After months of rumors and speculation, Nintendo has made one of the fans’ most repeated wishes come true: the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time It is now official and will arrive this year on Nintendo Switch 2.
The announcement was made during the Nintendo Direct held today, where the Japanese company surprised players with the first trailer for the project. The images shown made it clear that we are facing a complete reconstruction of the classic, with a completely renewed visual section that takes the legendary adventure to a new level. It is not the first time that the Japanese company Nintendo has remakes of the Zelda saga games, but until now they had been (as in The Wind Waker o Twilight Princess) enhanced or 3D versions, not such ambitious complete reconstructions. In the video shown today we could see for the first time the appearance of the great protagonist of the saga, Link, in this reinterpretation.
Ocarina of Time It is considered by many, there is nothing, as the best video game in history and, in fact, it has the highest score ever (99 out of 100) on the great digital review aggregator, Metacritic. Although Nintendo has not yet revealed all the details about the new features that this version will incorporate, everything indicates that it will be a profound reimagining of the title that debuted on the Nintendo 64 console almost three decades ago. The company seems determined to preserve the essence that made it Ocarina of Time in a historical work, while updating its visual section and, predictably, some of its mechanics to adapt them to current standards. The date does not seem coincidental, since the film based on the saga is already on the horizon, and this remake It can serve as a perfect prelude to the film.
Without a doubt, this is one of the most shocking announcements of the season. And we are talking about a year in which, in its second half, there will be many highly anticipated games such as The Blood of Dawnwalker, Marvel’s Wolverine o Gears of War: E-Day. Above all, of course, GTA VIthe most anticipated game of the decade, which will be a cultural and economic event. Ocarina of Time It had been topping the list of remakes most requested by the community for years; Now, with its return confirmed, all that remains is to know the exact release date to tour the lands of Hyrule again on a new generation of consoles.