronization between players, which currently includes ocarina songs not being audible to all in the game, and fishing can’t be played together. However, most weapons work, enemies can be fought together, and equipment like items, songs, heart containers, and more are shared.
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Additionally, players will need to keep a couple of things in mind regarding this mod. Currently, the mod is designed to work with an emulated copy of Ocarina of Time, so it’s not natively running off of one’s PC. However, a recompilation of the game to make it run natively is expected to follow at some point. Further, like many other mod projects recently, players can’t simply download Ocarina of Time with the mod and get started. Instead, gamers need to provide their own files for the game itself, with the mod only supplying what’s necessary to get the co-op functionality up and running.
While plenty of gamers have been figuring out how to decompile games courtesy of new AI tools, it remains to be seen how Nintendo and other game publishers respond. AI LLM Claude recently released an update that is supposed to prevent users from readily reverse-engineering games or creating direct clones, but there are plenty of LLMs to choose from, so it hasn’t done much to stem the tide of things like games being decompiled and ported to PC. Nintendo is notoriously litigious, so it’s likely only a matter of time before it begins taking action against individual projects or the AI tools used to make them, though.
Although it might not make game publishers and developers happy, there have been plenty of recent projects like this one. Ocarina of Time was made playable on PC on the very same day that it launched for the Switch 2, while Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Wind Waker were also made playable on PC by players in October, to name just a few. As AI tools become faster and more accessible, it’s likely that many more games will see similar treatment in the weeks and months to come.
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November 5, 2026
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Everyone 10+ / Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence
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Nintendo
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Nintendo
