The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Gets Switch 2 Remake in 2026
This marks the first full remake of Ocarina of Time since the 3DS remaster in 2011, bringing the 3D Zelda classic to modern hardware with a fresh build rather than a port.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct livestream on Tuesday a remake of the 1998 Nintendo 64 game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The remake will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. The company showed a narrated trailer featuring protagonist Link. The original Ocarina of Time debuted in November 1998 in the U.S. and Japan, and in December 1998 in Europe and Australia. It is the fifth mainline game in the Zelda series and the first to use 3D graphics. The game has been rereleased on several platforms, including GameCube collection discs, the Wii Virtual Console, and the Nintendo Classics app on Switch. A remastered edition for Nintendo 3DS, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, came out in June 2011. The 3DS version and one GameCube disc included a version with different dungeons called Master Quest, based on a Nintendo 64DD title. A manga adaptation by Akira Himekawa was released in 2000, and Viz Media published it in English. The announcement follows the 2024 release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the first mainline game starring Zelda as the playable character.
Nintendo showed a narrated trailer with a look at the protagonist Link. The game is built from the ground up for the new hardware rather than being a port of the original N64 version or the 2011 3DS remaster.
The original game first appeared in November 1998 in the U.S. and Japan, and in December 1998 in Europe and Australia. It was the fifth mainline Zelda title and the first in the series to use 3D graphics. The game has been rereleased on GameCube collection discs, the Wii Virtual Console, and the Nintendo Classics app on Switch.
The 3DS remaster from June 2011 and one GameCube disc included a version with different dungeons called Master Quest, which was based on a Nintendo 64DD title. A manga adaptation by Akira Himekawa was released in 2000, and Viz Media published it in English.
The announcement follows the September 2024 release of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the first mainline game to star Zelda as the playable character. That title used an art style similar to the 2019 Switch remake of Link's Awakening. The most recent mainline entry before that was Tears of the Kingdom, which launched in May 2023 after a delay from 2022. The franchise's live-action film is now set to open April 30, 2027, moved up a week from its previous May 7 date.
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Sources
- Anime News Network News The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Gets Switch 2 Remake
- Anime Corner The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Gets Official Remake in 2026