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Nintendo Opens Preorders For Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Remake

The remake adds systems the 1998 original never had, including a jump button, in-town time passage, and app-linked quests, so the release is a rework of the source game rather than a port with new graphics.

Key Facts

  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake launches for Nintendo Switch 2 on November 5.
  • The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 console, Pro Controller, and carrying case ship on October 29.
  • The 40th Anniversary Edition set on Amazon.co.jp lists at 24,138 yen as of October 14 and includes a Pro Controller pouch, acrylic coaster, and early purchase art cards and stickers.
  • New amiibo for Young Link and Young Zelda ship in 2027 and unlock in-game masks.
  • The Nintendo Switch App's Ocarina of Time Quiz has over 2,000 questions, and rupees earned in the app can be used in-game and vice versa.

Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, ASCII.jp, Anime Corner.

Nintendo Opens Preorders For Ocarina Of Time Switch 2 Remake

Nintendo began streaming an overview trailer on Wednesday for its Nintendo Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and opened preorders ahead of a November 5 launch. The trailer introduces the Hall of Fallen Foes, an area where statues of defeated enemies let players rematch bosses. The remake adds traditional camera controls, motion controls, a jump button, and a roll dash action. An item can be equipped to the ZR button and swapped through a pop-up menu. A Threads of Time menu recaps the story and shows the next objective, and time now passes in town. Players can hum into the Switch 2 microphone to play music in-game, and the game recognizes music from a purchasable ocarina. The game supports the Zelda Notes function in the Nintendo Switch App, including Today's Record, Gossip Quests, and an Ocarina of Time Quiz with over 2,000 questions. New amiibo for Young Link and Young Zelda ship in 2027. The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Edition Switch 2 console, Pro Controller, and carrying case ship on October 29.

The 40th Anniversary Edition bundle that pairs the console with a matching Pro Controller and carrying case ships on October 29, before the game itself. A separate set on Amazon.co.jp lists at 24,138 yen as of October 14 and packs a specially designed Pro Controller, a display stand, the packaged game, an EVA-shell pouch, an acrylic coaster, and early purchase art cards and stickers.

Compatibility runs through the Nintendo Switch App: rupees earned in the app can be spent in-game and the reverse, and ocarina scores earned from Gossip Quests points feed the app's Play Ocarina function. The two amiibo ship in 2027 and unlock in-game masks for Young Link and Young Zelda. The original Ocarina of Time debuted on Nintendo 64 in November 1998 in the U.S. and Japan, with Europe and Australia following in December, and later appeared on GameCube collection discs, the Wii Virtual Console, and the Nintendo Classics app. The 3DS remaster arrived in June 2011. The franchise's live-action film now opens April 30, 2027.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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