To me Ocarina Of Time 2026 feels less like a remake and more like merch of the original game, but in videogame form
What? No, I have no opinions on "The Legend of Zelda". I have never cared about that game series OR its in-universe timeline OR its gender politics in my entire life. I don't even like Nintendo games. I'm a Sega fan, and care only for its flagship high-fantasy franchise, "Puyo Pu
Thinking about how they basically named the very first Zelda game "THE HIGH(rule) FANTASY", in case anyone was still wondering what genre it was
I don't think there's any videogame fandom that was ever quite as religiously fixated on the lore as the Zelda fandom circa the 00's-early 10's. I can't think of anything else where something like the Hyrule Historia timeline would've caused anywhere near as much divisiveness.
Both Super Mario Sunshine and The Wind Waker's plots essentially broke my teen heart and convinced me that both of these franchises would never "grow up" and have new and surprising plot trajectories and narrative climaxes ever again.
And I hate to say it, but I wasn't too wrong.
Nintendo's greatest videogame SFX design decision was when they had fairies in Majora's Mask and Ocarina Of Time make *that* noise when they collide with stuff.
I'm actually surprised to recall that both Link's Awakening (1993) and EarthBound (1994) had in-game main quest hint services that, while out-of-the-way, were actually mostly functional and effective – a strangely anachronistic quality-of-life feature.