HORI Shows Electric Ocarina Of Time At Tokyo Game Show 2026
Nintendo is selling a physical instrument whose sound the Switch 2 reads as input for one of its own first-party titles, and HORI is showing the hardware in person before its November release.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
HORI is displaying the Electric Ocarina of Time, an electronic instrument modeled on the ocarina Link uses, at its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth. The product is set for a November release at 7,980 yen and works with the voice recognition feature of the Nintendo Switch 2 software The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, pairing its sound with in-game effects.
The unit carries two modes: a Free Performance Mode for playing songs by pressing the finger holes, and an Auto Performance Mode for game songs without practice. A volume dial and an earphone jack sit on the housing, with the power supply and jack gathered along the bottom side. A staff member who held it at the booth described it as fitting comfortably in the hand, thinner than expected, and still solid and weighty, with a finish suited to a display case. It is priced at 7,980 yen.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) ゼルダ「エレクトリック 時のオカリナ」の実物がHORIブースにて展示