Google AI Lead Deletes Post Claiming Ocarina of Time Remake Ran on iPhone Duo
Ammaar Reshi, lead product and design for Google AI Studio, posted on X on November 7 that he ran the full remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on an iPhone Duo using Gemini 4.
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Why it matters
The deletion leaves the ethics question open: a Google AI product lead publicly described rewriting Switch execution code to run a Nintendo game on Apple hardware, a method that may conflict with Nintendo's terms against copying and modifying software.
Key Facts
- Ammaar Reshi is lead product and design for Google AI Studio at Google.
- Reshi posted on X on November 7 that he ran the Ocarina of Time remake on an iPhone Duo using Gemini 4.
- The post was deleted one day after it was posted, with the reason not made clear.
- The Ocarina of Time remake released for Nintendo Switch 2 on November 5.
- Nintendo Switch 2 terms of use prohibit copying, modifying, and reverse engineering software.
The post drew criticism and was deleted a day later. The remake launched for Nintendo Switch 2 on November 5.
Reshi described the method as rewriting Switch execution code to run on Apple chips, not a general emulator. Nintendo's Switch 2 terms of use prohibit copying, modifying, and reverse engineering software, and the article notes the approach may conflict with those terms.
Quote posts at the time questioned both the unofficial port and a Google employee publicly presenting it. The reason for the deletion has not been made clear.
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