After months of rumors, Nintendo finally revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake was real back in June. While that reveal was purely cinematic, today’s Nintendo Direct for The Legend of Zelda showed off gameplay for the remake and offered a closer look at its updated art direction.
The Switch 2 exclusive stays true to the 1998 original’s aesthetics, while showcasing a huge upgrade visually. Link’s hat and tunic, for example, showcase detailed threading and embroidering, along with berries on his cap. The lighting system looks fantastic, too, as sunlight pokes through the forest as Link heads to the Great Deku Tree.
As for gameplay, players will have a button for Link to jump and dash. That may sound silly to younger people who grew up on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, but it’s a huge change from the Nintendo 64 title. How the jump button could possibly impact dungeon design wasn’t addressed but should prove interesting later this year.
Overall, the first gameplay revealed for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake seemed to address a lot of my concerns of a simple remaster for the game. The Switch 2 title seems faithful while still altering enough for modern audiences–and those of us who played the original (or 3DS remaster) plenty of times already.
Long considered to be the greatest Legend of Zelda game–until the Switch era at least, thanks to Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom–Ocarina of Time was originally released for the Nintendo 64 console. The first 3D Zelda game, Ocarina of Time, was a trailblazer and laid the foundation that future entries in the franchise would emulate.
The game has received multiple ports and remasters over the years, and out of all of them, the 3DS version is considered the best of the best thanks to the various quality-of-life changes added to the game–including some welcome revisions to the Water Dungeon.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake will launch November 5 on Switch 2.
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