So, for the second time, in as many as three consoles, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is being remade by Nintendo. Announced by the big red during a June 9 Nintendo Direct, it sparked the expected amount of online discourse. Some felt the teaser didn’t show enough, some thought Link looked ugly, and others didn’t really care. However, if we take the scale and probable budget for this remake into account, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake could actually be amazing.
There is so much potential to it, too. The most obvious being the gorgeous graphics that could come with this thing. We’ve already seen it, too. The Switch 2 can definitely hold its weight, as seen in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the Star Fox remake, and a lot of the third-party ports. That’s what we all want, right? Some pretty graphics. The original Ocarina of Time was already on the cutting edge for its time, so there is no reason why you shouldn’t expect the same for this one, too. It might not be PS5-level, but it might be base PlayStation 4-level visuals!
Also, another thing gamers want is lore. If you can stomach some Wii U talk for a bit, back when The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Remake came out, Nintendo released a book called Hyrule Historia. This book finally detailed some cool little tidbits about exactly what happened between all these Zelda releases. More specifically, it details the official Zelda game timeline across 276 pages. It wasn’t the most amazing thing in the world, mostly due to how you had to read it, but if the famously stingy Nintendo can do that, then why can’t they do the same for Ocarina of Time? Think about it this way: if you look at the trailer, you can see a castle, and what looks to be a sleeping Kokiri. Is this Link’s sister? His mom!? So many possibilities, embrace it, c’mon. L
astly, there are also so many potential gameplay changes the devs could make. While it probably won’t be on the scale of going from Skyward Sword to Breath of the Wild, there are still so many modernisations they could add: a bigger world, better combat, a grappling hook, and just smoother gameplay in general. Ocarina of Time still holds up in the modern day, but you have to agree that in 2026, gaming has evolved quite a bit since 1998. There are probably so many ideas and things that we can’t even fathom right now.
So while the initial reveal might have been a bit underwhelming and too secretive for the time, if you use your imagination, this Ocarina of Time remake really could be amazing. Now, where’s that The New Tetris remake, Nintendo!?
