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During the “Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct 2026.9.8” stream on September 8, Nintendo announced that a remake of the 1998 NINTENDO64 title The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will launch for Nintendo Switch 2 on November 5, 2026, and released new footage. Reaction on 5ch was split: some praised the polished, detailed graphics, while others repeatedly voiced discomfort with the visual texture, calling it “too shiny” or “like LEGO plastic.” Posters also expressed disappointment that the 40th-anniversary milestone brought a remake rather than a brand-new entry, along with gripes about the hardware’s price.
Published 9/8 (Tue) 23:25
It’s been decided: a remake of the massively popular game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 on November 5, 2026. The announcement came during today’s “Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct 2026.9.8” stream, which also revealed new footage.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an action-adventure/action-RPG released by Nintendo for the NINTENDO 64 (N64) on November 21, 1998.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Ocarina's my favorite out of these
Oka-myon, komatsuna style (a cutesy nickname for Ocarina paired with a random leafy green — classic 5ch non-sequitur humor)
Honestly, he might be the cutest character in the whole lineup now.
Hope the disabled crowd gets some good games too (5ch slang — an auto word-filter often swaps in "disabled" as a dig at a fanbase, likely Switch/Nintendo fans here)
Wonder if the camera and movement restrictions will be gone?
No price was announced either.
Just hoping it doesn't end up giving off major "this isn't it" vibes.
Even without a remake, just sell a digital version of the original so we can play it on Switch already.
Theory: the number of remakes that have actually succeeded is zero.
it's coming it's coming it's coming it's coming, finally coming
No point announcing something that won't even come out until at least 2029
Bring back that cringe scene where someone yells and Link flinches, would ya.
This, that, remake after remake…
Guess they're just out of ideas.
It was basically open world for its era.
Well, yeah, of course it is.
Oh, okay.
Nintendo's turned into a pretty pathetic company.
Hey Nintendo — I get that you want to sell consoles, but could you at least remake stuff that's over 10 years old for Windows too?
You can feel the "we will not screw this up" determination.
New feature incoming!
The disabled crowd's weirdly worked up about this lol (again, 5ch's filtered term for a jab at a fanbase — likely Switch/Nintendo fans)
Background and key points of debate
Ocarina of Time originally launched for the NINTENDO64 on November 21, 1998, and was previously remade once before, for the 3DS in 2011 (Ocarina of Time 3D). This marks a second remake, positioned as a flagship title for the new Switch 2 hardware. Thread opinion split mainly over the graphics’ texture, with complaints that it looked “too shiny” or “like LEGO or plastic” coexisting alongside praise that it was “polished and doesn’t feel like a lazy remake.” A second point of contention was disappointment that the 40th-anniversary milestone produced a remake announcement rather than a brand-new title, with some grumbling that “it’s remake after remake — they’re out of ideas.” Note that as of the September 8 announcement, the price of the software itself hadn’t been revealed; the “¥60,000” figure mentioned in the thread actually referred to the Switch 2 console’s price, a detail that’s easy to misread. The scene of Link flying over a lake with a bird, shown in the footage, appears to be a new addition not present in the original, suggesting this may not be a straightforward port.
*This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake — November 5 Release Confirmed, New Footage Revealed.”
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