The original commercial for OoT became iconic to the point that the Big N used it as a model for the Twilight Princess reveal at E3, and later recreated it during the OoT 3D marketing campaign. It's enough of a tradition that it seems like a natural thing for them to do leading up to the remake.

The commercial in question: https://youtu.be/JntHVUp7m4E?is=1TdBinNefk0tcMAA

Official 3DS remake version: https://youtu.be/Jfg6RfClZJg?is=OIPJ0UWYMEfbvuiT

What do you think? Willst they soar? Or willst they suck?

Here's a good and thorough video going over the previewed gameplay

Context: Miyamoto was inspired by Princess Mononoke

https://goodblood.games/ootmiyamotogamejin1998

Also, have you watched Goodblood's Youtube video "Ocarina of Time - A Masterclass in Subtext" yet?

https://youtu.be/GyUcwsjyd8Q?is=y4v-FlqNhxdCpj_b

Would love to have a discussion about:

Your reaction to Princess Mononoke

Your thoughts on Good Blood's video

What you think of Shintoism

What you think about including sexual traumatization in the Great Fairy

and any other related things or lore

Only footage I've seen is pulling out the sword with an attack. Like in OoT/MM. Haven't seen anyone just unsheath sword like in WW/TP and onward. Is there any confirmation on this? You can really not unsheath your sword without attacking?

I was originally super upset about the art style Nintendo chose for the new Ocarina of Time remake but I have to admit, it's growing on me.

By having said that, I changed my mind and preordered the game and increasingly do get more excited about it.

However, I still firmly believe that the remake could've been on another level if they had stuck to the old stylized cartoon art style mixed with real elements.

I'll probably love the new remake for what it is but to me personally, as someone who played the game when it was released, it's not a faithful recreation and by that very experimental.

I've been playing different Zelda games a while ago, and since I had a convenient 3ds, I tried the 3ds remake of Ocarina of Time. However I couldn't find the motivation or time (no pun intended) to play much - I still haven't gotten out of the Deku tree, I think.

I'm very excited for the remake and can't wait to play it - especially with the option to sing the notes of the ocarina as someone with a perfect pitch haha - but I'm not sure if I should finish the 3ds game before the new one.

On one hand, I already know the core "plot beats" of the story, and I want a comfortable gameplay (the new UI sounds good). But on the other, I'm worried that with all the new added features of the remake it could be too much to take in at once. (However I really enjoyed Breath of the Wild, so maybe my worries are unfounded...)

Maybe I should abandon the 3ds game and play the original on an emulator for the atmosphere??? I don't know at this point.

Edit: Wow, I never expected such an amount of replies with such an unanimous opinion haha. I'll play some other Zelda game while waiting for the switch 2 remake :]

I'm so jealous of the bonus Canada is getting! I'm from Korea, and honestly, the coin we're getting is pretty nice too. But still, Canada's bonus just hits different. It has that classic, nostalgic Zelda vibe that I miss so much.

I heard some people say that the remake will include three difficulty options:

1) Normal difficulty

2) Hard difficulty - Enemies deal double damage

3) Very Hard difficulty - Enemies deal double damage and you cannot find heart drops in the wild so you can only heal with Potions or Fairies (basically Hero Mode from the other games)

But no YouTuber showing the game previews mentioned this, or shown this...

Are people trolling or will there really be difficulty options?

I'm asking because Nintendo very rarely offers difficulty settings in their games.

What’s your guys most anticipated moment/spot/thing in the upcoming remake ? For me, it’s the shark at the lake lab. Wondering I it will be alive & realistic or just another still model chillin behind the cage lol.

Don't sell yourself short there kid...

This is on Ship + HD Textures. With my suspicions raised due to an earlier crash out of the blue, I saved immediately after the dialogue closed and sure enough it crashed as soon as I stepped away from him. When I reloaded the save he was still like this but I didn't interact with him again. I looked but couldn't find any other examples of this happening. Does anyone know if this is a known thing and I just didn't turn over the right rocks, or did I manage to find something new?

Cannot wait to sip some whisky and play Ocarina of Time. Just scooped this from the Nintendo Store in San Francisco!

My playing wasn't the best here, but never have time to record with a pianist, so posted still!

If you have questions about real ocarinas, please take a look at this redditpost :)

I feel like they’re just shoehorned in the game. If I had to guess, it was an item that was going to have more special uses that ended up getting scrapped due to time constraints and there being higher priorities, yet the programming its functionality and the bombchu bowling mini game was completed so they didn’t want to waste that effort by keeping them out of the game.

Overall it’s a very niche item with no real required uses except like once in the Spirit Temple and then when you’re playing the mini game. It’s also weird how you can just obtain them from some treasure chests, and even as one of the gold skulltula rewards iirc, but not from enemy drops.

Additionally, it got pretty much the same treatment in Majora’s Mask, and then for some reason they’re a bonus item in the Oracle games where you obtain them by side quests in the linked games, but they’re completely useless there.

It was only in Phantom Hourglass for the DS (maybe also Spirit Tracks but I don’t remember) did they become a major item that had a valid reason to exist, and the touch screen controls where it has you trace the bombchu’s path to lead it where you want it to detonate worked really well for it.

Does anyone else agree that the bombchu’s existence is kind of weird? I also wonder if the upcoming remake will do more with them, but I doubt it.

I’ve never played the original version on the N64 as I didn’t own one or have any family or friends who did. But I did play the 3DS version years ago when I was little. I never finished it back then because I was stupid and didn’t know what to do but I bought it again earlier this year after losing my original cartridge and finally beat it for the first time.

I don’t know why exactly but this game means a lot to me. It’s the first Zelda game I’ve ever played (currently playing A link Between Worlds for the first time too) and I just loved it from start to finish. The atmosphere of the game, the music, the different locations, everything just hits different. I never grew up playing the originals and don’t know why I even got so into this game, but I did.

I’ve never used a switch 1 as I lived under a rock when it came to Nintendo when it first came out so I completely missed that console. I heard about the switch 2 when it came out last year but wasn’t fully into gettibg one straight away. At first I was just thinking of getting a switch 1 lite or oled to play older games I missed. But then this remake announcement was definitely the main thing that nudged me more in the direction of the switch 2.

As the title says, I’ve never pre ordered anything before but when I watched that short first reveal and the trailer I was feeling really excited for it and was enough to make me pre order. I never really spend a lot of money on myself so this marks the first ever console I’ve bought with my own money from working.

Anyway I know this is a long post but I just felt the need to share my thoughts and maybe someone can relate.

Used a little upscale magic on screen grabs from the august teaser to make a couple of wallpapers of the tapestry.

one for ultrawide 21:9
other to 16:9 regular.

Sorry full HD only lol.

https://ibb.co/m5895BdL

https://ibb.co/tw7GJMbM

enjoy

I edited this photo.

Upper corner looks like the combined power of the sages to help create the bridge to Ganon’s Castle?

I feel like Nintendo added just enough to possibly convey the image

With Zelda's 40th anniversary coming up, I wanted to create something special!

I designed a custom Zelda-inspired skin for the Switch 2, including the Joy-Cons, console back, and dock. Each piece has its own details, but everything comes together as one complete design.

Finally finished the whole setup and put together a video to show it off!

What do you guys think? 👀