Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Description May Suggest A Faithful 1:1 Remake

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A new description for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 suggests that the upcoming remake may be a more faithful 1:1 recreation of the original rather than a complete reimagining.

As covered by Go Nintendo, the description could be viewed on Google when searching for the official NoA website for the game. It's since been removed (presumably it just wasn't meant to be seen yet), but here's what it said:

"The N64 classic reborn as a full remake for Nintendo Switch 2. Experience Ocarina of Time with stunning visuals, updated designs, and timeless gameplay."

Now, we can't be 100% certain about this until we see more footage, but we reckon we're in for a faithful recreation of Ocarina of Time with updated visuals, designs, and maybe a few quality-of-life improvements here and there – kind of like what the 3DS remake delivered back in 2011.

As for the gameplay, however, the word "timeless" perhaps indicates that the core experience will remain unchanged. And that's fine with us. Though we recently went through a handful of things that we feel might need changing for the remake, Ocarina of Time is still a damn-near perfect experience. Why change it, right?

Hopefully we won't need to wait to long to find out more. The remake is due to release at some point this year, joining the likes of Star Fox, Splatoon Raiders, Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort.

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What do you make of this? Do you think the description indicates a more faithful, 1:1 remake of the original? Let us know your thoughts with a comment.

[source gonintendo.com]

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I really hope they show more designs. Link's has me feeling kinda lukewarm on the whole remake. Not bad but kinda ehh

I definitely think a one-to-one remake is preferable but I kind of think either one's really a doomed proposition. If it's too much like the original then it's just, "Why bother playing the remake?" and if it's too different then it's, "Why is this even a remake?"

I mostly say I'd prefer not changing it much though because 1), the relative simplicity of OoT compared to the other 3D Zelda games is probably its biggest appeal (though granted also why it's not really one of my favorites), and 2), in general anything you could do that'd make it more like BotW and TotK is just going to make me like it less. Granted maybe I'd be more favorable if not for the fact I disliked both TotK and EoW so my confidence in them doing new stuff with Zelda isn't high right now.

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