Nintendo has revealed that its remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will launch solely for Nintendo Change 2 on November 5, 2026.
The announcement got here throughout Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda fortieth Anniversary Direct on September 8. Collection producer Eiji Aonuma additionally confirmed the primary gameplay from the remake.
Initially launched for the Nintendo 64 in 1998, Ocarina of Time has been rebuilt for a brand new technology. Nintendo says the remake options utterly overhauled visuals, refreshed sound, and symphonic orchestral music.
The sport additionally introduces a number of adjustments to its controls and presentation. Gamers can now bounce and run utilizing newly added button instructions. Digicam controls have additionally been up to date, with the Proper Stick offering extra freedom of motion.
A extra detailed Hyrule
Nintendo has reworked the sport’s places with extra particulars and a extra dynamic presentation.
Characters will now be absolutely voiced throughout expanded cutscenes, with extra dialogue all through the journey. The day-and-night cycle will even proceed no matter the place Hyperlink is, together with when he’s in cities.
The remake provides a brand new function referred to as Threads of Time. Gamers can examine their progress within the story and consider their subsequent goal at any level in the course of the journey. A big tapestry will progressively fill in as Hyperlink’s journey progresses.
Nintendo has additionally expanded how gamers work together with the sport’s iconic ocarina. Gamers can hum a track Hyperlink has already realized, and the sport will acknowledge the melody by the Nintendo Change 2’s built-in microphone. Hyperlink will then play the corresponding track on his ocarina.
The sport will even help new playable and electrical ocarinas coming later this yr.
New options by ZELDA NOTES
Ocarina of Time will even obtain help by ZELDA NOTES, a game-specific service out there by the Nintendo Change App on appropriate sensible gadgets.
The service will let gamers view a chronological document of their day by day accomplishments, together with statistics such because the variety of enemies defeated.
One other function, Gossip Quest, challenges gamers to find areas within the sport primarily based on trace photographs. Finishing these challenges earns factors towards music scores for the digital ocarina.
Gamers can even use their sensible machine as a digital ocarina. They will observe a information, have songs performed robotically, or create their very own music scores and share them by QR codes.
ZELDA NOTES will even embody an Ocarina of Time Quiz with greater than 2,000 questions. Gamers can take the quiz as soon as a day or spend rupees earned within the sport for extra makes an attempt.
A bodily version with particular packaging
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Nintendo says the primary print run of the bodily model will include particular packaging that includes textured foil cowl artwork. The particular packaging shall be out there whereas provides final.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time launches solely for Nintendo Change 2 on November 5, 2026. Nintendo lists the sport at US$59.99.
The remake is a part of Nintendo’s broader celebration of The Legend of Zelda‘s fortieth anniversary, which will even embody anniversary {hardware} and equipment, concert events, new amiibo, and the upcoming live-action The Legend of Zelda film.