The rumors had been true: Nintendo is remaking The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Nintendo Swap 2. The remake of the Nintendo 64 basic, broadly hailed as among the best video games of all time, will arrive in 2026 to mark The Legend of Zelda sequence’ fortieth anniversary.
Little was proven, however the sport seems to utterly overhaul the look of the unique Nintendo 64 model — and depart drastically from Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom‘s visible model. Nintendo describes the brand new Ocarina of Time as being “reborn” on Swap 2.
The reveal trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026) is temporary and options narration from the Nice Deku Tree that is much like the opening scene of the unique sport. Hyperlink, the lone Kokiri villager with no fairy, is proven sleeping restlessly. Within the unique Ocarina of Time, Hyperlink is having a imaginative and prescient of Sheik and Zelda escaping Hyrule Citadel whereas being pursued by Ganondorf. Within the remake, we see the Triforce start to glow on Hyperlink’s left hand throughout this nightmare.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was initially launched in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 console. The follow-up to The Legend of Zelda: Hyperlink’s Awakening, Ocarina of Time radically modified the sequence from a 2D, top-down perspective to full 3D environments. The sport additionally launched ideas just like the target-lock system (aka Z-targeting) and context-sensitive buttons, which have since turn out to be commonplace in 3D journey video games.
Nintendo re-released Ocarina of Time for the GameCube in 2003, bundling it with the tougher Grasp Quest sport mode as a part of a pre-order bonus for The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. A remake, that includes stereoscopic 3D results and high quality of life enhancements, was launched for Nintendo 3DS in 2011.
Different video games within the Zelda franchise have been rereleased with “HD” or “DX” visible updates, together with The Wind Waker, Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess. Maybe probably the most radical reimagining so far has been the Swap model of Hyperlink’s Awakening, which was rereleased in 2019 with a daring new graphical model.
Earlier this 12 months, Nintendo and Lego launched a buildable model of the enduring remaining battle from Ocarina of Time. The 1,003-piece Lego set contains a large Ganondorf and minifigure variations of Hyperlink and Zelda. Obtainable now, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remaining Battle Lego set prices $129.99.
Nintendo additionally has huge plans for The Legend of Zelda franchise in 2027. A live-action film from director Wes Ball will convey the Zelda sequence to the massive display screen for the primary time. The untitled Legend of Zelda film stars Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor) as Hyperlink and Bo Bragason (Renegade Nell) as Princess Zelda and opens in theaters on April 30, 2027.